So I painted my mtech cabby......

[bmracer19]

I dont really post much here, but when I do I usually just post updates on my cabby. I also use the DIY to mod my car, so far I have used only used the e36 steering rack swap DIY. Since the hard part is done, I plan to become more active on the boards.

Anyways, I have been working on my cabby for the past couple of months after work. So finally I got it painted last weekend and happy with the way it turned out. Besides the paint work, I pulled and rolled the fenders and lowered the car some more to fit the look I am going for. I also shaved the key holes, side bumper marker lights, antenna, third brake light, notch on the gas lid door, and windshield washer nozzles.

I know the car is too low, but the car is a topless automatic, so I have decided to just use it as a nice car to cruise in. I have busted my oil pan once before and a few times on my first e30. So I hope that the 666fab skid plate will come into good use.

On with the pics......

Before:




The beginning:





My little workshop in the garage....My brother's car getting dirty. LOL!!



Primer stage:









Finally painted.......... I still need to polish the car so I haven't fully assembled the car. I also still need a new windshield. Once I have it all put together, I'll take more pics.



Oh I tried to have it done for bimmerfest, but its a no go..... :(

Thanks guys!!

[dvmotorsports]

looks good. what suspension are you running?

[E30_fiend]

That's badass dude. Good job, everything looks really well done.

Where exactly are you located in cali?


E30_Fiend

[E30trash]

holy shit, im lovin it

[chameleonleather]

Impressed you did it in the garage.

[Brandon12V]

nice work! i see a lot of work on ur brother's dub as well. shaved, pulled, boser'd jetta front end. very sexay. are those audi handles? do you both do body work for a living?

[bmracer19]

Thanks for the comments guys!! I appreciate it!!

I am running Weitecs 60/60 kit with koni short bodies out front. As for doing the body work in my garage, I work for Toyota of Berkeley Body shop here norcal. So I trailered the car to the shop to get primered and painted......

Pullin' it with my new Tundra......

[dvmotorsports]

and where can i find this weitecs kits?

[bmracer19]

nice work! i see a lot of work on ur brother's dub as well. shaved, pulled, boser'd jetta front end. very sexay. are those audi handles? do you both do body work for a living?

Yea my brother's car is all over vortex, it got a feature in PVW Last august. It also got cover in PVW's special edition "Ultimate VW"

I am the only one that does body work in the family. I am pretty much self taught and learned out of my garage. The first shop I worked for, A1 Collision Repair in Vallejo, taught me a lot of tricks in the trade. We produced a lot of hot dubs out of the shop. I finally went on to Toyota, to "grow" in the trade. Only thing that sucks about moving to Toyota is that I dont get to do custom work anymore. :(

PVW seven page spread of my brother's car......



Cover of Ultimate VW by PVW:


another car that I worked on at A1:



There are countless of cars but I dont wanna bore you with dubs all day.

[Brandon12V]

bahh, i loved dubs before e30's bro. I never get bored of them. Looks like you do some top quality work man. I hope the trade continues to treat you well.

[M3 Ryan]

Looks good man! Reminds me of when I got my car painted last year. Nice work on the fenders, looks very eur0! Keep it up :D

[golde30]

damn showoff...

j/k, you know i love yer cars. some day i will be able to afford your quality of work. until then i will just have to floss my under-hood bling. hahaha

[bmracer19]

Looks good man! Reminds me of when I got my car painted last year. Nice work on the fenders, looks very eur0! Keep it up :D

I always wanted this mtech e30, I wasn't gonna do much to it.

Your car inspired me to go ahead with the body work, (besides the fact that my tires caught my fenders and turned them inside out. ) Serious question though.... wanna do my s50 swap with manual conversion? ;)

[bmracer19]

damn showoff...

j/k, you know i love yer cars. some day i will be able to afford your quality of work. until then i will just have to floss my under-hood bling. hahaha

I still want that ride!!! I want an s50 in my cabby!! You can afford my work.... you do have an s50 after all...... if you catch my drift.....

[golde30]

ahahahaha, maybe we can make some sort of trade, i install an s50(provided by you of course) into yer cabby, you do my cars body work, eh?