1987 330is build

[Jparkr]

No painting done tonight, it will have to be Monday. Here are some shots of today's progress though.

Seam sealer off the fenders:

Primed:


Rust removed from the lower core support and more scuffing of the paint:


Nate working some dents out of the hood for me:


Then I began work on the hood, scuffing and lots and lots of rust removal:


I had a bolt broken inside the hood's nut-sert. I tried to use a reverse drill bit to remove it but it broke inside... UGH. Good thing I have pro's looking over me.
The problem:


We tried to burn out the broken stud/drill-bit but it backfired. The broken drill-bit was the least piece to melt and this created a hole:


The final solution. Drill out a new hole and weld in a new nut-sert. Once again, glad I'm around professionals, I learned so much in one afternoon.

Chris choosing the proper bit size:


Nate grinding down the newly welded in nut-sert:


Chris adding Glaze to the slight imperfections:


Problem fucking solved:


Sorry about no paint for those waiting. But here are some pictures of the color I chose.

Sunlight simulated:


Cloudy/night color:


More on Monday hopefully. If I get anymore busy at my own shop it will be later for the next update.

[StereoInstaller1]

So you new color is MandarineFruchtRollup-Metallic?

[e46s54dr]

So you new color is MandarineFruchtRollup-Metallic?

LOL.... My first thought when I saw the color swatch was a fruit roll up also. The generic Stater Bros. "made with real fruit" rolls.

Im going to have to see the finish product before I can say anything more. Awesome work so far though.

[Jparkr]

Getting ready and entering the paint booth this morning:











Mixing the color!!!



Base coat on! one more layer before clear:








More in about an hour after clear is on.

[Jparkr]

Clear coat is on and I had to go home and change my pants. Then I looked at these pictures and had to go change them again. I am running out of jeans...

[samiam3356]

Like how the color turned out. Great prep always makes for a nice paint job no matter the color. Great job!

[CorvallisBMW]

Looks good to me!

[Trucidatio]

that color looks amazing. Im excited to see what your going to do with the rest of the car.

[10Toes]

That looks really good. When are you going to start puting the engine in?

[Gooch]

Love it, this is going to be awesome.

[Jparkr]

Like how the color turned out. Great prep always makes for a nice paint job no matter the color. Great job!

Looks good to me!

that color looks amazing. Im excited to see what your going to do with the rest of the car.

Love it, this is going to be awesome.

Thanks Guys! like I said before still a lot of work to do before I can paint the rest of the car. Right now I am stuck between finding euro bumpers, modifying the US Diving boards or just going to plastics.
I don't really want to do plastics.

Also I am going to run a late model front valance, that will be heavily modified, most of the time. But I also have the BBS valance shown above, that will be for lapping day duty.

That looks really good. When are you going to start puting the engine in?

The PRO3 enduro engine (your old M50) will hopefully go in this weekend. But I need to figure out the E36 M3 brakes on my E30 M3 GC suspension first and foremost.

[MR 325]

So sick!! Looking good J Parkr. :)

[Jand3rson]

Damn that looks amazing.

It also makes me really glad that I didn't end up with a beautiful gloss paint job in my engine bay. The first time I dropped a wrench, or bumped one of the arms into it when dropping in the motor, I'd probably kill myself.

[Jparkr]

Damn that looks amazing.

It also makes me really glad that I didn't end up with a beautiful gloss paint job in my engine bay. The first time I dropped a wrench, or bumped one of the arms into it when dropping in the motor, I'd probably kill myself.

[N2MYE30]

I was thinking about using that color for a long range project...maybe a bit more orange but WOW, that looks great. That glossy shaved bay...yummy! Im sure that caution is just needed when putting the bay back together. :up: