1991 318is Restoration Project...Now with some Air!

[aussiebilly]

[quote=Tuee;3203965]The can seems like its a matte black. Hope that helps.

thanks

[Tuee]

Tuee, At my local auto store the dupli-color fabric spray dye comes in matt and gloss black, it is not labeled on the can, just the lid is coloured matt or gloss. thought you might still have the can to let me know.Thanks.

The can seems like its a matte black. Hope that helps.

Tell me about it! The worst is if the seller says they're shipping via USPS, and then arbitrarily they decide to ship with UPS. Then UPS takes a healthy chunk + customs. Before you know it a sub $200 part can be over $300 shipped :crazy:

I assume BBS RC090, but what tire size and adapter thickness are you running? I think they look fantastic by the way. :up:

Thanks, ya import duties on those adapters were $110, really sucks.

Yep they're rc090's, tires I believe are 205/45/17 and the adapters are 18mm. I need to really roll my fenders as they're currently sitting on the tires .

[bmwphatpat]

not before customs raped me on the import fees.

Tell me about it! The worst is if the seller says they're shipping via USPS, and then arbitrarily they decide to ship with UPS. Then UPS takes a healthy chunk + customs. Before you know it a sub $200 part can be over $300 shipped :crazy:

I assume BBS RC090, but what tire size and adapter thickness are you running? I think they look fantastic by the way. :up:

[aussiebilly]

Tuee, At my local auto store the dupli-color fabric spray dye comes in matt and gloss black, it is not labeled on the can, just the lid is coloured matt or gloss. thought you might still have the can to let me know.Thanks.

[Tuee]

Tuee, your car looks fantastic, great work. Just a quick question, which paint did you use to paint the carpet, matt or gloss black?

Thanks, I don't think it had anything with the finish of the paint. It was a fabric dye I guess so I'm guessing it would take the finish of the surface on which it was sprayed on. It was dupli-color fabric spray dye. If you go back a few pages I posted a picture of the can. Hope this helps.

[aussiebilly]

Tuee, your car looks fantastic, great work. Just a quick question, which paint did you use to paint the carpet, matt or gloss black?

[Tuee]

A little update, the car is almost ready to be plated and driven. I need to get a few things done in order to get the car appraised and plated.

My old fuse cover was pretty much nasty, replaced that along with relays and fuses.
Before


Old fuses


Clean,


The previous owner used ducting pipe as the air hose connector between the headlight cover and intake box. I found one at the junk yard.


And stupid me didn't realize 325 differs from the 318, damn.


Old obc,


Replacement,


Broken sunroof crank,


Replacement,


Harness cover installed,


Now for the wheels, they say you should calculate before you put a setup together...I didn't do much of that...if any at all. Just figured this would work. I'll let the pictures do the talking.








And ruined tires,


You decide if it works.

[Tuee]

Very cool. I may give this a shot myself as I don't plan to remove my engine anytime soon (only 155k miles) but would like to neaten up the appearance underhood a bit. I found the Duplicolor Dover/Arctic White BGM0138 to be a pretty decent match to Alpine White II. What paint did you use, Duplicolor or one of those color-match-in-a-spray can special order paints?

Ya I used a generic white by Duplicolor, it was less "creamier" than the alpine white.

[GAJ]

Very cool. I may give this a shot myself as I don't plan to remove my engine anytime soon (only 155k miles) but would like to neaten up the appearance underhood a bit. I found the Duplicolor Dover/Arctic White BGM0138 to be a pretty decent match to Alpine White II. What paint did you use, Duplicolor or one of those color-match-in-a-spray can special order paints?

[Tuee]

Hi Tuee, this looks awesome. I might have missed it somewhere, but how did you go about painting the engine bay? It looks like your brake lines etc are in place--did you remove all of that stuff and spray using a gun? Or did you use Duplicolor or other rattle can and somehow paint around everything that wasn't easily removable? Or some other technique?

Hey, thanks. I pretty much removed everything that I could. As for the abs pump and brake lines, I unbolted it from the car and moved it over a few inches. This gave me enough room to spray behind and under it. The fuse box I didn't remove, I tried to get as much paint coverage around it. So if you look closely you can see where I missed. The main purpose of the paint was to cover any of the rust repairs. I'll be painting the bay sometime in the future when the engine comes out. I pretty much rattle canned the whole thing. Very light coats was the key here, went primer, color and then clear. Hope this helps. Oh ya anything that couldn't be removed was covered in plastic to prevent any overspray.

[GAJ]

Hi Tuee, this looks awesome. I might have missed it somewhere, but how did you go about painting the engine bay? It looks like your brake lines etc are in place--did you remove all of that stuff and spray using a gun? Or did you use Duplicolor or other rattle can and somehow paint around everything that wasn't easily removable? Or some other technique?

[Tuee]

looked like it came out pretty well, think i may just go ahead and do the same as you did on the outside pieces. my bay is empty and i believe im going to do that in bed liner, more rugged and if you get micro texture it looks like the the textured valve covers and such. that white looks tempting too though. just couldn't imagine it lasting too long in there. anyway project looks great!

Just make sure bed liner is what you, I can't imagine having to get rid of that stuff once its on. I'll eventually get my bay done in alpine white once the motor gets swapped.

So these came in today, super excited but not before customs raped me on the import fees. These adapters went well over my intended budget thanks to canadian customs, should of just shipped it to buddy's place in the states. O well, just a warning to fellow canadians who decide to go this route watch out for customs. Enough complaining on that, the product looks well designed.



A little tricky getting things to align,


And the wheels....they're more than one piece :D

[Unearth078]

looked like it came out pretty well, think i may just go ahead and do the same as you did on the outside pieces. my bay is empty and i believe im going to do that in bed liner, more rugged and if you get micro texture it looks like the the textured valve covers and such. that white looks tempting too though. just couldn't imagine it lasting too long in there. anyway project looks great!

[Tuee]

So is it running alright? It's way too pretty to sit at home all day.

Thanks, yep it's running, I'm getting the battery light on the dash so I'm guessing its either the alternator ground or the alternator is bad. Haven't had time to check. Either this week or next the car will get it's plates so hopefully it'll be on the road soon. Still gotta go something about the wheels as the tires are on the car are like 6+ years old and showing signs of age.

what paint did you use here?

I used some off the shelf generic white Dupli Color paint. Didn't really care on the shade of white which is less "creamier" than alpine white, bay will probably get painted in the future when its time for a swap.

Awesome project. I love the attention to detail. Great work!

Thanks!

[Cephas]

Awesome project. I love the attention to detail. Great work!