Absorbantnut's '87 325is

[trackjunkie21]

Damn, you're doing work!

[AbsorbantNut]

Well, painted the valance. Might put up a pic of that tomorrow, but it was very dark by the time I finished, and couldn't really see how it turned out:drink:

[Plastic Emperor]

Great thread, its awesome to see you bring it back

[frickendom]

What kind of compressor are you using? And where did you get ur paint?

[AbsorbantNut]

Well, heres some pics of the valance. It came out great! just need to sand and do another coar on the bottom ruberized half. The top came out near perfect:D


Heres a few of it on the car






And this is how the motor is currently sitting.




And my next victim:woowoo:

[drutt23]

Sweet progress man! It's lookin good! Keep it up :up:

[AbsorbantNut]

Well, did some more work on the car. A few days ago I got the volvo lip mounted up. I just reused the stock lip clips and some zip ties.


Then, today after school I got the driver's side fender ready for paint & shot it. It has some imperfections, but my conditions really aren't on my side Here's some shots of doing it:




Scraping off some excess bondo here, not exactly the preffered method, but it got the job done.




Possibly the most annoying part right here. The angles to work with are terrible!


And once the body work was done, it was painted.


This shows some areas where I laid the paint on too thick and it bubbled:( Oh well, at least it will be fixed in the next coat.


Then this guy snuck up when I was cleaning up. Bad decision bug(little orange dot). Not only did you die, but you managed to tear up the fresh paint:hitler:


Got one of these things for free from a competition. Possible best thing ever. No more mixing in laundry detergent cups!


And here it is on the car. Yes, it was still tacky when I put it on, but it was definitly worth risking it.


It basically ties the whole front end of the car together

[gp.plus]

Nice job so far, sub'd. If you soak the ground with water under/around the car right before you spray it will cut down a lot on the dust.

[AbsorbantNut]

Nice job so far, sub'd. If you soak the ground with water under/around the car right before you spray it will cut down a lot on the dust.

Yeah, for sure next time. Slipped my mind that time, but it just dries up so quick!


Considering doing this, it looks sick



Its Mr.cosmos's on e30tech btw.
Opinions?

[AbsorbantNut]

Got another door painted yesterday. I'm almost halfway done with the first coat on the whole car. The next one's going to be so much easier I hope.

[AbsorbantNut]

Yeah, so here's some pics of the door and a little walk through of what I did.

I started by masking some stuff off.


Masking off the insde of the door so when I grind the rusty bottom rails the metal doesnt get inside of the door and rust in there too



This one's just kind of an over all shot


Then the real work starts. Grinding down the rust. Took down more after this but didnt grab a picture.


Sanding and applying filler on the outer side


Big pain in the butt using bondo to fill in rock chips on the bottom. Took me so long to sand that stuff down. I really need to pick up some body glaze. Would make it so much easier



Almost all ready to be wiped down with some Xylene and painted.




Then after I wet down the ground I sprayed it. Came out pretty good. Still needs some more coats of paint, but much better than it was before.


And yes, I know I forgot to tape up the door lock. Realized that once I was halfway through the second coat


Some shots of the rails




And the finished project.


All in all not bad for a few hours work. Not looking forward to the body though, so I will probably do hte trunk next and then the hood, which needs a lot of work:D

[AbsorbantNut]

Well, is there any feed back on shaving the rear emblem?




Yes, no?

[kalib0y]

just leave it. Your going a great job though.

[briansjacobs]

I like it shaved, nice and clean.

[freeride53]

Wow, you're doing a great job! Keep it up!