E30 M3 Steel Bodywork Conversion

[KI4UJO]

Great job so far. I'm going to go through somethimg similar when I start restoring my 65 Dodge D100, and you make me want to take it to another level. So get this thing done!

[bmwmech1]

Great job so far. I'm going to go through somethimg similar when I start restoring my 65 Dodge D100, and you make me want to take it to another level. So get this thing done!

Thanks man... I'm working on it, lol! If the clutch would ever get here, I could really make some forward progress...

Garey

PS If anybody at Clutchmasters is reading this, hurry up and ship my shit!

Thanks...

[dothadance]

incredible stuff going on here.

PS If anybody at Clutchmasters is reading this, hurry up and ship my shit!

Thanks...

also ^lololol

[rich4rdee]

by far my favorite thread on this forum. you do amazing work and my dream is to one day have the knowledge and tools to accomplish a project of this scale.

thanks for keeping us updated.

[Shadye30]

Just came across this thread today and it is simply amazing..I live in NY but also have a house in Allentown Pa and would love to see the car when it is all done

[bmwmech1]

Thanks guys... hopefully everyone who wants to see this car will have the opportunity to. Not like I plan on driving to everyone's house, but it will be out and around, once it's done...

Garey

[kingston]

Thanks guys... hopefully everyone who wants to see this car will have the opportunity to. Not like I plan on driving to everyone's house, but it will be out and around, once it's done...

Garey

I dunno...I think if I had this car, making a road trip to show it off to everyone would be a FINE idea!

[bmwmech1]

I dunno...I think if I had this car, making a road trip to show it off to everyone would be a FINE idea!

That is a point that's hard to argue with:D... made a little more progress today, mostly stuff that will never be seen, but needs to be done, nonetheless... door lock cylinders, wiring and little bits and pieces, here and there. I did dye the carpet black over the weekend and I quick put it in today, for no better reason than I needed a place to store it, lol...



Amazing how something like carpet makes the car look so much closer to being done...

Garey

[Massimo]

^
Wow finally done.

lol

[bmwmech1]

^
Wow finally done.

lol

Ha... I wish it were done... I'd be out driving it, not posting pictures of the carpet, lol!

Garey

[MR 325]

That carpet came out great though, love it.

[SwiftE30]

what dye did you use? that looks great?

[bmwmech1]

That carpet came out great though, love it.

what dye did you use? that looks great?

Thanks guys...

I used Rit dye, available at Wally World. I looked one evening on the web and there are not very many options available. I had looked into getting some Valeter's Pride from the UK, but you only need about 2 quarts to do the carpet, they only sell it by the gallon and getting it here would have been about $50 or so. The Rit was $3 a bottle and I used 2 bottles. Hopefully, it holds up well. Most of it gets covered up anyway and with a set of mats in there, it should get very little wear...

Garey

[gooseadrian]

This needs more updates...im fucking excited to see this finished already! C'mon mang!! hahahah but seriously great job.

[SwiftE30]

Thanks guys...

I used Rit dye, available at Wally World. I looked one evening on the web and there are not very many options available. I had looked into getting some Valeter's Pride from the UK, but you only need about 2 quarts to do the carpet, they only sell it by the gallon and getting it here would have been about $50 or so. The Rit was $3 a bottle and I used 2 bottles. Hopefully, it holds up well. Most of it gets covered up anyway and with a set of mats in there, it should get very little wear...

Garey

definitely have used Rit dye before, i just never thought about using it on carpet. Unfortunately my carpet is tan so im not sure of the available color matches.

Could you describe the process you used? Im sure this will become a handy tool for r3v members future carpet issues. Possibly more pictures too? haha, it looks awesome! Thanks.