e34 DD build, everyone's doing it...

[A Sucked Orange]

Did you spray the block black yourself? Was considering doing that myself but the surface looks to be rusty.

[JJe30]

Very nice

[LJ851]

Nice work.

[Jb325is]

started fixing my door today, this is the only panel on the car that needs replacing. It had a few decent sized dents and a few door dings, but it was good practice as I've got a lot of door dings on the car that'll need taking care of.







The last is before the guide coat and hour of blocking. After I got done with that I thought I was looking pretty good until one of the bodymen that is helping me came by and showed me a couple low spots that I'll have to go back over. Re-prime and more blocking tomorrow... awesome

[Jb325is]

A-1 sells hypercoil I believe. I'm running GC/Eibach springs, 6" all around 525/440 rates

[Jean]

Nice dude, with a-1 racing stuff how is the choice of springs (rates/length) or did you use GC/ERS springs?

[Jb325is]

Thanks!

As for the NEX coilovers, I had at least 2 blown shocks when I sold them, one front, one rear and the buyer said other front was leaking also (I sold them super cheap) and the rear bottom bushing on the shocks wore out and were making all kinds of noise. I also hate the design with the super wide front spring, really messes with wheel fitment

[CHIF8008]

this is dope. seriously

[Jean]

Woot! Lots of guys on bfc swear by nex stuff, but I had my doubts lol...what problems did you have speficially I am curious.

Personally I am pretty set on just some bilstein sports + h&r sports or vogtlands...

[Sputnik]

sexy car, keep up the good work!

[838Kelli]

e34 are dope rides, great progress keep it coming

[shEck3lls0]

That wheel fitment up front.... Just the greatest. I love the wheels and nice job on the repair and paint.

[Jb325is]

The wheels were in great shape for the price, but I wasn't crazy about the blackness and they had some curb rash. I decided to try my hand at wheel repair, and they ended up coming out really good. This was the worst curbage after a lot of work-


And now with some color.. This was my first time spraying base/clear in a booth, and a wheel is a hell of a way to start. This was after the base, I was too tired and ready to leave work to take pictures of the final product in the booth, but they came out really nice for a first time job-


Cleared and on the car, yes I have center caps-


I also bought this, along with some skirts from a local member. It's brand new, never been painted-


And this is where I am today, got a replacement door for my nasty bondo'd POS. It is really straight but had a couple tiny spot of typical e34 lower door rust trying to start. Spent some time today breaking down the door, griding down and re-sealing the seam, the prepping it to be jammed out. Planning on spraying it tomorrow-


Next step is to start the bodywork. I am not an experienced body or paint guy by any means but I've been doing detail/paint correction with the body shop basically forever, so I feel like I'll be able to get it looking how I want to. I do have some professionals at work helping me out as needed though. I'm planning on taking my time and doing it right, especially since I'm on a budget and I'm buying some pretty good stuff to spray, so re-doing anything is going to hurt. So by all means, if any body/paint guys are out there and have any suggestions send them my way! I'll be using Spies hecker base and spies hecker 8035 hs clear, so as long as I don't fail horribly it should be super slick

[shEck3lls0]

Good lord. I absolutely love e34s. That suspension set-up will look fantastic once the wheels are set right. I wanna see this thing when it is finished.

[grippymonkey]

tuckin 15's on an E34! nice stuf