No Budget Build "The Glorious Piece of $hit"

[drutt23]

Nice work man. How much did the electric gun run you?? Looks like it worked pretty good overall

[euroshark]

I love the budget projects. This looks like it's actually going to turn out pretty decent!

[89AlpineM3]

Sweet... and great pics :)

[jamesthebikeguy]

Nice work man. How much did the electric gun run you?? Looks like it worked pretty good overall

Gun was 59 off amazon w/ free ship cause of the prime

I love the budget projects. This looks like it's actually going to turn out pretty decent!

Yeah itl look good, and drive great once im done with her

Sweet... and great pics :)

thanks!

Rolled it out so it can bake in the sun. Looks Damn good. No chance to post pics this morning

[jamesthebikeguy]

Rolled the car out of the bay this morning, nice day and the paint was still a little wet so it needed to bake in the sun and dry off a bit.

So without further delay








Looks good, not enough light for a quality set of pictures, but the paint has smoothed out even more and looks even better.

Not bad for about $105 total

[yert315]

What's the plan for the front and rear valence?

[Dirtsquirt]

What a clapped out POS.

What was the reasoning behind shaving the rear window wing panels?

...and not removing the bumpers before paint.

[freeride53]

kewl

[DuMa]

the sunroof shape grooves would drive me nuts.

[jamesthebikeguy]

Quick update on the car, Last night I was able to paint the trim and valance so here ya go, finished product I'll post pictures of the process later.

[jamesthebikeguy]

Update after a lot got done:

Time to paint trim and the lowers of the vehicle so I can complete the paint job.










Even stripped (aircraft paint stripper) the window wipers and painted them to remove the rust.


Tinted the tail lights:

Sanded with 2000 grit, cleaned with paint thinner and then went to town with Rustoleum tail tint. I searched around but could not find a single place with VHT in stock, as I have had good luck with it in the past. This rustoleum is ok, I hate the spray nozzle.





More on this later.

And done for the evening


Next Day:

I wet sanded the tinted lights with 2000 grit then wet sanded down to 2500 grit. I used a orbital buffer with polishing compound to do the rest.


Decided to take obligatory vain pictures of my Glorious POS






Time to sand down the mirrors. This is the bit of rice I feel I need to complete the e30. Hate as I sure you will, I love it!





Purchased a oil pan ground cable from a member making these on e30tech. This thing looks sweet and compared to the old one it is way better.

Almost looks like no sheathing is left at all.

Now for Tie-rods for both sides, the rejection sticker that has been defacing my windshield is because the passenger side Tie-rod was way sloppy, figured might as well replace both while I am at it.



Of course as with any of my Mods, gotta rep the Lime green.



And the Rice, behold Lime green mirrors that match absolutely nothing on the outside.






Thanks for viewing expect to see the following in the coming days:

1. 1999 540i Sport Blk/Blk. I just purchased her today (8/24/11)
2. Removal of interior completion
3. Installation of my Korman suspension including camber and sways

Edit: Added quick pic this morning before work

[oekundar]

James- I hate to break it to you, but no one is going to care too much about the lime green mirrors since you have and continue to post pictures of cleavage in this thread.

carry on....:)

[jamesthebikeguy]

James- I hate to break it to you, but no one is going to care too much about the lime green mirrors since you have and continue to post pictures of cleavage in this thread.

carry on....:)

You noticed my diversion tactics did you?

[lostininglewood]

Me like.

Check out the link below, lots of people have used the same paint, great results, however they rolled it on. Will give you tips to bring out the shine!

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...fpart=all&vc=1

I'm thinking of doing the same.

[einstein57]

Put the green paint away!!!! Atleast till you have some power to back it up.