My Chalkboard E30 Project

[Thrizzle]

That is pretty sick, paint came out looking great!

Sick project.

[Neil1138]

Unmasked and teh tints! I switched out my windows for grants tinted ones. We had to swap out the window regulators but it was worth it



Swapping the rear glass



Clean underneath the trash. Interior going in









moar carpet dyeing brought to you by neil1138



grant's sexy turbo e28



moar!



Dyeing under the seat? Nahhhhhh



assembling interior bits



Dye everything!





















Roommate's M50 E30



Will continue soon

[Neil1138]

Moar sanding then some bondo work on the drivers door. We cleaned the car with mineral spirits and taped it off for primer.

Legit spray booth is legit



win





First coat of primer, it's k. I went back and got the overspray/dust off and touched up some rough areas. Primer doesn't need to look purdy, it just has to be there for the paint to stick.



Chalkboard paint ftw! You can call it matte maroon if that makes it nicer

first coat of paint:















oh and teh new door panels



Second/third/fourth coat of paint was laid down

Final coat of paint, baking in the sun

[Neil1138]

I have a progress thread going on e46f but it's only fitting that I migrate it over to r3v. This is going to be my new progress thread

I present my 1990 bmw 325i that I found listed on craigslist for $600. I hesitated and watched the listing for a couple of days. It dropped to $400 and that was just too cheap to pass up.

Overall, the car is fairly sound. Strong motor and transmission, the body panels are all straight except the drivers door and part of the fender. Unfortunately the paint on the car was completely shot. Definitely needed a repaint

When I bought it, the owner told me that the master cylinder was bad and there wasn't one in the car. He showed me 3 used (presumably broken) master cylinders in the trunk and there was a new one in a box. Since we thought it had no master cylinder (wouldn't go into gear), we towed the car home. Yes I could have driven it with no clutch but there were no brakes (no brake fluid). But to our surprise, there was already a good master cylinder in place and the car was just low on brake fluid. Topped it off and the car and the clutch feel great. Owner fail

The front shocks need to be replaced, some shift linkage parts, a new tire among other small items. The car sat outside for nearly a year (with gas in the tank) so we are worried that the gas tank might have rust in it. (it actually does have rust in it, fack)

Photos day of purchase:





Start:

















I have pulled the entire interior, thrown away the crap seats and door panels. I removed and cleaned the front carpet, which got dyed black. The seats were replaced with black sports seats that are in exceptional condition and I have some black door panels to put in there as well.

Pulling the interior



the carpet was friggin nasty. Took it to a carwash and pressure washed the hell out of it, win





ready to scrub the inside down and start taping off



Prepping for the ghetto yet legit-ish paint job. If I was for srs, I would grab some paint stripper and take it down to the sheet metal but that's too messy

First round of sanding off the clear coat which had failed...



getting missed spots w/ an extra pad



taking out all of the clear coat where it had started peeling off





second round



















The paint is completely smooth now ftw. Oh and teh paint



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