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
continued...
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
continued...
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