NPulver's E30 build...$400 car.

[MoSpAnYuK]

awesome car....

really like the color too

[trackstar]

Did you push your fenders out much when you rolled them?? I've been thinking about getting those 17x9.75 just didnt know how well they would work, knowing it would need at least a 10mm spacer just trying to see if theres some room i could massage the fenders out to help the fitment. Your car looks awesome by the way.
You can see the blue-ing on your rear tires from rubbing lol

[Npulver]

Next long post to the rescue!!!! Finally got a chance to refinish the dash (not as well as i had hoped) Followed the entire process for if someone wants to try themselves (can be done much better than i did, but it was my first try...o well.)

First you must start off with your supplies, I have the majority of them pictured here. (dont mind the guns lol...)

Shop towels
Super glue
Some kind of cleaner (i used armour all wipes)
SEM Texture
SEM Paint (i used Landau black)
Painters tape
Razor blades
Rubbing alcohol (used to clean of the greasy residue of the wipes for final prep)
Baking Soda
Painting mask/respirator



How the dash started.





next step is to create a V in the crack so you have more area to add material and to try to get it to smooth out easier when your all done filling.



Next tape of the areas so you dont get more than you need to on the dash (here you can see all the little crack spots)



By now everything should have been cleaned well enough (otherwise the painters tape wont stick well)

next, i put a single coat of super glue int he crack as a starting point.



After that dries put another squeeze of super glue in the crack and sprinkle some baking soda in the crack (It builds up and hardens.)



Afters building it up it will look similar to this.



Note: While adding the super glue and baking soda together make sure you have the razor knife handy to scrape the baking soda flat, anything higher than the dash will need to be sanded....and super glue SUCKS to sand.

Next comes the sanding once the baking soda and super glue have hardened.




Another Note: Doing a dash repair is VERY much like body work. Even the tiniest bump will show up like a sore thump, so make sure its SMOOTH!

Next give it another really good cleaning and mask everything you didnt take out so it doesnt get painted (unless for some reason you want trim to match your dash.)



Next comes the spray texture, how much texture you want depends on you, i did 3 coats all about 2 mins apart.

At this point the dash looks flawless (i though it smoothed everything out PERFECT....)

[Npulver]

After this coat dries, you need to do a quick sand on the texture to give it an even flattened look. Directions on the can say use 400 grit, however i used some 1000 grit i had laying around.



Clean up the sanding.



Then next is the paint! Almost done!



This is what it looks like in the morning cured.



Few Ending notes: If i can do this, anyone can. This was my first attempt, didnt come out perfect but it was worth a shot. As i said previously your sanding is the MOST important thing to making this look good!

It you have a crack that is larger than my cracks you can also used rubberized silicone to fill the crack, paint and texture will still adhere to this (i imagine its easier to work with, but is not sandable, so you must be perfect upon application.

Hope this helps guys!

[Npulver]

Did you push your fenders out much when you rolled them?? I've been thinking about getting those 17x9.75 just didnt know how well they would work, knowing it would need at least a 10mm spacer just trying to see if theres some room i could massage the fenders out to help the fitment. Your car looks awesome by the way.
You can see the blue-ing on your rear tires from rubbing lol

As far as the rears go, i pulled them about 1/2 an inch, Fronts about the same. The 17x9.75 +20 should fit fine with a 245 or 235 tire. I test fitted with a 255 and it cleared everything, but would run when jounced.

fronts wouldnt clear at all. Would love to try the fitment again though with some 225's up front....That might help some.

[RedDefiance]

Awesome job on the dash man.

[mech3ngn]

that dash looks awesome. great work.

[Npulver]

After getting the dash placed back in the car and getting some good light on it, i see where i ran into my problem of having a visible bump on the finished product. When i textured the dash and sanded it back down to flatten the texture, the texure around the cracks flattened more than the rest. Hence why its more noticeable. Oh well. First times are never perfect!

After a couple of REALLY busy weekends hopefully this weekend this shall be back together! On a side note, i'll also be spraying all the center console and connecting pieces so they match in color (makes it appear more factory)

[Npulver]

On another side note, a couple of car photographers like my car enough that when its back together they want to do a photo shoot on it. So that is also coming soon!

Some of there work (plug)

http://fotomotive.photoshelter.com/index

[Lof8]

Great work! The car looks beautiful!

[efficient]

man i need to start putting work into my e30.nice e30

[rares]

very nice job man... car is coming along just nicely... you know, doesn't matter that it is not perfect, what matters is that you did it and are better for it...

mad props yo

[Npulver]

well since i changed the color of the dash to Landau black, it would obviously look weird if i didnt paint the conjoining interior pieces, SO...thats what i did tonight,








tomorrow, work on installing.

And Also, thanks everyone for the compliments! Its what keeps me going!

[SwiftE30]

great build. love the green coloring on the engine parts. thats a pretty mean stance. those tires are pretty beefy. i don't know if i missed it in the thread but what are the offsets on those wheels.

[Npulver]

the 16x8.25's are + 0 offset. The 17x9.75 are +25