E30Pdee's 1989 alpine 325i rebuild and restoration project

[e30pdee]

got rid of the trunk rust, here's some pictures of the rust before, i dont have the after pictures just yet, but they will be uploaded sooner or later





Already did some priming a couple days ago in test spot to see how deep the rust would be





Then it was onto figuring out what to do about my ellipsoid. i definitly didnt want to spend 100 right now just for another ellipsoid, but it was also something i needed to take care of, so i took a chance!
Went to the junkyard pulled an ellipsoid off an e32, threw it in the oven for about 20 minutes preheated to 400 degrees so the glue would melt, gently pryed the glass off and dissassembled the housing. heres a few pictures.

745 housing to the left, 325 housing to the back right. you can obviosly tell that my 325 lens was also fogging up a little so i replaced that as well. the main hassle with replacing the lens, was getting the non tamper screws off, what i ended up doing was just using a flatheat and forcing the screwdriver downwards and twisting hard enough until it began to give.



My whole entire insides of my headlight were all kinds of messed up cause they were exposed to the elements so i just replaced the whole thing besides the bucket.

325 right on top, 745 on bottom



Put my lens back on and put some silicone sealer along with it water about three hours and reassembled my front end. Coming together slowly but surely.




I also put the interior back together, and cleaned it thoroughly, but i never got a chance to get pictures of that either. rest assured all of these pictures will be up sooner or later.


Oh yea, and do you guys have any reccomendations on how to pull this dent on my drivers side front fender? (here's a little glimpse of what the headlight looked like before too.)

[e30pdee]

alright guys a lot of work was done over the weekend here's some more photos!

[e30pdee]

here's some photography just for shits and gigs haha

[e30pdee]

first i just vaccumed everything using a shop vac, took VERY LITTLE amount of water and and course scrubbing brush and just scrubbed until it all went away, their are still a few stains that are pretty deep, i need to figure out how to pull those out also, maybe use some crazy intense carpet cleaner. I just left it to air dry afterwards. tommorrow im gonna try hitting the junkyard and maybe find an ellipsoid and some other stuff i need, i doubt ill find any headlight but we'll see! tommorrow will be an assembly of all the parts i find, a wax and finish up of the detailing. hopefully gonna get a lot of stuff done this weekend

[Pantless Spency]

there you go that looks fucking amazing, what did you do to it?

[JinormusJ]

more like autoMAGIC!

Nice find! Reminds me of my car. I love finding great deals for steals :)
This.p car is a survive or too! Love seeing 2xxxxxx license plates :-D

[e30pdee]

little big but you get the point, i couldnt upload them any other way for now

[e30pdee]

[Jboss12]

that still looks like shit.....
but nice car for the price dudeeeee

hahahah the tools have been removed from the carpet

[e30pdee]

im trying to load after its failing for some odd reason

[Pantless Spency]

that still looks like shit.....
but nice car for the price dudeeeee

[e30pdee]

here's before

[Kershaw]

more like autoMAGIC!

[e30pdee]

Congrats !!!!! ............watch the autotragic remark :x. Its a semiautomatic you know.;)

true true, none the less must be swapped! ill try to get some pictures in as i come along! ;)

[QUKBMER]

Congrats !!!!! ............watch the autotragic remark :x. Its a semiautomatic you know.;)