It's a rescue!

[Jozi]

What colour blue is that, or did I miss mention of it? Nice fast paced project by the look of it! Can't be to much rust on there either judging by the weather, would love it if my own had less rust!

[Cabriolet]

ya the car has 0 rust. none at all. <3 Cali.

the Color/Colour is avus blue metallic, e36 color. the mauritius blue metallic was too dark for our tastes.

[Cabriolet]

the painter uploaded some incredible photos of the car. just thought everyone would want to see.

[mbonanni]

First photo is awesome.

[blazinxpk]

paint looks great eric!

you have my blessing.

[Rsully70sev]

Looking great!!

[Jozi]

I love freshly painted pics!

ya the car has 0 rust. none at all. <3 Cali.

the Color/Colour is avus blue metallic, e36 color. the mauritius blue metallic was too dark for our tastes.

Your all so lucky! The amount of extra work they cause not to mention how depressing it can get :p My old touring was Mauritius, looking for something nice and dark for the respray.

[oliver.r]

you sir have THE WORST luck with parts

[bmwstephen]

hey eric,

i noticed this piece of the bumper bracket is still on the car. the plastic bracket in front of it is obviously off but Is this metal piece removable? or is it welded to the panel?

[Cabriolet]

stephen, that is not a removable piece.

[bmwstephen]

stephen, that is not a removable piece.

gotcha. thanks. I was about to pry the damn thing out and regret it later had you not answer

[Cabriolet]

Deanna looks over the color and the parts to see if they meet her standards.

D checks the color for the first time. by Eric Berger, on Flickr

IMG_0200 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

IMG_0181 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

IMG_0186 by Eric Berger, on Flickr
Here is exactly how much orange peel is on the car. All paint jobs are slightly wavy; it's the depth of the waves that matter. This will come out smooth in one light polish.

IMG_0188 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

IMG_0190 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

IMG_0192 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

IMG_0195 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

What do you all thing of the color?

[bernzpeed]

i'm drooling because I love blue on an e30... my first e30 i had repainted blue.

[craiggroves91]

I'm a bigger fan of Estoril blue, not sure about it on an e30 though.

Avus looks great! Can't wait to see it all together!

[CorvallisBMW]

man that's a sexy color