It's a rescue!

[Cabriolet]

Did a little work on the wife's car's parts.
My TAB bushing puller came yesterday from AKG. Would give a 6/10 for design. They have you cut the large end off before pulling. If that had just made it a tad bigger you would only need to remove a small section and not the whole thing. Grrr. Anyways that got done today.

[Cabriolet]

Did a little work today

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!

we both agreed Estoril is better in theory but worse looking in practice.

man that's a sexy color

thx man.

Your cars are pretty patriotic now. That amount of orange peel is much less than that of a brand new BMW.

ya, i was impressed with the quality the first time. so i gave them the work this time. Maaco's are good if you do all the prep, use the best paint and don't rush. because they spray more cars that anyone else they always spray smoother.

[Vivek]

Your cars are pretty patriotic now. That amount of orange peel is much less than that of a brand new BMW.

[CorvallisBMW]

man that's a sexy color

[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!

[bernzpeed]

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

[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?

[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]

stephen, that is not a removable piece.

[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?

[oliver.r]

you sir have THE WORST luck with parts

[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.

[Rsully70sev]

Looking great!!

[blazinxpk]

paint looks great eric!

you have my blessing.

[mbonanni]

First photo is awesome.