my e30 project - custom built s50b30us swap

[moreoff]

Got a new steering wheel :) Need to get some washers as a spacer tomorrow so I can mount it..

[moreoff]

did some work again today, shaved my antenna. i removed the antenna and sanded the area.

i bought some wire mesh screen door repair kit stuff. i used jb-weld to secure it inside the trunk and let it set for 20 minutes. and then i used some steel stick on the external part and smashed it down into the mesh/jb weld. shaped it a little, then let it set for an hour. giving me this.



then once it was as hard as a rock, i got a foam sanding sponge and went to town on it. now i have this.



need to prime it and wetsand it, but it's going to look like i never even had an antenna :)

[moreoff]

What type of spray did you use for dyeing rear deck?

Just a vinyl/carpet dye I picked up at my local autozone. I got the flat black color. It's aerosol, they make liquid you can brush/rub in as well.

http://m.autozone.com/autozone-mobile/en/accessories/Dupli-Color-11-oz-flat-black-vinyl-fabric-coating/_/N-25h9?id=645639

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[Mirek E.]

What type of spray did you use for dyeing rear deck?

[moreoff]

You have made a couple mistakes with your body work. You should have painted just the bare metal spots and each coat you make the spot bigger. By doing it the way you did you can get "ring out" which is where you can see the outline of the area in your final product. The object is to bring the bare metal to the level of the paint surface to eliminate this. So you do these spots let primer dry and then wet sand until the primer is only over the spot.

gotcha! it's not too late. i can sand it down again and start over tomorrow. thank you for the tip, i really have no idea what i'm doing.
but what better way to learn right? i was going to watch some youtube videos before i finished it up anyways.

the primer does look perfectly even to me so far though. i did do the primer heavier over the areas that were bare metal on both coats. i'll wet sand it all down and see how it looks tomorrow.

[Rdreas]

have been debating on doing all my body work myself, fixing scratches and door dings and rock chips and all the rust. after some minor rust repair i attempted fixing this area today because it was bothering me, and it turned out great so far. i think i'm going to paint the entire car myself :)

the lower rusty lower valance has already had its cancers removed and new metal welded in and repaired. now time for the upper area.



wet sanded and masked off





first coat of primer



second coat of primer



may wetsand and do 1 more light coat of primer, wet sand again then put on real paint x2 then gloss :)

You have made a couple mistakes with your body work. You should have painted just the bare metal spots and each coat you make the spot bigger. By doing it the way you did you can get "ring out" which is where you can see the outline of the area in your final product. The object is to bring the bare metal to the level of the paint surface to eliminate this. So you do these spots let primer dry and then wet sand until the primer is only over the spot.

[moreoff]

have been debating on doing all my body work myself, fixing scratches and door dings and rock chips and all the rust. after some minor rust repair i attempted fixing this area today because it was bothering me, and it turned out great so far. i think i'm going to paint the entire car myself :)

the lower rusty lower valance has already had its cancers removed and new metal welded in and repaired. now time for the upper area.



wet sanded and masked off





first coat of primer



second coat of primer



may wetsand and do 1 more light coat of primer, wet sand again then put on real paint x2 then gloss :)

[moreoff]

dyed my rear deck lid. had to replace the 3rd brake light. so i figured i'd clean up this area while i was back there. also installed new speakers, old stock ones were shot.

before:





first coat:




installed new speakers while first coat soaked in:



5 coats later, nice and dark black. will post another pic when back in the car.

[moreoff]

painting my new brake ducts + fog blanks - waiting on incoming euro valance

got some color matched aerosol paint from a specialty shop

[moreoff]

Bloody Rust. Damn youuuu

most of it has been repaired now. only a few spots left to do (that i've found)

[Blackout]

Bloody Rust. Damn youuuu

[moreoff]

car looks good. did you already pull the motor?

nope. still driving around on the m20 for now. not gonna pull it till everything else is ready to go in.

[MyE30]

car looks good. did you already pull the motor?

[moreoff]

looks like you are off to a good start

thanks. windows tinted today. couldn't handle it without tint. 20% all around.



now it NEEDS some shadowline trim. this chrome is terrible.

[kalib0y]

looks like you are off to a good start