restorE24

[evoDRichie]

Well the time has come. I have made the decision to completely restore my E24.
At this time I am not sure which direction Ill head under the hood, but I know which color combo Ill use.
I think Ill keep it a secret for now though.

Where she started.
86 635csi
5 speed
115k miles


now for the tear down.






found a kinda better dash
Im gonna practice on the old dash and try my hand at repairing these cracks

[bostonvert]

Good luck! Are you planning on stripping the chassis?

[2mAn]

Oh man, good luck to you!

[evoDRichie]

Good luck! Are you planning on stripping the chassis?

Yea it's getting media blasted.

[F34R]

V notch the cracks, fill with body filler, sand smooth and flock the sucker! Flocking is so damn nice looking.

[evoDRichie]

V notch the cracks, fill with body filler, sand smooth and flock the sucker! Flocking is so damn nice looking.

Got all the goodies in today. Should start workin the dash tonight!

[evoDRichie]

Let's see how this goes

[evoDRichie]

Almost done with these cracks.

[oekundar]

Looks good thus far...looking forward to seeing your progress.

[evoDRichie]

surface prepping

[evoDRichie]

filled

[Poorhouse]

In for this.

[tschultz]

Looks pretty nice before.

I hope you can finish it up and get it back on the road... so many of these projects stall out and just turn a nice car into a part out.

[2mAn]

Can you give more details on the dash repair?

[evoDRichie]

coated the gauge surround in a textured finish.



fist layer of rubberized coating to seal it up. next is high build primer then texture coat.