Melon's E30 Build.

[Melon]

Dude...your build is epic. I'm wildly jealous of your orange color. I tried to go for Inka orange on my car but my PPG supplier said it was only available in the high-end basecoat ~1200 for a gallon!

I saw someone mention doing a cut/buff on your clearcoat and you said you only put two coats. I'm not a pro, I just painted my first car as well. But, what I did learn is sanding clearcoat is the most stressful part of the entire process and if you mess up it sucks horribly. I had 3 coats of clear and I sanded through on the back pillar, through the clear, and even started to see primer. Boom, had to re-color/clear the entire body because there aren't any breaks.

Car looks great and the detail you've put in is awesome.

Thanks man!

Year that's my biggest fear with the paint.

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[rjmcdermott81]

Dude...your build is epic. I'm wildly jealous of your orange color. I tried to go for Inka orange on my car but my PPG supplier said it was only available in the high-end basecoat ~1200 for a gallon!

I saw someone mention doing a cut/buff on your clearcoat and you said you only put two coats. I'm not a pro, I just painted my first car as well. But, what I did learn is sanding clearcoat is the most stressful part of the entire process and if you mess up it sucks horribly. I had 3 coats of clear and I sanded through on the back pillar, through the clear, and even started to see primer. Boom, had to re-color/clear the entire body because there aren't any breaks.

Car looks great and the detail you've put in is awesome.

[Melon]

Rear suspension parts painted!

So excited, these have been holding me up.







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[Melon]

Civil/Structural Designer.

I work with engineers to design roadways, earthwork, railways, concrete and steel structures for oil & gas and petrochemical plants. Basically I do CAD stuff all day, 3D modeling, drafting, as well as survey.

[Jokester]

I did some back of the envelope, I work on it about 25 hours a week, over a nine month period. About 900 man hours so far, will be about a thousand before it's all said and done.

I'm billed at $135/hr. by the firm I work at.

Dolla dolla bill y'all.

What do you do for work?

[Melon]

Sweet project. Looks great so far. Are you keeping track of your time by chance?

I did some back of the envelope, I work on it about 25 hours a week, over a nine month period. About 900 man hours so far, will be about a thousand before it's all said and done.

I'm billed at $135/hr. by the firm I work at.

Dolla dolla bill y'all.

[rcarradine]

Sweet project. Looks great so far. Are you keeping track of your time by chance?

[Melon]

I would have cut the axle shaft and just got a new arm personally.

Right?!

I told him that had I known of what was involved, I would have just bought new ones.

[Pootis]

I would have cut the axle shaft and just got a new arm personally.

[Melon]

So...they got it out?

Yup, out it came.

Fuuuuuu...... Man, this is the *one* job I've ever paid a shop to do on my E30. They had a rough ass time, and it wasn't cheap.. but I think they fucked you over. Don't let them replace that with some shitty $100 'Cardone' axle - even a 30 year old, 200k mile Lemforder is way better. Now you need a new axle, bearing, hub.. damnit.

I have new GKN axles, new bearings, lock clip, the lot. I just needed the arms stripped down, reinforcement tabs welded on, and the axle pressed out.
He was able to source a used hub locally too, so that's NBD.

Also, definitely wet sand and cut that paint with a polisher. It's not hard to DIY with some instruction, and it makes a huge difference.

Right on, Once I get the car running and driving I'll look into it further.
I have all the tools, 6" sanding discs, DA polisher (I know it takes longer, but it's possible) I'm just worried about cutting through the clear.

[nando]

Fuuuuuu...... Man, this is the *one* job I've ever paid a shop to do on my E30. They had a rough ass time, and it wasn't cheap.. but I think they fucked you over. Don't let them replace that with some shitty $100 'Cardone' axle - even a 30 year old, 200k mile Lemforder is way better. Now you need a new axle, bearing, hub.. damnit.

Also, definitely wet sand and cut that paint with a polisher. It's not hard to DIY with some instruction, and it makes a huge difference.

[majdomo]

So...they got it out?


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[Albie325]

Damn that seems like a lot of trouble, can't believe it took all that to get them out

[amcp]

Erm? Thats not right.

[wworm]

holy fuck