Project Facelift

[Mike325]

Wait... they're coming? The GERMANS ARE COMING??? OH SHIT!!!

Dude, you guys didn't hear???!!! Ya were all fucked

[Jand3rson]

Boy howdy, have I got some pictures for you kids... they'll be posted shortly.

We dun painted.

[BDSax]

man, you car is going to be complete with the plastics. its all going to be worth it at the end. thats what i keep telling myself.....

[dude8383]

Boy howdy, have I got some pictures for you kids... they'll be posted shortly.

We dun painted.

lets see em!

[MR 325]

Nope, I've got the standard 325i vented one.

Buy the 318 one! :)

[RobertK]

Lookin' Good!

Work faster = more pics!!

[golde30]

looks clean. thats some solid work. i wish at least 1 of my painting projects came out like that...:drink:

[TerribleONE]

i wish when i painted my m-tech II it came out better, but it doesnt really matter i guess because a few weeks after i put it on the car infront of me kicked up a McDonalds tray and it flew straight into it...

[Jand3rson]

Part VIII: Paint.

And the day finally came. Today we painted EVERYTHING. Front valence, bumpers, trim, my new euro grilles, and my new mirrors. If you read my last post with the pics, I was nervous as hell about painting today. I'd completely convinced myself (for one reason or another) that it wasn't going to come out good, that something was going to wrong, or we'd just plain fuck it up. Couldn't be further from the truth, everything came out great. Some areas are going to need wetsanding, but I knew that already, anyway. Andrew did the painting of the valence and the bumpers, I didn't trust myself to do it, especially since he's painted before and I haven't. My hat's off to Andrew, he did a magnificent job, and I owe him big time. These pics don't do the painted parts justice, but I'll get some better ones tomorrow. :up:

Full bumper trim, front valence grille, and my new euro grilles, fresh after about 5-6 coats of SEM:



Front valence, shortly before paint. Garage turned paint booth FTW:



Complete with full booth exhaust fan!



Front valence, about 3 coats of paint applied:





New mirrors (these things have PERFECT glass), sanded and masked:



Mirrors/brake duct inlets, about 3 coats applied:





Front valence resting comfortably after I think 4 coats:



Front and rear bumpers, just before paint:



Front bumper, about 2nd or 3rd coat in:



Front and rear bumpers:



Rear bumper, 2nd or 3rd coat in:

[KenC]

Word! Lookin' good!


by the way, the glass in the side mirrors pops out really easily.

[Jand3rson]

by the way, the glass in the side mirrors pops out really easily.

Eh, taping it took all of 1 minute.

[AndrewBird]

I was going to ask you why you didn't just remove the glass. I figured it was difficult. Masking them worked. :)

[wycoco]

I'm still going to like your rear end better than mine.

[Jand3rson]

I was going to ask you why you didn't just remove the glass. I figured it was difficult. Masking them worked. :)

Yep, worked just fine. BTW, this is the man who did the paint on the bumpers and the valence. Incredible job, I can't thank you enough, Andy.

[wycoco]

Did you use a spray gun? Or just the can?