Project finished - 'MY22' 318is - bare metal, nut and bolt restoration

[evandael]

Truly inspiring AND a great resource! Can’t wait to see more.

[blksuperman2]

Glad I found this thread. Awesome build! Can't wait to see moar!

[burkey001]

Thanks all, yes I think black wells may be the go....


Started to bend fluid lines!
Ordered a bunch of OE lines from BMW and started to match them up against the originals… and away we go






Also took delivery of the biggest box I’ve ever got from Germany…





Mmmm mmmm genuine goodness :)

[Tzantushka]

My vote for black wheel wells.

[mjweimer]

Big step getting the car on the lift - congrats! I vote for matte black wheel wells.


MJ

[econti]

Beautiful work. I can only hope that mine ends up even half as nice as this.
Should work something out when both cars are finished and meet up.

[TeXJ]

looking awesome!

[burkey001]

Small update… fuel tank is done.
I was waiting on the ‘green stripe’ fuel hose for some time… don’t know why its common part across so many models you’d think it would be ample supply.
Anyway, we have green stripe fuel hose as the benevolent German overlords decreed.

I have two non-genuine parts here. I have used Nashua 357 tape and it’s black (the tape was originally white) and the anti-rattle foam was a little wider than what I have still. Still, think it looks pretty nice which is important given I will NEVER see it again.. 😊











It will be interesting to do a count on the genuine parts on this build. Must be over one thousand including minutia like this








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Sideline… finally finished the engine bay wiring by finishing the C101

Yes, the booster is in the wrong orientation, still

I want all wiring visible… just neater than OE.


Aaaand.. car is off the dolly. Which means closer to moving under its own motivation.



Gives me a better look at the colour of the wheel wells and underbody…. Not sure whether to make the wheel wells black or not…

[968Reckless]

actually liking that gloss.

[burkey001]

Plans to do anything with the side bump rubber or door handles? Feel like they're going to look out of place with the now glossy trim.

It's a good question and the answer right now is "I don't know"
Will get a side assembled and see how it looks. May get a set of door handles done as well, and do one side each way to see whether it works or not.
Not really much to be done with the rubber door trim, kind of is what it is. They look particularly flat in colour because they are brand new and not covered in some kind of protectant which helps bump up the gloss level.

In hindsight, given how hard it was to find all the rubber brand new, as some are NLA, I should have just filled the holes and gone no rubber strips. :) Maybe i'll do that for the next one I do with an EV conversion

[dadsbmw]

Plans to do anything with the side bump rubber or door handles? Feel like they're going to look out of place with the now glossy trim.

[burkey001]

great update! looking forward to seeing the black chrome done

Did think I would like the shiny trim but it works really well

Thanks, we'll see how it looks. Supposed to be all be done by the end of the week. It is going to look different to "how it's normally done" but i hope in a good way, not a bling blong way.

I did try the trim in satin 2K black paint and also gloss 2K black..... and it just didnt quite work for me. Plus painted trim seems like a short term proposition as its a bit of a wear area (car will have roof racks occasionally) so I wanted the durability of a chrome finish.
Have new genuine glass coming in from Germany hopefully next week... so soon I should be able to post all glass in with this new trim... then it may start to look like something. :)

[Pootis]

Did think I would like the shiny trim but it works really well

[Sh3rpak!ng]

great update! looking forward to seeing the black chrome done

[Melon]

Excellent work!