My e30 Project... Mtech II sedan, Jlines, Vaders, M50 and much more...

[e30this]

be sure to spray a undercoating on the back side of all your welds that you can reach so you dont have to worry about rust later on.

[Mclassy]

Fiberglass for the trunk lip isnt really a good idea. because you will be slamming the runk all the time and it will break more then likely.
Fiberglass doesnt stick well to metal either.
When you go to weld a lip back on there the fiberglass will get hot and peel away from the metal.

I have a few fiberglass threads if your interested in looking at them.
keep hard at it though. good job so far.

I agree. You might have been better off just gluing metal to metal.

[motorsports_3]

be sure to spray a undercoating on the back side of all your welds that you can reach so you dont have to worry about rust later on.

Cool, thanks.

[motorsports_3]

I started to smooth out the antenna hole

Finished the MT2 pod, I smoothed it out more after this pic

Working on the door

All nice

This was an area where the last paint was lifting

I sanded the lower half of the car


Finished the ding on drivers side rear 1/4 panel

Drivers side fender

Applied more filler to antenna


Door again

Testing the MT2 pod

No gap

Working on the front valence. I am not expecting this to be perfect, just better than before



Hood is done



Roof rust


My camera went missing at this point, so I couldnt keep you guys updated. What I did was cut out the rusted areas. Put down some Bondo fiberglass putty, smoothed that out and I am working with the filler now.


Smoothed out


This side it looking better

And I put down more filler

[motorsports_3]

Well I got some work done today. I started to clean out my garage and havent seen it so clean in a while that I decided to start painting.
I am almost finished with the sunroof area
Lying down filler




It is almost done. It looks better in person and a lot more round. I am going to work on it more though.



Anything that has been touched by your skin make sure to clean it off first. You could use paint thinner, or reducer. I chose to use PPG cleaner.

I painted the small accesories on the car.

Painted






This was my first time painting with the primer. They came out pretty well. I am going to smooth them out and maybe touch them up when I do the car.
I have to now finish fixing the rust on the trunk area and start to tape up and cover up the car. I also have to start to make my make shift booth.
Just a warning to anyone who may try to attempt this. This stuff is extremly hazardus. I had my garage closed and the garage had a yellow cloud inside of it. When I was done the floor was filled with a yellow power due to the over spray. I had my mask on, but with out it, it is very hazarous and I would never reccomend anyone to attemt this with out a mask or safty equipment.
This is the back of the fan I am using. Note the yellow on the rear of it from overspray. I can not stress this enough. If you do not have proper safety equip this should never been attempted.

Remember all this work is for illustration purposes only, and I miss some steps with the pics. This should not be attempted by anyone but a professional, and all work is at your own risk. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. ;)

[CorvallisBMW]

Great progress!

[motorsports_3]

Great progress!

Thank you.

[motorsports_3]

Here is a really small update. I am still waiting to weld in the rust in the trunk area so I could primer the car. It is just I have to take it to my friends house and the weather has been terrible. If all goes well tomorow I will weld it up and then primer it soon after.
I just smoothed out the peices I have primed since the last time.





Oh BTW is it fine for me to leave these little sections that got sanded down this way? Or should it be one uniform color of primer?

[e30this]

your going to spray another coat of primer on there before you spray your color.
its a urethane sealer. When you spray that you have about 5 days to spray your color before you have to sand the car back down to spray color.

[motorsports_3]

your going to spray another coat of primer on there before you spray your color.
its a urethane sealer. When you spray that you have about 5 days to spray your color before you have to sand the car back down to spray color.

Wow, I didnt know that, good thing I havent primed the car yet. Just to make sure I could put filler over the primer and smooth it out right?

[Altstadthof]

keep up the excellent work! bet its gonna like banging when its done

[N2MYE30]

Im not sure how I missed 14 pages of a great build but im glad I found it. Im watching now!!!

[e30nub]

Good work man! Keep it up!

[lukem23]

GL on the project!

[JamesE30]

Just read this whole thread.
Great progress!! Keep up the good work, you've definitely motivated me along with plenty of others I'm sure, to keep up the DIY approach. Can't wait to see it all shiny on those new wheels.
Although I'm not a fan of red on gold (I was kind of hoping you'd go with gunmetal), I'm sure it will look awesome none the less!