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

[motorsports_3]

So I made some more progress today. For the most part, from the front fenders back it is ready for primer. I have a few spots with filler to fix, then do one more surface sand then it is ready for primer.

Here are the pics
Rear dings being worked on


Trunk dings and rear dings painted black. You paint it black, because black shows imperfections the most. So what you do is spray a self etching primer, and then black paint



This ding was sticking out, I popped it in

This filler was wavy before, fixing that




Fixing dings on drivers side





I got this joint pretty good, I added a little more filler after



How it sits as of now





Always wear protection!

[motorsports_3]

Thank you

[VAPORBLADE]

Loving the progress!

[motorsports_3]

Well I did a little bit today. I focused on the trunk and rear panel. I didnt, have my air orbital sander only my electric one, and I was running out of sheets.
I got the car in my garage.

Because of Fabulous Miami weather

Sanding down the "325" emblem

Putting Filler on the small dings on the trunk

The dings sorted out for the most part

Dings on the rear panel

More filler on the upper dings, I still felt a little difference in texture

The rest of trunk pretty much sanded down, a little more smoothing out and it will be ready for primer.

A portion near the back door which had bubbles, so I sanded it down to the metal.

[motorsports_3]

SO I think I am painting it myself...

[motorsports_3]

Wow, so I just got some bad news today. The guy who was painting it said he can no longer do the job, so now I need to find a new shop to do it, and pick up the car.

When do you expect it back? I think you will have the same problem I do trying to decide which car to drive. The e30 wins over 90% percent of the time over the e46. Not sure if it would over the 1 series if I owned one. I'd probably still drive the e30 because I put so much work into it.

I have no idea at this point, lol. I have the problem now and the e30 was in peices. I low driving the 1, but sometime I like the e30s rawness. The e30 will probally get driven to meets, and on the weekends.

[240zs30]

When do you expect it back? I think you will have the same problem I do trying to decide which car to drive. The e30 wins over 90% percent of the time over the e46. Not sure if it would over the 1 series if I owned one. I'd probably still drive the e30 because I put so much work into it.

[motorsports_3]

Great progress. I can't wait to see this thing with the wheels. Any mods getting done to the 1 series?

Thank you. For now I am going easy on the 1. I only have small things done to it, Waiting till I finish the e30. Then I want to get RAC monolights, a chip, Coilovers, and thats about it.

[240zs30]

Great progress. I can't wait to see this thing with the wheels. Any mods getting done to the 1 series?

[motorsports_3]

So today was quite an eventful day. I took the car to paint, thats a good thing.
I was supposed to wake up early and have the car fully stripped by 10am. I did not wake up until nearly 12 noon. At that point I rushed and got the car almost fully stripped in just under an hour. I mean the windshield and rear window, take off the spoiler, the tail lights, the antenna, the sunroof, and maybe a few others, in 91 degree humid weather. After that I went to my friends house to pick up the tow vehicle, a king ranch f250, then to his shop to get a tow device. I get home at around 3 pm to get the car to the shop far from me by 4:45 pm. I still had to circle all the dents and fix a noisy door. Got all that fixed and made it to the shop on time.
The body guy said it should take a couple of weeks, but I told him take his time and do a good job. Just as before I am pianting it Imola Red And he is fixing all the body work. I hope it comes out good this time.
Now on to the pics,
Hood Gasket off

Wipers off

Sprayers off

Tails off

Sun roof off


Back bumper off

Windows out


This was the hour mark
All the pieces i took to the shop


Shots of the car


After picking up the truck.
Dings circled





After this we took the car to the shop. SO hopefully the next time you see it, it will be very nice.
Also, When I got home, I had my 1 series commerative book. Its nice, white leatherm has my vin imprinted, and my cars info. :excited:

[motorsports_3]

Well today I fixed the other side. This side was really bad, It had completly rusted through, and took up a good amount of the rear corner.
I didnt get many pics because my camera went missing, and I didnt want to mess up my phone while working on the car. Here are a few pics.
I also rolled the fenders, but did not have pics of this either.
The chunk of the car we replaced

The rust that fell down as we hit the area and cut it

One of the rusted peices we cut off


Welded in

Painted and finished

Once again sorry for the lack of pics, and the low quality.

[motorsports_3]

You're painting it again? Crazy stuff, I'm excited to see the finished product, those wheels looked great on that New Yorker's car whose name I forget.

Keep it up.

Yeah the first time it was painted was one of the worst paint jobs I have ever seen. Plus since then I bought m tech 2 sides and a few other things, so I just wanted to re do it all.
Thank you about the wheels, I hope they fit well with my car.

[M42Technik]

You're painting it again? Crazy stuff, I'm excited to see the finished product, those wheels looked great on that New Yorker's car whose name I forget.

Keep it up.

[motorsports_3]

Nice work. Seems like you are making timely progress.

Thank you.

It is about time I am making progress, in the start I would do something everyday, but as school and work became more demanding this car became harder to work on. I really want to get it into paint by the end of the week.

[TwoJ's]

Nice work. Seems like you are making timely progress.