Accuracy Automotive (Jparkr) 327is build

[J3M93]

This is an incredible build, exactly what i would want to do

[Justin B]

I really enjoyed helping for the few days that I did before your concourse, nice to see some newer pictures getting up in this thread.

[5Toes]

So John what wax did you use? And compounds? Just wondering :)

[GunMetalGrey]

That R3v valve cover is the best!

[catuned]

Wow.. Amazing! Super nice!

[Luis325]

John love the new wheels!

[MR 325]

John, phenomenal work as always man.

I'm doing the same with my S50 car. Cage removal, new carpet, new seats, etc. Definitely not to the level of cleanliness that you are though.

[Jand3rson]

One way to make sure you are enjoying this thread to its full potential is to realize that your car will NEVER be as clean as this one.

[cmybimmer]

Holy wow!! Car looks clean as hell! i read through the whole thread. Love the build, A+ in my eyes

[Jparkr]

Outdated update 2 2011

Bought some better condition seats and smothered them in Griot's leather rejuvenate. Then wrapped them in saran wrap and left them to bake in the sun and condition:


Cleaned the seat rails and installed the seats






Finished assembling the Center conceals and dashboard




Complete shots






Trunk Done








Had another coolant leak at the throttle body, and I needed to clean it all up anyways:






Much cleaner


Also took cars of a lot of mismatched nuts and bolts, replaced them with stainless ones. and cleaned up all the brackets I could

Old roller


New rollers




Fender before






Fender after






I actually lost points for my starter one year! So, I changed it out.


Coil bracket


Manifold bracket


James let me barrow the R3Vlimited valve cover


M3 firewall covers installed




The whole time we were assembling everything else we were also wet sanding and re polishing the entire car










There used to be a lot more orange peel here




Polishing and waxing done! Cleaned up the wheels.






Next post will be all complete shots and all my Thank yous to everyone who helped. I need to add a few more shots into these two last updates. Then I'll take some current shots as well but I need to do a detail on a clients car right now. I promise I'll have the thread done by tonight!

[10Toes]

so clean

[catuned]

Very nice sir. and I love that color! :)

[Luis325]

Fucking hot!!! Cleanest E30!!!

[Simon S]

* DROOL !! *

I think the ONLY thing that jumped out at me was non-shaved SRS impact sensor brackets..

love, LOVE, LOVE the cleanliness and execution.

can't believe I hadn't seen this thread earlier..

[Jparkr]

Outdated update 1 Interior 2011

Due to me trying to run my shop, I have slacked big time on updates.
All of these updates were done around May/June/July 2011 The BMWCCA Concours de'Elegance was held on July 24th 2011. That was my deadline.


In 2010 I finished with another second place. It seems no matter how hard I try and clean this thing I always lose to Keith and his beautiful Henna M3.

I had been putting it off, but it was clear to me now that to try and improve the car, my street bar would have to go. The only problem was it was welded in. I would not only need to remove it, but fix all the damage.



Let's begin. I am going to keep commentary semi-light through this

Cutting the welds out:






Out!






What a mess:









We ground all four points down to clean metal. Then primed them with self etching primer:









For the rear wheel arches it was as simple as laying down some body tar and undercoating the underside. This would both protect the area from water and allow for a very permanent and reliable fix.







The floor was a different story. We needed to repair the area and ensure we would have no future issues. The solution was to make a plate to cover the damaged area and permanently protect it. Here is the plate we made:




A little trip to the bender:


Nice fitment:



Now we had our solution. It was time to install it. We used 8115 Panel bonding and rivets to ensure they would be strong and never-ever fail.




Laid in place, drilled some holes for the rivets and began securing:







The hard part was over. We had fixed the damage from the street bar, but I had a lot more to finish if my car was going to be a true restoration. Just looking good on the outside is fine, but I never wanted to have to worry about pulling this interior again. That meant making everything perfect while I was in there this time.

I removed the dash and heater box, yet again. What was under the carpet hadn't been touched since the first construction in 2008. I knew i needed to just finish it


Replaced all the plugs


My buddy Reid and I spent about 2 hours scrubbing the tar residue off with brake clean


Then gave the chassis a nice fresh coat of paint






Next, I put all the wiring back into its factory locations, which took about 3 hours :-x








Back seat area






Luke's reupholstered rear deck, looking sexy:


Quarter panels in:




Choosing which carpet to run. The last carpet obviously had holes in it from the cage.




Not acceptable!


With some mad sewing skills this problem was a thing of the past




Rear seat time!






My heater core was starting to leak so it was time for me to change it out. along with some of the seals. Yuk




New core in and new foam seal on




New Mtech dead pedal thanks to CourtM3!



Heater box and dash back in place:



Finished painting my MPG needle





Modified an early 2 button center conceal for an airbag dash and installed it




That's all for tonight. Ill keep uploading and finishing the update tomorrow!