Well, ive come to the conclusion that heat + metal = bad time. The rear quarter was pretty warped. Not any more! Its not 100% done yet but its almost good enough to paint.
Gangster exhaust tips:
Gangster exhaust tips:
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Got the tail lights today and theyre way cleaner than i thought they would be. Turns out just the dust seal on the caliper was melted. The insides seem fine. the brakes are bled and ready to go. My dad took the 2" hole saw to NY with him so i cant finish my gauge holder.... Moved the cig lighter into the center console so i have more room for gauges in the ashtray area. Put three 1/8th npt barbs in the intake manifold and got rid of the one fitting with no barb on it so i no longer have any T fittings for all my vac hoses and theyre all very secure. Rewired the gauges but couldnt get the amber/ white changing capability to work. Oh well. I wanna try to figure out how to get the wire that makes the gauges amber have power with key acc/on and then no power when the lights are on.
Good stuff boys. She's drivable but i want to get it painted before shes actually on the road. I know im not gonna want to put it up again to paint soon.......
So i had some rain to wait for... I got some more small stuff done. Cut the hole for the coil wires on MS. Secured the diverter valve hose a little nicer. Secured some more of the passenger side wires and the wastegate signal line.
The rain stopped so i got to tape everything off and clean it one last time. I got everything primed for real. So far im pretty happy with my body work :) mostly because of this:
Pics:
The set up :)
The cig lighter mod
MS case
Im hoping to have it painted tomoro but we all know how that goes.-ChrisComment
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semi OT, but... more pics of those cupholders please!
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Hahahaha, custom shiz yo. Those need a lot of work to look normal... Ill get some pics later today. i bought the cup holder off ebay that gets velcroed into the little storage tray in the rear center console. It was way too cheesy. So i cut it up and molded it into the console. still needs some finishing.
Got the primer blocked out, a few little things fixed and the whole area sealed. Almost ready to go 400 wet sand that stuff and spray the rocker panel texture stuff.
Im planning to paint this thing tonight. :) im gonna have to set up some serious lights though.-ChrisComment
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Its dirty:
Sealer:
I hope i can lay the paint out that well. :)
Got the rear valence ruberized n im finishing up wet sanding the sealer so i can paint this thing :)-ChrisComment
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K so turns out i sucks at teh body work. So i sprayed sealer a second time.
before
Afterzz
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New trunk?
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Thanks!
Yeah, MAE single stage black urethane.-ChrisComment
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Donezo.
Finally made a gauge holder :)
Leak test!
Weird:
Capped here:
Found some good leaks. The evaporative purge valve thing was leaking like a mo fo at the manifold. The fuel injectors leak at the manifold a little bit too.
Bled the brakes again and they feel better than they ever have!
MS here i come...-ChrisComment
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Woot!
Glad to see it all better :)
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Online party in this thread I'll bring the naked chicks. :drink:92 Granite Silver Vert
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Looks good.sigpic
1990 E30 325ic (sold for more than I paid for it after 5 Years)
1995 E30 325e (in progress)
1987 E30 325is (totaled)
1990 E30 325i
1991 E30 318is M50 PWR
1996 E36 328ic
1997 Z3
2006 F150 Super Crew 5.4L 6.5' bed The work horse (need something to drag all these old BMW's home for resurrection.)Comment
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Nice work! Great to see it's back on the road and running again :)Comment
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ok chris offically jealous of your car again, i want to see it in person hahaCurrent:1995 :540i--m60+6speed+bunch of other goodies(supercharged) hehe
1995 525i-5, new winterbeater/DD
In the past
1987 300sdl(winterbeater/DD)
1990 325iS caged and m50ed plus a whole bunch of other stuff!
1995 540i-6 speed oxford over parchemnt
1990 BMW 325i(s)Brillantrot with black int
1995 Audi A6 5speed
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