Japandrew73's OEM Euro Restore

[///M42 sport]

Hey off topic but just curious if you have your car insured for its true value or blue book?
Congrats

[YAN-3]

Congrats dude! so bummed that i missed out. by the time i got out of class, i saw all the cars heading the opposite direction.

[hi its me alec]

Nicely done, I'm jealous of the car's cleanliness

[Japandrew73]

Hey off topic but just curious if you have your car insured for its true value or blue book?
Congrats

Kelly Blue book + all i've put into it... as long as I keep the receipts. I'm keeping all I can. (Knock on wood)

[Javier h]

Yes...I totalled my M10 as well as I had to supply all documents to the insurance company and got 2 1/2 times what they initially offered me.

Paint, engine and tranny work and pictures are priceless. I would even prove to them that it was a show car :)

Seriously, be very careful with the rain here in Cali. Anyone can hydro ...and I'm talking about the other drivers not you. I don't care if the other driver's tires are brand new, under the right conditions, it will happen to anyone.

The resto is sweet. Congrats.

[Japandrew73]

Yes...I totalled my M10 as well as I had to supply all documents to the insurance company and got 2 1/2 times what they initially offered me.

Paint, engine and tranny work and pictures are priceless. I would even prove to them that it was a show car :)

Seriously, be very careful with the rain here in Cali. Anyone can hydro ...and I'm talking about the other drivers not you. I don't care if the other driver's tires are brand new, under the right conditions, it will happen to anyone.

The resto is sweet. Congrats.

thank you! Yea the whole reason I'm doing this thread is for insurance purposes. pictures, pictures, pictures. Each post has a date also so it's good as gold.
about the rain. There is little to no rain in newport beach, i'll be careful for the 3 days of the year it will rain though :mrgreen:

[Miasma]

Just don't drive those days.

[Japandrew73]

andrew, all the shit you do is justified now.....



I only wish i had the same attention to detail as you :)


major props


ps if you want a sig pic hit me up

Thank you! Sigs are a bit too flashy for me, just my opinion. thanks though

[Il Duce]

cough.

[Japandrew73]

That's a pretty good photoshop! Looks good lowered, that's a bit too low for me though

[Stu]

That's a pretty good photoshop! Looks good lowered, that's a bit too low for me though

I agree, please don't take it that low! Nice chop though Duce

[Il Duce]

haha, that shit's not even stanced!

[Japandrew73]

i think it looks fine....


give into peer pressure


I was also thinking, Alpina wheels are not OEM, if this is an OEM restore should you be getting euro weaves!!!!!!11@2uno

ah ha, but this is where you are wrong. Alpina wheels were an option also, just like Recaro seats weren't made by BMW, but they were offered. Alpinas were in fact an option. (Let me double check on it, but i'm %90 they were an option).
Here is a pic from a brochure I have, it has the Alpinas that aren't period correct for my car, they are the early kind with black centers, nonetheless, Alpinas in a BMW brochure.


In other news, I took off the US valence underneath like you guys suggested. Looks a whole lot better, didn't understand I was able to do it.
Front spoiler and bumper off


Valence off

This is the side of the fender, see how the hole there is what the valence used to screw into and allow the fenders to be held together. The front spoiler is held together in 4 places, two giant bolts on the front, and two smaller bolts that go through the hole the US valence used to go through. So the front spoiler holds the wings together perfectly. Didn't realize this on the initial instal and so I left the US valence.

Much more natural look. Needs fogs though :D

[Miasma]

Fogs will set off that frontend like crazy.

[Jean]

There you go :)