I figures it was time to finally start a thread for my car. Got the car from my dad about 4 years ago. He bought it from a friend who had it sitting in a carport for about 10 years. It needed ALOT of work when he got it. Now its my turn to make it the way I want.
How it looked after my dad finished it.
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New lowering springs and shocks.
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Time for the bumper swap.
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Front valance
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All parts installed.
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Another view
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All new lights wired in.
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Found a set of original 15" basketweaves.
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I figured it was time to customize my valve cover.
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Alot more to come. I will post more when my car comes back from the body shop. Rear end collisions are not fun
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Good job. That valence looks familiar glad you were able to put it to good use.
Looking forward to more updates.
2003 530i -- DD; 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe -- fun car; 1990 325i convertible -- sold; 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 -- sold; 1989 325i sedan -- sold; 1983 633CSi -- sold; 1982 323i -- sold
Way to go on the plastic bumper.
Thanks guys. Found some pics on my computer of the damage that was done. Gotta love these Florida drivers.
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After alot of digging I finally found a picture of the car when my dad brought it home.
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Went down to the body shop to check on progress and found this.
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She looks so sad
New piece to be welded in
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Hopefully getting her back soon.
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I like the valve cover. I may do that or something like that to mine now
Thanks man. I got the idea from a member on here. I think it will add the perfect amount of color to the engine bay.
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yeah, I gotta say, i like the valve cover too. nice job on painting it. i may be doing that same look when i get to that point. thanks for sharing and keep up the thread! BTW...what did you do with the other set of wheels once you put the basketweaves on?
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Finally got my car back from the body shop.
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Started back up where I left off before the body shop got it. Finished relocating my battery to the trunk. Painted spots in the trunk where there was bare metal.
My dad found more pictures of the car when he brought it home.
Found her in a carport where she sat for 6 years. She was in rough shape.
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Recieving her much needed washing
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Inside was worse than outside.
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Amazing what soap and water do to a car
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Alot of elbow grease and cleaner goes a long way.
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Looks 1000 times better.
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Finally changed out the stock open diff for a 4.10 lsd I got for $65. Next step is to cut the rear apron off the donor car for the rear bumper swap.
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Today was a very productive day. I cut the rear apron of a donor car and got it all cut up to be welded on my car.
$125 gets me the rear section from a 325 coupe.
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Let the cutting begin!
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Start of the scrap pile.
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One spot thats gotta get patched.
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After 5 cutting disks all the cutting is done!
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Gotta finish hammering the metal to contor the body better. Then comes the welding.
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Went ahead and mocked the whole thing up. Looks sick!
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Perfect contour with the fender!
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Perfect on the gaps all the way around!
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More to do still, but this gives you an idea of where it will end up. Let me know what you guys think about it!
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I finally got around to welding up the rear apron. I also decided that I want to run dual exhaust on the car so I made a cut out for the tips.
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Alot of tack welds to hold it on and sheet metal screws that have been tack welded to prevent them from backing out.
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Made a filler piece to hide the gap between the apron and original fender.
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Nice job. I redoing my 89 triple black vert as well. Will definitely keep checking in.
After many months I finally got back to work on the car. Finished the final welding on the rear apron. Ran into an issue with my instrument cluster not wanting yo illuminate when I turned the last lights on. Found that it was a problem with the main cluster board. Good thing I had two other clusters in the spare parts bin. My next step is to wire up a switch to roll all four windows down at the same time and hit the body work hard. My goal is to have the car done by the end of May.
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Got any more pics of the welding?
Also I'm thinking of doing something with the front end of mine, just not sure what yet.
e30 Vert project
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I'll post up some pics when I get home. Been busy sanding the clear coat off the car getting it ready for paint.
Got home and went straight to work sanding the car down again. Its taking shape pretty quickly.
After finishing the welding I seam sealed all the way aroung the apron and undercoated it also.
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Slowly getting the clear coat off getting ready for new paint
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Last edited by csifan99; 02-12-2013 at 07:00 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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After much time and sweat, the car is finally sanded down. Now its time to fill in the minor dings and get the body perfectly smooth. Hope to have it ready to go to paint by the end of March.
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My e30 vert build http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1899641
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Wow. My hat's off to you. It takes a lot of know-how and courage (and tools) to pull off that rear-end surgery. Simply awesome.
I'm not crazy about the unfinished look under my rear metal bumper but I can't say I could pull off such an ambitious swap. Subscribed.
Seriously impressive body work skills! Can't wait to see the final product. Congrats Bro.
e30 Vert project
"The two loudest sounds a gun owner hears is a bang when he expects a click and a click when he expects a bang"
Recently heard - "The shear number of people who have made me wish there was a hell for them to rot in has forced me to re-examine my atheist beliefs."
Thanks guys I will try to make daily updates. Today I got all the little dings filled and smoothed. Then filler primer was sparyed over those spots. Only thing left to do is to sand the car down smooth.
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Right side fender was abused in the school parking lot.
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You will never know it had damage after its painted.
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New goal is to have it in paint in three weeks and completely finished by the end of May.
My e30 vert build http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1899641
Nothing But Bass: E30 Bass
I have money, I just want to use yours.
that valve cover is awesome!!!
also lol i thought mine was in rough shape when i got it... but yours i dont think i could do it, good luck man!
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The car is completely sanded and all the dings are filled and sanded with 220 grit sandpaper. Tomorrow the car will turn from black to grey as it gets its first coat of primer. Gotta clean all the paint dust off and get it prefectly clean.
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Mirrors come apart really simple.
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Bumpers sanded ready to go.
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Gallon of primer with hardener.
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Take one last good look.
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My e30 vert build http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1899641
Nothing But Bass: E30 Bass
I have money, I just want to use yours.
The car is completely sanded and all the dings are filled and sanded with 220 grit sandpaper.
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