Understanding the E30 shell - Rust

[snakebrain]

This is an E12 but a really good thread that details the work needed to make a car's bodywork truly sound. (It's tonybmw's gold E12 to save you clicking if you've seen it already.)

[joshirwin]

how much would it cost for rust treament at a garage? ive rust behind the front 2 mudflaps which when wasing move and rust in the boot where water gets in via the bumper on the drivers side? prob not asked in the right area but this thread got me thinking, cheers

[Kedge]

how much would it cost for rust treament at a garage? ive rust behind the front 2 mudflaps which when wasing move and rust in the boot where water gets in via the bumper on the drivers side? prob not asked in the right area but this thread got me thinking, cheers

How longs a piece of string really. Only way you can get an answer is go get some poutes, hard to advise without even seeing to what extent the damage is.

[joshirwin]

ok will upload pics soon

[snakebrain]

ok will upload pics soon

Not to this thread - it's intended to be a reference thread. Start a separate one.

[bigmace2004]

[staley_turbo]

A couple of my tech one before i saved it!

[Ranchero]

Not sure that some of the pictures in this thread are particularly useful as reference, given that they seem to feature vehicles that have been left to rot way beyond the point of rescue.

[e30topless]

thats a work of Art...

structural hairy mary, how lovely

[joshirwin]

[quote="snakebrain"][quote="joshirwin"]ok will upload pics soon[/quote]

Not to this thread - it's intended to be a reference thread. Start a separate one.[/quote]

is this not where to put rusty pics then, if not im confused to what this thread is about then.

[Grrrmachine]

josh, you might as well stick your rust pics here. This is supposed to be the Hidden Horrors thread, not the Massively Obvious Orange Gaping Wound thread.

[snakebrain]

I got the impression it was supposed to be for identifying where rust lives on E30s, how to deal with it and so on. Not for quoting a price for someone's repair job...

[Grrrmachine]

...how to deal with it and so on. Not for quoting a price for someone's repair job.

There's a column for cost/time on the wiki page, and Skip mentions "when buying an E30" at the start; a simple idea of price per hour for welding, and how many hours to replace a sill or wheel arch, couldn't hurt anyone.

[215m3]

Here is a couple of pictures where the rust was on my 87 M3. I was unaware of this until the car was being corner weighed. The garaged advised me of the condition.

Drivers side



After



The passenger side also had rust, but not as bad. I only have a picture once it has been repaired.



The rest of the shell was not too bad.

[joshirwin]

@ Grrrmachine haha it does look pretty dodgy

@ snakebrain, im not uploading on here for quote its to show were my E30 has rust and the proper bull..... of a welding job that was suposed to fix the prob but just made it worse

[offcenter]

here is my first e30 1984 318i it didn't look too bad for $550





then i thought I'd pull the carpet and put in some new carpet, carpet is cheap right?










turns out this was typical of the rest of the car, i sold it to a nice Mexican guy at a loss of $150 as you see in the pics.

[verde]

Wish this was here before I bought my rust farm. I just realised I havnt taken the head liner out yet...or sunroof....fuuuuck

[ross_jsy]

Out of interest, anyone had their car acid dipped?

Something I will probably want to do in 5 years or so. Currently mine is 99% rust free (and it's stripped to a bare shell right now so I'm certain of it) but in a few years, acid dipped, any rust sorted properly and then re-dipped in the new electrically charged coatings they provide.

[Jozi]

Out of interest, anyone had their car acid dipped?

Something I will probably want to do in 5 years or so. Currently mine is 99% rust free (and it's stripped to a bare shell right now so I'm certain of it) but in a few years, acid dipped, any rust sorted properly and then re-dipped in the new electrically charged coatings they provide.

Xworks had his dipped from memory, his thread is in the photo section.

[ross_jsy]

Will have to have a browse.

Would be terrified what potential horrors 20 + years of paint could be hiding though

[Cloggy Saint]

Wow, there are some horrific pictures on this thread . Makes me even more smug about my rust-free shell!

[corza1]

Gotta be honest, quite shocked/stunned at some of the pics! knew E30s could be a bit 'crusty' but f**k me, put's me off even considering a Sport!!!

[Dezzy]

Out of interest, anyone had their car acid dipped?

Something I will probably want to do in 5 years or so. Currently mine is 99% rust free (and it's stripped to a bare shell right now so I'm certain of it) but in a few years, acid dipped, any rust sorted properly and then re-dipped in the new electrically charged coatings they provide.

Xworks had his dipped from memory, his thread is in the photo section.

The thread is a sticky at the top of E30 chat!


Read the hole thread its quality!

[ross_jsy]

I've read it, or most bits.

I guess I'll have to spend the next few hours till work ends re-reading it....what a chore

[Grrrmachine]

The most pic-heavy restoration threads are listed in the Wiki:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... storations

If there's any I've missed, just point them to me and I'll add them.

[Duke137]

The most pic-heavy restoration threads are listed in the Wiki:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... storations

If there's any I've missed, just point them to me and I'll add them.

You have missed steviebmw's rear arch repair thread....