One of the best tech 1 sports......

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:58 pm

There's that stroppy teen like reply again.

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:32 pm

hes got a point,

I stetched myself to the utter finacial limits on my E30, the body job owes me alot of money.

I couldn't afford to have it dipped and all that sh!t plus imho i didn't think my car needed it. Its easy to spend other peoples money!!!

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:56 pm

bss325i wrote:Don't be factious Andy, its obvious I was talking about a bodyshell that needs restoring.

To be fair I did read it like you were saying anything with a bit of rust needs to be acid dipped to be 'propa'

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:18 pm

To have it like original factory 100% rust free condition (there is always rust hiding somewhere in between the joins) you would probably need to acid dip, does not mean a restoration can not be done without acid dipping.

All depends on how deep the pockets & how bad the original car is.

I have seen sandblasted, acid dipped and just plain cut and patched. All versions work.

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:17 pm

bss325i wrote:
An E30 body shell was E-coated when constructed so back to my original statement,

And that didn't seem to stop them from rotting. So it's not really worth doing.

Ben

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:29 pm

BenHar wrote:
bss325i wrote:
An E30 body shell was E-coated when constructed so back to my original statement,

And that didn't seem to stop them from rotting. So it's not really worth doing.

Ben

Well it is worth doing as its getting rid of rot that has set in then re coating the exposed metal.

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:44 pm

bss325i wrote:
BenHar wrote:
bss325i wrote:
An E30 body shell was E-coated when constructed so back to my original statement,

And that didn't seem to stop them from rotting. So it's not really worth doing.

Ben
Well it is worth doing as its getting rid of rot that has set in then re coating the exposed metal.

Must be worth doing if it originally with stood nearly 20+ yrs out on the road before rust totally takes it's toll, so you could say it would survive another 20+ yrs before it would require anything.

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:25 pm

Even longer if the car is cared for.

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:49 pm

DanThe wrote:
bss325i wrote:Don't be factious Andy, its obvious I was talking about a bodyshell that needs restoring.
To be fair I did read it like you were saying anything with a bit of rust needs to be acid dipped to be 'propa'

Forget it Dan , you just can't win.

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:07 pm

To be honest, i couldn't care less if people want to crack on with their patch fests.

I just had/have a view on how a restoration is carried out based on how thorough acid dipping is compared to media blasting.

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:23 pm

Everyone has there own way of doing things when it comes to building a car.

Whatever you do to a car no matter how good it is, someone will always criticise.

Just a shame there is so much bitchyness....

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:29 pm

really..... it's not bitchyness...... it's just blokes pulling each other's legs....old fashioned banter !!

Wish there was more of it on here.....more interesting than some dull rusty car pics

Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:34 pm

Wasn't really on about this forum.

More about vag owners that fake tan and perm

Post Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:47 am

Banter and rusty pics all a plus in my book a˜a

Post Mon May 05, 2014 1:21 am

That Tech1 is probably the biggest bargain Sport I have ever seen
1 Owner from New
38k mileage
FBMWSH
Yes please
And Tech1 I didn't think these existed
I thought they were all bad

This is a bargain. FACT. I think I would prefer the E21 323i LE for £10k over this but the condition might not be as nice as the Sport.