New(ish) purchase - 325i Cab, time for respray

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ollieh
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Tue May 01, 2012 10:18 pm

Hi Guys,

I recently purchased a 1 owner 1990, 325i cab. Its in pretty good condition and has covered 107,000 miles.

The time has come to get rid of the minor rust and restore this to its former glory. Can anyone give me a tried and tested bodyshop recommendation ? I'm looking to give it a full respray.

I'm in Surrey, but would be willing to drive anywhere in the country to get the work done properly for the right price.

Many thanks.

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Tue May 01, 2012 10:26 pm

hello mate, theres probably people closer

but JRC in fareham fort wallington

google it, ring and ask for john say you know carl with the e30 and hes been recomended

hes not the cheapest, but not the most expensive as he will do a good cash price, but f**k me he is the bees knees

hes re sprayed the front end of my range rover, 2 mats cosworths and another local cosworth, and also a zoners cabby called jimbo on here

send him a pm on the last page of this thread you can see talk of him and the work he does

impeccable work and well worth the travelling for and its not too far to go, hes a nice guy who knows his e30s too and i try keep my eyes open for hm, i recomended him to jimbo and he went to see himl, got his cabby done, and is delighted

my car is going in there in 2 weeks ,had to wait a while as hes busy and got people queing up, but worth the wait to get a job thats that cut above

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http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=201377
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ollieh
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Wed May 02, 2012 9:15 am

Hi Polsta,

Great, thanks for the recommendation. I'll give John a call and get the car down there for an estimate.

If anyone else has had a good experience with a bodyshop, please let me know as I'm looking to get 3-4 quotes.

Cheers....
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Wed May 02, 2012 9:47 am

BeardyMatt, on here if he is still around. He's in Sheffield IIRC.

Very very good top quality work, but means he is a busy boy but ive not seen him post for a while.
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ollieh
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Wed May 02, 2012 12:53 pm

Thanks for your help Sanchez.
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Wed May 02, 2012 1:07 pm

I have a mate of mine who runs his own paid shop in Bolton, he is first class and has been a painter for 30 plus years, he made an awesome job of my cabby which required a full bare metal re-spray.

Likes cash and was miles cheaper that all the bodyshops i visted.

I went to see him last week about my Merc (full re-spray on the cards) and he was painting a 1985 7 series....looked amazing.

PM me if you want his details.

cheers

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Wed May 02, 2012 1:23 pm

Hi Gary, thanks for the recommendation. For some reason I'm unable to send PMs. I can receive them though so would you mind sending me his details mate,

Thx
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Wed May 02, 2012 7:52 pm

Hey Ollieh, my mans name is Steve, his number is 07917 854335 tell him Gary Jones passed you his number..

regards

Gary

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Wed May 02, 2012 8:23 pm

Cheers Gary, I'll give him a buzz. 4 hours from here to Bolton so it'll be a good excuse to give the motor a bit of a run !

Thx
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Wed May 02, 2012 8:36 pm

sweet, if your up for the drive..take the Woodhead Pass throughout the Peak District (just of J35a) of the M1...a beautiful drive... :D
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Wed May 02, 2012 8:51 pm

looks like a sweet motor that one...cant wait to see the pics post respray :D :D
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