hello zone members ..
tell you bit about car first..
shes a 325i sport grey 85k, on clock .. im 2nd owner, first owner bought from new , and was a doctor in london, but found it quicker to get tube to work , so car was left in garage doin nothing , for quite a few yrs , i know this cos his name and addy is last name on log book ...
fast forwarded, 4yrs ago , my old e30 was a bit tired after having her for 10 yrs , was a 3i8i, 150k on clock ,, was passing a garage in bury st edmunds,( sharnt say which , gone bust and was a tosser..), and saw the sport , it was mint looket bran new , had 70k on clock , looket at my old beemer , and thought sorry , your dumpet..
paid a deposit, offerd Ԛ£500.00 for old car , and arranged to pick up week later ,, after paying extra to have clifford alarm fitted, and for the service history to arrive , from a dealer in london ..
day arrives for me to pick her up , i was very excited, on this day , but also a bit sad as i drove my old beemer for the last time , she gave me 10 yrs trouble free motoring, any way get to the garage , park her up , lump in throat , smile when i see my new freind gleaming and ready for the off.. go in to the office and pay my money , which was 3.5k minus the Ԛ£500.00 for old car, (by the way its a 89 f model), and ask for the service history , he said he was chaseing it up , i said id pop in next week , booket car into bmw carrs , and had a total inspection, they said mileage was probably gen, original tyres still on car , make no longer made , so i was relieved they though it was gen..
went back to tosser, for my history same excuse, then they folded up and went bust..
i then notice the laquer pealing on roof bonnet and boot, and at this momment in time it looks a right mess , looks like some one been let loose with brillo pad , so i thought bollox, im gonna get rid of it , even thoght of putting it through the frag at work , thats a car crusher,
then a mate told me about this site , ive been looking at other zone members cars , and thinking you carnt get better looking than a shiney e30 , especiaslly a sport, so now ive had a change of heart, im not gonna crush it or sell it , im gonna do her up , like i said shes mint apart from this laquer problem, ive had a quote Ԛ£800.00 plus vat, thats for roof bonnet , boot , and spoiler , strippet right back to bare metal , does this sound reaonable??, i will post some pictures when i can suss it out ,,
your comments appreciated..
sorry to waffle on for so long , thought id share this with you ,
happy new year brad
is the price right ??
Moderator: martauto
yer i will get a couple in , sprayer thinks its too bad , and will need takeing right back , to garantee, a 1st class job,DanThe wrote:For a bare metal job thats a reasonable price due to the amount of work.
But its not always nescesary so get a few more oppinions and quotes before making a decision
next project will be leather interio, which i might be able to get from work ..