My J Plate Cab Project!RESPRAY NO:2(11/09/08)

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

Right i recently bought a J registration 318 Convertible,its a 08/1991,i bought it from ebay,i wentto see it and done a deal with the guy there and then.Details of the car-

1991 J 318 Convertible
117000 Miles
Manual
Mauritius Blue
Black Leather Interior
New Electric Roof(Blue)
Power Hood
14" BBS Alloys(For Sale)
Converted to 325
Full Stainless Steel Exhaust

Project Plans

Full Respray in Porsche königs-blau-metallic
(heres a pic of what the colour looks likewinkeye)


Full M-Tech 2 Kit
Debadged
Convert to M30 3.5(at a later date)
Lotus White Leather with Dark Blue Piping
+ All Door Cards & Centre Console
Red Rear Light Clusters
Smoked Headlights
Brand New Fog Lights
Smoked Crystal Front Indicators
Flushed Side Indicators
I.C.E Install
Clifford Alarm
Colour Coded Hardtop(at a later date)
17" Azevs 8.5J All Round
Slammed(i mean slammedwinkeye )
Full Suspension Kit(probably H&R)
Replace Every Single Bush

Lots lots more but cant think right now.the car is very very solid underneathe,once all bodywork is sorted it will be getting fully undersealed and most of the work will start.Anyway here are some pics-

this is how i bought it








And here are a few pics at my mates place getting the bodwork done,he has started rubbing it down and smoothening it,also debadged the front bonnet today-












When i go there after work tommorow will update on pics,this project will be getting updated everyday until the bodywork is finished,after that thats when things start slowing down.

all comments welcome.

thnakyou

[shazE30]

Reminds me of mine when i first bought it....good luck with the project im sure with your track record it wont be anything short of an awesome cab

[Chase007]

Good luck will be nice to see her coming back to life again

[Mahmood]

You like making work for yourself don't you bro'?

I'm sure it'll be a major transformation.

Until the next instalment....

[Motorsport_325i]

shaz was this car bought of patrick

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

no,the guys name was bill,based in neizing.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

hi guys,just a very quick update,my mate called me informing me that he sprayed the bonnet just to see what the paint colour would come out like.....so

i rushed round there just to see.

to be honest im very happy with the outcome of the paint colour,i know its very hard to see as it was not in the sunshine but im pretty sure it will look 10 times better in the sun.

this has just been painted and laquered,NOT YET RUBBED AND POILSHED.

very impressed

what you guys think??????

[tari]

Thats going to look nice.

I love that colour man

[motorsport786]

Shaz looks nice, Good luck bro..

[maxfield]

Going to be awesome!

But can't you go for something extremely wide instead of Azevs?

[e30topless]

looks like it's going to be a good project shaz now hurry it up before the sunshine disappears !

[e30topless]

Convert to M30 3.5(at a later date)

be carefull on that one i spoke to a zoner who did this on a cab and it shook like mad maybe a m50 would be good ?

[cliffybabe]

shaz she is gonna look wicked mate, keep the pics coming

[bootyman]

Going to be awesome!

But can't you go for something extremely wide instead of Azevs?

I'm with Max on this. Why go through all that trouble and then put A's? Go look for some wide and deep splitties!

And i thought you said the car is a 318, but that is a no 318 lump under the hood

Hmm seeing things like this makes me want to do my own project so badly. I have a million idea's in my head, but unfortunatly my million idea's seem to cost millions of pounds too so i'll just sit and watch you lot for now

[Simon]

Converted to 325

Love this colour.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

hi guys thankyou all for your positive comments,

maxfield and bootyman,these wheels i have got are just to get me by for a while,until i get i get a proper set of deep dish alloys.

i needed something to get me buy for a few months and there was no way i was gona settle for alpinas/15" bbs,and this is no offence to anyone who has these wheels as they do look very good

but its an everyday thing,everyday i see e30z with either alpinas and 15" bbs,dont get me wrong plenty of people have azevs but i have 8.5J all round which makes it a bit different.

anyway will be going to my mates place later to see the progress.

once again thankyou all for your comments.

[aceraf]

This looks like a great project.

What colour was the one in your sig?

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

aceraf my old cab was M5 Avus Blue

Had a f*cking right result today guys,thought id jack the car up today to check the underneathe properly,also the exhaust was pissed so had to adjust that,and guess what....................

the cars only got a LSD on it,couldnt beleive it,i thought to myself while the car was jacked up id check if it had one or not.

really made my day!

anyway i have some more pics but im sitiing in a internet cafe due to a broadband fault in my area(bloody NTL)so cant upload any pics.

but on both wings the indicator bits have been flushed and ready for paint.

i told him yesterday to give the bonnet a quick rub down and poilsh,he did so and is looking spot on.

will uplaod pics in a few days.

[DaveGT]

looks nice, was wonder who'd buy that

[bmw-mad]

Great project shaz similar to what im doing but in im starting from scratch with a phase 2 in black. Thats what i wanted the 5 stud conversion for well gutted about it

never mind sh*t happens

look forward to seing more pics of the car

your car is going to look a bit like my mauritius blue one

[e36boy]

Looks good dude

Looks like you've got some work on your hands, Going off your previous projects, Im sure it will end up something special.

Ps nice MK2 Golf

[666jag]

nice

[aceraf]

I personally think the red leather looked/looks better than any light cream/white leather, but then you've already done that so probably want something different this time??

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

well i went to the retrim place today,he did show me some red colours so might go for a different shade.

got more pics but due to my internet failure at home cant upload.

so will upload on weekend.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

some more pictures-

[aceraf]

Colour looks awesome, but how come he lacquered half the car before topcoating the rest? Wouldn't it have been easier to do it all at once?

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

i told him to do the bonnet first to see how the colour would come out,i think he go carried away,i was too eager to see the colour in flesh.

the reason for this was because i wanted to see if i made the right decision on the colour,and i love it.

[aceraf]

It does look awesome.

Has it been wet-flatted in those pics? If not, then that is going to seriously pop when finished.

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

no not yet,he did the bonnet a bit but his mop on the machine was no good,so he didnt bother doing it.

will be getting done on monday.

[motorsport786]

Looking good bruv..

[tonybtonyb]

It looks like a lot of hard work has gone into your motor.keep up the good work.

[MOODY]

shaz looking good now thats what i call project,

[Motorsport_325i]

looking good shaz im doing a maritious blue one at the moment

[SHAZ325iSPORT]

motorsport_325i

what you doingto it mate?

anything special,wheres the pics at man???

[cliffybabe]

looks goods shaz, suprised u didnt get the ariel how knocked off though