E30 Zone

Finally finished my wheels. Not perfect by any means,
but all done by my own two hands.









Now for some new tyres.

Lookin' gooood

You done the centre caps yet?

look good how did you get the old paint off, did you sand them down?

noney82 wrote:look good how did you get the old paint off, did you sand them down?

Sandblasted noney, then rubbed down with varying grades
of sandpaper.

Centre caps done as well Oakey.

Haven't you been a busy bee

Rav335uk wrote:Haven't you been a busy bee

Yes,honey.

Looking good,thinking about trying to do the spokes black(to hide the brake dust!)but leaving the front of them silver,but the masking up would drive me crazy!

daimlerman wrote:Looking good,thinking about trying to do the spokes black(to hide the brake dust!)but leaving the front of them silver,but the masking up would drive me crazy!

You could paint the lot and then sand down the front of the spokes to reveal silver again, then lacquer.

They look great and will look on the cabby! Nice work, must have took hours!

They look alright I reckon. Well done that man. Fingers sore???

well done fella they look good

Thanks all, fingerprints have dissapeared Barry.

Good job that!

Top job fella they look awesome.

Look lovely, very good job

Hoping to get some new tyres on these in time for Gaydon. Then i,ll start doing the wheels
on my car atm. In the meantime i will make a start on rubbing down my Zender skirts and rear valance,while it,s not chucking it down.

Does that mean your keeping the cabby now?

ImysE30 wrote:Does that mean your keeping the cabby now?

Yes Imy, for the immediate future at least.
Had a very pleasant blast with the top down yesterday,and our relationship has been re- kindled.

gooner1 wrote: Had a very pleasant blast with the top down yesterday,and our relationship has been re- kindled.

i done the same thing yesterday lol

They're looking good Gooner, all the effort has paid off

oakey wrote:

daimlerman wrote:Looking good,thinking about trying to do the spokes black(to hide the brake dust!)but leaving the front of them silver,but the masking up would drive me crazy!

You could paint the lot and then sand down the front of the spokes to reveal silver again, then lacquer.

I did this a while ago to one of my standard 15" BBS (no lacquer though). Painted the whole thing black, polished the lip, then used a detail sander to remove the paint from the front of the spokes, gradually working my way through the grades. I reckon it gives a more realistic "cross spoke" effect, as well as the illusion of longer spokes:



Unlike gooner, I've not found the motivation/time to do the other three yet... that one took ages!

cliffybabe wrote:

gooner1 wrote: Had a very pleasant blast with the top down yesterday,and our relationship has been re- kindled.

i done the same thing yesterday lol

Me too

6 pot sounds soooo good

That,s got me thinking Allyman, might try polishing the centrecaps, h,mmmm.

ImysE30 wrote:

cliffybabe wrote:

gooner1 wrote: Had a very pleasant blast with the top down yesterday,and our relationship has been re- kindled.

i done the same thing yesterday lol

Me too

6 pot sounds soooo good

Imy, i replaced my slightly damaged ITG airfilter with a Ram air filter i bought from Jimmy C in the week, and the cab now sounds
like a choir of Angels spoon fed on Honey and Syrup.

Alyman wrote:They're looking good Gooner, all the effort has paid off

oakey wrote:

daimlerman wrote:Looking good,thinking about trying to do the spokes black(to hide the brake dust!)but leaving the front of them silver,but the masking up would drive me crazy!

You could paint the lot and then sand down the front of the spokes to reveal silver again, then lacquer.

I did this a while ago to one of my standard 15" BBS (no lacquer though). Painted the whole thing black, polished the lip, then used a detail sander to remove the paint from the front of the spokes, gradually working my way through the grades. I reckon it gives a more realistic "cross spoke" effect, as well as the illusion of longer spokes:



Unlike gooner, I've not found the motivation/time to do the other three yet... that one took ages!

I luke that,I like it a lot....thanks for the ideas!

Once u have cut the paint back with a sander on the face of the wheel u could use a polishing mop or attachment on a drill to polish the metal

....and here they are fitted.








and a smidgeon of engine bay blingfoolerey.

That is a lovely looking motor mr gooner, did you put your leopard skin rocker cover on?

toecutter666 wrote:That is a lovely looking motor mr gooner, did you put your leopard skin rocker cover on?

Lawks a mercy Mr cutter, i may be daft enough to paint one,
but nowhere near daft enough to fit it.

gooner1 wrote:

toecutter666 wrote:That is a lovely looking motor mr gooner, did you put your leopard skin rocker cover on?

Lawks a mercy Mr cutter, i may be daft enough to paint one,
but nowhere near daft enough to fit it.

That's not what you said at the Bicester meet, would have gone nicely with your intake manifold

What,s said on tour ,stays on tour Rav, or may i call you Satan.

Looking awesome! Awesome to see a chromie cabby in such good condition, and not being butchered by a tec2 kit!

gooner1 wrote:What,s said on tour ,stays on tour Rav, or may i call you Satan.

So you was tempted then? i'm waiting for the limited edition tiger stripes to appear

gooner1 wrote:What,s said on tour ,stays on tour Rav, or may i call you Satan.

That's still on their, not even changed the glass yet

Cheers Ollie, this one is going to be "butchered "with a Zender kit.
Well ,the sideskirts and rear valance, the front spoiler on it atm is staying.