E30 Zone

Hello everyone iv been meaning to put these on here a while now. For those who know me you'll know im doing level 3 body repair, i sweet talked my tutor and he let me paint my kidneys. He has a soft spot for my e30 here we go....

In primer



Coloured and cleared



Fitted back onto the trim



Fitted



Since then iv bought all new headlight grills from bmw so im going to be painting them black to

mate that looks nice, much better than matt black

how did you do it/what did you use?

Stu

I was going to go matt black but i decided to go gloss, really chuffed how they came out. This is how i done it;

1) Removed the kidneys, its a simple job just two clips.

2) Theres 4clips holding each kidney on, i used a pick to unclip these. There prone to breaking so try and be careful.

3) I abraded the kidneys using a P320 paper.

4) I solvent degreased them to get rid of any contaminents then applied an adhesion promotor.

5) Applied a 2 coats of plastic primer. (1 half, 1 full)

6) Applied a aerosol powder guidecoat, then flatted using a P400. You need to go easy so you get no break-throughs.

7) Solvent degreased once again, the application of colour. 2 coats (1 half, 1 full)

Straight over the top with clear, 2coats. (1 half, 1 full)

9) Then flatted using P2000, just to dull off. Then i polished them, i used a cutting compound then moved onto a finishing polish

10) Then fitted them back to the trim. About 3 clips broke when i was getting them off so i used a little super glue to ensure they werent going no where.

I might just go and do the same now. Looks good.

looks good nice work

Nice work, I also painted mine gloss black last week

looks like i chose the wrong week to stop sniffing glue...

Great job mate!