E30 Zone

Hello All

Well after nearly 3 years of ownership I had finally had enough of looking at it, so I bit the bullet and painted it. As usual I went overboard

Paint looks better then it actually was, previous owner had a cat that loved the warm bonnet... Looks better then it was.

First a little history

When I forst got it. Yup they are US spec diving boards



Gave it some chrome euro spec bumpers





Now time for paint.

The car was blocked right back to pretty much factory primer using a speed file then high filled.



Then it gets blocked more with the speed file with 180, 240, 600 and 800.. I stress there was no orbital buzzers used all hand blocked.



This is the result. (check out the reflection of the honda jazz)



The car is then further stripped removing glass, doors, rubber, handles, lights everything.. Then masked up ready for paint.





Factory Luxor Beige is mixed up



Time to shoot it with base coat.









Now time for some clear.








There was a total of 20 hours of body work in this car... Yeah I got carried away

Now its time to refit... Thats all for now


Mike

Looks luscious

Great job, hope you are cleaning/painting the wheels while you are at it.
And the interior was all fine and the usual areas rust free? That will be a first from what I see all around.

Automaton wrote: and the usual areas rust free? That will be a first from what I see all around.

Mike has the advantage of location for this

The wheels have already been done and restored.

Not a bit of rust on the car at all... Thats the beauty of Australia



Speaking of Luscious ..... Its been a while

beemerbird wrote:

Automaton wrote: and the usual areas rust free? That will be a first from what I see all around.

Mike has the advantage of location for this

id think automation does aswell, india's rather hot, or does the humidity cause a problem. cracking paint job love the colour

Just thought coastal Sydney and the years would have done the job.

Mumbai is the worst in terms of humidity, sea side, and 37 C average temp through the year. Sweaty and hot weather killed the ECU in my E36.

m_jermyn wrote:

Speaking of Luscious ..... Its been a while

Lol

Hope your Dad is well, by the way.

That looks lovely. Can't wait to see it fitted up.

no rust to worry about either, how lucky you are!

Simon13 wrote:no rust to worry about either, how lucky you are!

Depends where it came from in the US and how long ago. Many north east coast septic turds are worse than ours !

Assembly begins..

All the chrome trims are on, door bumps, tail lights, door handles, door locks wiper vents, quarter vents and bonnet is on.... The bars has been polished plastic been repainted and put together...







The e30 was only in the US for 18 months before it was imported to Australia.. So no it has zero rust.

Luxor, Bronzit & Bahama Beige are the best E30 colours as far as I'm concerned

Nice fiddling Mike

Looks Shiney

Thats lovely Mike, hope your well

Luxor is such a lovely color!

It is

Looks great.

Can I see an masked up aerial?

You've gone to the trouble of removing everything else prior to painting, why not the aerial?

The Arial grommet has been removed.. No need to remove the aerial

Forgot to update this....

Car has been assembled, new interior, set of wheels, H&R springs with KYB shocks , new bearings, bushes, strut mounts ect now just need to get the A/C working.

Great work and color

That is seriously lush.

Respect!

Hopefully my luxor will look as good someday! Lovely!

if your going to do a car, do it right...and that is so right,id love to own one like this to smoke around in

not wishing to be negative as i love this car, interior is looking great but spend some time fine detailing it- clean and trim treat them sill trim covers, the caps over the seat mechanisms, and the seat belt holder/clips,hand breake handle and gaitor, etc etc, and bring in line with the rest of the car !!

what i did before re fitting, was wash all them type of bits n pieces in warm soapy water, scrubbing brush and tooth brush etc get rid of any grime, then trimm cleaner, and come up looking excellent then re fit looking like new

Woah ! Blown away by this one! End rest so far is looking just right! (: What wheels are they? Size and all.. They really look right on that car !

Thats how a chromie should look in my book , none of that drift lowered stance crap.

That looks awesome!!! I do the same thing when it comes to my own car. I did the same to my golf mk3 a few years back. A quick freshen up turned into de-indicatored, de-washer jetted, de seamed, euro tub, every panel high build primed and blocked to perfection, De-aerialed wing, matt black roof and all the touches I could of made and then refinished back in Indian red metallic. Needless to say, 2 weeks later... And a 26 hour shift masking up and painting later... I hit the town on the raz and felt like I was on drugs (not that I've ever done any drugs... No seriously, I haven't!)

Anyway. Mega work

Smart chromie!

Now that is very nice indeed, my interest is revived, now where did leave my car.

Hi

Great looking car and a nice refurb.

Thanks for all the comments guys... Nice when people appreciate all the hard work, makes it worth while..

Bore of the power of the 2.7 so its likely going to get a little fiddling with in the near future but will stay N/A as im not a fan of turbos

Well done Mike, Stunning!

Stunning..what wheels are they dude?