E30 Zone

Well folks its been a very frustrating few months to say the least. Got the a full respray end of last year(i think my thread is still on here somewhere with pics) and recently i have started to see just how bad the job was done. What really took the biscuit is the paint started "flakeing off" on both arches!?! It also had shit loads of over spray and the amount of filler this dude used was something else. I suppose i asked for it really but we wont go into that

Now its in the very capable hands of the Di-Natek crew and boy i cant wait to have it back completed and looking like a totally different car! Im getting it done in Jet black again and havin it de-badged and having something else done but i shall show you all in good time!

Heres a few pics of the work done so far. First 2 pics are of it on the day i gave it in

How much are they charging for a full respray?

should of took to other garage first just to get ya money back....


hope it goes well this time

Well because of the shite job done previously its costin me quite abit but then thats expected. Lets just say it alot, but im 110% it will be worth it. If you are after some sort of quote from thses guys just call on the number below and let them know what the state your car is in and what you want done.

ad318i wrote:should of took to other garage first just to get ya money back....


hope it goes well this time

To be fair he did offer to rectify it for free(i should bloody hop so to!) but i just didnt trust him to be honest.

giggz you goin for a euro look

SHAZ325iSPORT wrote:giggz you goin for a euro look

Bruv its all about the euro look! Love it to bits! Nice simple little tweaks here and there, nothing ott.

cant wait to see what you got up your sleeve bruv

Dont want to hype it up to much but its a nice touch which dont totally transform the look of the e30 but adds to its character and stays in line with the euro look

car looks really really nice. hmmm you gave me an idea if i get another e30...gold wheels

Hyperion wrote:car looks really really nice. hmmm you gave me an idea if i get another e30...gold wheels

thanks dude.i got the wheels of a fella off the zone.i didnt think much of them at first but for some odd reason the more i look at them the more i seem to tolerate them.dont think they suit the black car overall though...but its different no? got another set that will be going back on there but they going to be refirbed first...

I dont know how much you have paid but i am over the moon with mine it cost me £2500 excl VAT that was london road coachworks in grays essex

Giggz
My old wheels are looking good,millenium gold wheels are like marmite,you either love em are hate em

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Nick

dmaxfield wrote:I dont know how much you have paid but i am over the moon with mine it cost me £2500 excl VAT that was london road coachworks in grays essex

Well sir you are not too far off. The guys at coachworks did a sterling job on your m3. Looks fantastic.Would love to see it in the flesh!

How long was your car gone for?

Nick325 wrote:Giggz
My old wheels are looking good,millenium gold wheels are like marmite,you either love em are hate em

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Nick

I think i just love to hate them!

Giggz wrote:

dmaxfield wrote:I dont know how much you have paid but i am over the moon with mine it cost me £2500 excl VAT that was london road coachworks in grays essex

Well sir you are not too far off. The guys at coachworks did a sterling job on your m3. Looks fantastic.Would love to see it in the flesh!

How long was your car gone for?

they had it for about 3 months but i nevere put pressure on them they used is as an hospital job as i had to wait and have my engine built.They do all the damaged aston martins from that place in brentwood

The car will be at gaydon so your welcome to look round i wiould send anyone to L R C for there car to be done.

Mate Im sure thats gonna look phat when its done, especially liking the fact that your refurbing your old wheels. I almost regret not taking them off your hands when you were selling them that time. I'm sure I'll be kicking myself once you post pics of them done! I also quite like the gold BBS - think they go well with the black.

Hope it all goes well dude!

dmaxfield wrote:

Giggz wrote:

dmaxfield wrote:I dont know how much you have paid but i am over the moon with mine it cost me £2500 excl VAT that was london road coachworks in grays essex

Well sir you are not too far off. The guys at coachworks did a sterling job on your m3. Looks fantastic.Would love to see it in the flesh!

How long was your car gone for?

they had it for about 3 months but i nevere put pressure on them they used is as an hospital job as i had to wait and have my engine built.They do all the damaged aston martins from that place in brentwood

The car will be at gaydon so your welcome to look round i wiould send anyone to L R C for there car to be done.

3 months aint that bad then. i gave mine beggining of this month and should have it back mid september.Like wise with Di-Natek i would send anyone there.They got a few mental projects going on as we speak.I got to try my best to come to Gaydon!

NIX wrote:Mate Im sure thats gonna look phat when its done, especially liking the fact that your refurbing your old wheels. I almost regret not taking them off your hands when you were selling them that time. I'm sure I'll be kicking myself once you post pics of them done! I also quite like the gold BBS - think they go well with the black.

Hope it all goes well dude!

Hey Nix hows it going? Hows your project? Yeah dude i decided not to sell them and i think i made the right choice. Thank god you said you couldnt purchase them at the time! Glad you like the BBS' on there now,they are abit different but wont be on there for to long.

Cheers.

Hi mate,

Projects coming along ok. Had the conversion to a 2.5 with sports gearbox, 3.91 lsd, recaro leathers, anti roll bars to go on next week

But similarly to you I need the bodywork sorting out now. The rust keeps staring me in the face! Hope to be able to afford to get in done before christmas. Got a guy in coventry where i used to be a student who should be able to do the work, hopefully at mates rates too. The car is also solid black and looks like a 318iS minus the rear spoiler and has chrome window surrounds. Eventually plan to get my BBS diamond cut with polished lip.

Good luck with the respray. Sounds like its in the right hands!

NIX wrote:Hi mate,

Projects coming along ok. Had the conversion to a 2.5 with sports gearbox, 3.91 lsd, recaro leathers, anti roll bars to go on next week

But similarly to you I need the bodywork sorting out now. The rust keeps staring me in the face! Hope to be able to afford to get in done before christmas. Got a guy in coventry where i used to be a student who should be able to do the work, hopefully at mates rates too. The car is also solid black and looks like a 318iS minus the rear spoiler and has chrome window surrounds. Eventually plan to get my BBS diamond cut with polished lip.

Good luck with the respray. Sounds like its in the right hands!

Ooooh quite abit to come from you then.Sounds wicked! Next on list for me is LSD and a sports gearbox and get some work done to the head and sort the internals out. Want to stick with the M20 and squeeze as much power as i can out of it! Should have got that done first before the respray really but i just couldnt stand driving around in a "resprayed" motor that looks quite frankly...SHIT!
Hope all goes well for you bud and in a few months you will have what you are aiming for...a schweeet e30.

So far got the side repeaters smoothed,passenger side lock smoothed over.Have told him today i want the ariel smoothed over to! Keeping the driver side lock just incase i end up needing it. Lots of rubbing down going on and driver side rear quater was signs of rust trying to penertrate the body which will need to be treated ASAP as it was not done on the previous spray job! Hope the pics are ok.



This is area where the rust was really bad!

Somebody obviously like my car. I didnt write that i promise!

seems to be coming along very nicely. keep the updates and Pic's coming.

Hyperion wrote:seems to be coming along very nicely. keep the updates and Pic's coming.

Will do sir. Its coming along nicely as you say.Just wish i could of had it ready for Gaydon

Thinking about going to Edition 38 next month but we shall see!

Looking good Giggz

I have done away with the rubbing strips down the sides as well .

Are you going to put the side repeaters in the mirrors ? I am not sure if to or not

Thanks ED.

Have you kind of just filled in the area where the strips used to go then?

ed325i wrote:Are you going to put the side repeaters in the mirrors ? I am not sure if to or not

Nah dude me gna leave it with the flushed look although talking about mirrors...i was having a look at those F1 style mirrors? Whatcha reckon?

you'll need some or its an MOT fail

ad318i wrote:you'll need some or its an MOT fail

I was under the impression that if you have side repeaters then they must be in working order.

If you dont have any side repeaters then there is nothing to fail you on sort of thing?

The side strips had a bit welded in and then filled.

What do the F1 style mirrors look like . I was looking at the M3 style ones with the repeters in but I think you look abit crap I might get some just to fit for the mot and then remove after .

ed325i wrote:The side strips had a bit welded in and then filled.

What do the F1 style mirrors look like . I was looking at the M3 style ones with the repeters in but I think you look abit crap I might get some just to fit for the mot and then remove after .

Yeah i like what you done with strips. Nice touch. Im gettin the tech2 kit put on which i can wait for!

The F1 style mirrors...i saw a set in PBMW on the first page sold by a company called Auto Tint Design. Checked thier website but they aint on there!

ed325i wrote:Are you going to put the side repeaters in the mirrors ? I am not sure if to or not

Dont want to be a kill joy but i fail an mot with not the orginal side repeaters on the car. I had smoothed them and put DTM wing mirrors on my old scort with the repeaters in.

The test station said if car originaly fitted with side repeaters needs to have them fitted for the mot. And he was a mate who passed it on other things as long as i i paid him to fix it.

Well we shall have to see what happens. I will probably just take it to my mates garage and have him look over it. You are probably right...repeaters are needed for MOT but i like the look of no repeaters damn it!

By the way im having the washer jets on the bonnet smoothed over and relocated as well now.

respray coming on nicely......


to solve you side repeater issue, why dont you buy them boy racer mirrors with them just for your mot.

I have a set if you want cheap