Things to do to your bmw that dont cost any money

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silverE30
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:51 pm

ive just lost my job and was wondering if there was anything that you can do or modify to a bmw which dont cost any money for if so not mch money
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:55 pm

Wash,polish,valet the interior.....remove the wheelarch liners and clean out the inner wings....look for another job...
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:57 pm

Unbolt your front wing and use a hammer to remove that dent.
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:58 pm

Take it all to pieces, make a picture on the grass Art Attack style, put it back together, hope it still works.
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:01 pm

Speedtouch wrote:Unbolt your front wing and use a hammer to remove that dent.

Yhhh that dent dont look too healthy
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:01 pm

all sound like gd ideas lol, except its raining were i am so wash n polish is out of the question
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:29 pm

....look for another job...

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Id be devoting all my time too that. Just my 2p, not digging.
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:48 pm

+2 look for another job.

inbetween take as much apart as you can, clean it all and put it back together.
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:22 pm

I'd use it to drive to the job centre in :)
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:27 pm

old_skool wrote:I'd use it to drive to the job centre in :)
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:03 pm

break it and sell the bits on ebay 1. it gives you something to do and 2. you earn some cash the only downside to this plan is you havent got a car to get you to your new job
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:14 pm

if you intend to keep it for a long time start finding and attacking the rust the starting point when looking for work on any e30!
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:20 pm

sam325is wrote:if you intend to keep it for a long time start finding and attacking the rust the starting point when looking for work on any e30!
Don,t think he wants to be out of work that long Sam. winkeye
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:53 pm

you can just give everything a bit of a clean up mate, like back to clack the bumpers, paint the chrome window edgingas black, dying the carpet, sparay the steelies black, theres loads of little things mate
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:54 pm

im never out of a job to long, if so i always deal my way through till one pops up, i will be honest with you lot ive had 15 cars in 2yrs non ive recked i just get bored and move on i never seem to keep a car for no longer than 3 months, my parents seem to think i have a serious problem lol, but im gonna try my hardest to keep this one. so stripping it is of the list im afraid david lol, btw there no rust at the mo and shudnt be as ive just coated her with Tetra Schutz underbody protection. so fingers crossed, oh were the most likely parts to rust on it aswell just to make sure ive got the coated

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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:57 pm

I want to sort my rust out only surface at the moment do you just paint over with schultz or do you have to prep it first
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:08 pm

sand it down first mate the slap that all over it
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:17 pm

will it stop the rust spreading
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:25 pm

Don't use schultz on a BMW!! That stuff's intended for Fords, Vauxhalls and French shite!
Hardens after a few years, then forms an all over water trap.
Polyurethane sealant (PU) is what you need for an E30.
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:15 am

Brianmoooore wrote:Polyurethane sealant (PU) is what you need for an E30.
Is this like the gray stuff that you can spray on and it stays as a strange rubbery deep textured thing?

I think the bloke that did the wings on my jeep used this. i'd love to know where it came from.
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:42 am

cheers for that info brain the stuff does seem abit pants but i used it as it was free from a mate, will let the shultz sink in for a month then give it a coat of PU. lol :cool:
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:43 pm

Once you've put Schultz on, nothing else with take on it, other than other oil based stuff. Every trace of it has to come off. If I find that stuff on an E30 for sale, my chances of buying it are zero.
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:47 pm

well the car had underbody protection b4 on it some sort of Tar looking stuff i just put schutz on top just to make sure there was gonna be no rust in the future
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Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:18 pm

for cheap diy's, you could take the sticker off the rear screen and remove the 3**i badge?
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old pictures in my sig they are gone
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