Right before the accident I had purchased some Apex arc-8s and was in the process of getting them mounted for the car. Didn't happen for a while till i got the new hood and fender paid for. After that I got some yokohama parada spec 2's for the wheels because I couldn't wait to get them mounted anymore.
you can see the fender damage in this pics while the car was getting a water pump, fan clutch, and timing belt replaced.
what the car looked like at bimmerfest 2009... and what it looked like before i got into the accident.
I was genuinely pissed off at myself for weeks for doing that to the car. I am glad I am rebuilding to its glory days though.
I don't have any pictures of what happened after the incident since they were on my old phone. But it was only a light hit. I drove around with the hood, fender and wheels for a bout 6 months and here we are today.
before the body work started... i wanted to try my arc-8s with some 8mm spacers in the back. they rubbed pretty hard without even driving the car on 215/40s so i had the fenders rolled before sending her off to the paint shop.
On its way to the body shop... and its slow paint process. It was slow in fact that i missed the whole dent and sanding portion of the photos.
the car is primed and almost ready for paint.
I also spruced up the Arc-8 a little bit... I absolutely love bbs rc's and the closest i could get were these wheels. I hate they the e30 fitment rc's look compared to say an e36 fitment wheel so I got the arc-8s. I put on some red bbs caps and stickers and recently purchased some bbs lug nuts. I don't care if im a poser I think these will look epic on the car.
and im gonna be putting these lug nuts on.
Also, I have bought every piece of trim, seal, clip, screw imaginable straight from the dealer so i can have a minty fresh e30. I work at the stealership so dont worry too much on the cost.
yes their real... and their spectacular.
The bbs jewelry isn't only for these wheels, will be on bbs in the future. Thanks for the compliments guys, its been a long road. Can't wait till its done!
today's progress... getting the primer sanded down and blocked.
car got masked up and tack clothed for paint.
its painted!!!!!! sry for the crappy iphone pics but hey its finally painted!!!!
