I know loads of you have already tackled this but hopefully these few pictures might possibly help or encourage anyone to do this fairly simple/worthwhile but potentially very messy job.
Like many of the other 30yr old E30 engine bays it looked like this before I started.
One of my concerns was stopping the dust and bits getting into the engine bay and creating further work.
I covered the engine bay ( wing to wing ) with cling film and then an old dust sheet on top of that. A bit of basic health and safety seemed sensible with so much dust.
Some of it came away easy but most of the remaining area needed the help of a scraper - used gently to avoid scratches to paint - no real force needed.
Once all the loose and flakey was removed I tackled a small area with a solvent to remove glue residue. After an hour of this on one small section I decided life was too short and resorted to rubbing any high spots off with a bit of sand paper.
The surface soon become smooth enough and stable enough to stick on the new replacement pieces of foam. These were self adhesive and the perfect fit. I looked at some on Ebay but decided to use Cotswold and get the genuine article.
It went on really easy but make sure you line it up carefully and start by removing backing in one corner only first ( obvious really ) because the adhesive is very strong and i don't think there is any possibility to " re position "
Makes all the difference to the appearance of the engine bay and hopefully is sorted for the next 30yrs!
