My E36 evo goes ifor full respray today...

[bennyboysvuk]

I think you've made the right decision. The E46 M3 is a great car, but your car has slightly less mechanical grip (more fun), sensible sized tyres and also a rarity factor, which is nice. As for Porsches, they don't get interesting until you're into GT3 territory.

[VinceFox]

bennyboysvuk said:

I think you've made the right decision. The E46 M3 is a great car, but your car has slightly less mechanical grip (more fun), sensible sized tyres and also a rarity factor, which is nice. As for Porsches, they don't get interesting until you're into GT3 territory.

[MarkwG]

Had mine repainted 4 -5 years back, glass out, stripped it down myself & rebuilt it. Well worth the effort, she's no garage queen,t hough, so picking up the odd bits & pieces, but that's part of the fun.

[Stone Cold]

I am also interested in the quality of the work from Nuffield, I had the front bumper re-sprayed (stone chips, lots of!) on my E46 vert on Monday by a place in Charminster that shall remain nameless as I am not 100% happy with it as a couple of small runs but I can just about live with them as not massively obvious but what has really pissed me off is the car is now covered in paint dust, feels really rough so I will need to clay it all over now to get it back to smooth

[VinceFox]

No probs, i'll report back on the job soon as i get her back.

I'm a bit of a fussy bugger so i'll be as honest as i can.

[MitchT]

I have a '99 T 318iS which I've owned from new. I'm having various bits of rust sorted and the whole car painted over the course of what will be a number of repair sessions. On paper it makes no sense, financially, but I'd like to think I'll have the car for as long as I live and as E36s dwindle it may even pay for itself.

[VinceFox]

Well, it's back. Spent all day fitting bits, still got sill covers and rubbing strips to do but needs a couple of fetles to sills first. Also going to fit new screen. Anyway, here's so far...







It's a lot fresher, the old paint was pretty flat and scratched/chipped.

[melvster]

Lovely

[VinceFox]

Cheers Melv

Seems mad spending out on an old thing like this, but it's still just such a great car to be in.

[Neil_M]

That looks amazing!!

[VinceFox]

Thx Neil

[mark.c]

That looks great..it's so nice to see one of these being treated properly. Well done for being bonkers enough to invest in it, thumbs up from me

[VinceFox]

Cheers Mark. Took it for a spin earlier, it's getting noticed even with some bits missing.

[sparks_E39]

Looks great

[VinceFox]

sparks_E39 said:

Looks great

Got a couple of wee pickup bits to go back in for before the sills can go on, but it's getting there!

[bmthnick1981]

Looks good, post some pics when completely finished.

[VinceFox]

bmthnick1981 said:

Looks good, post some pics when completely finished.

aye, will do cheers

[shalmaneser]

I'm hoping to get into one of these soon, yours looks lovely!

[Leins]

That looks lovely, good work!

[VinceFox]

Thx guys, hopefully booked back in this friday to sort one little bit out then i can get on with refitting the rest of it.

Think i'm going to replace the scuttle covers too, just to bring it up a bit more. They're looking a wee bit grey and tired.