No turning back - E30 M3 respray
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Well having had the stress of being made redundant the week before last, I managed to agree to start a new job this morning so first things first head straight to the bodyshop with the E30 for a bare metal respray.
Spent a week or so in a tiny garage starting to strip it down and have agreed that I will be taking all of the old paint off over the next three days in order to keep costs down.
The guys at www.sprcoachworks.co.uk will then be welding in a new scuttle panel, sorting out the rear arches and rear numberplate suround and few other minr bits and then giving the car a fully respay in Henna red hopefully in time for the summer but not in time for this weekends rolling road day.
Hopefully will manage to have a good look at cleaning up the interior and have been told i'm not aloud to take it home until the wheels are refurbed!
PS. who says you can't tow with an E36 M3 seamed fine to me.
Spent a week or so in a tiny garage starting to strip it down and have agreed that I will be taking all of the old paint off over the next three days in order to keep costs down.
The guys at www.sprcoachworks.co.uk will then be welding in a new scuttle panel, sorting out the rear arches and rear numberplate suround and few other minr bits and then giving the car a fully respay in Henna red hopefully in time for the summer but not in time for this weekends rolling road day.
Hopefully will manage to have a good look at cleaning up the interior and have been told i'm not aloud to take it home until the wheels are refurbed!
PS. who says you can't tow with an E36 M3 seamed fine to me.
I have just completed what you are about to do. i don't envy you.
Please be careful with the left hand gutter rail as these are NLA, I got the last one in the UK last friday at £103
http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TI...
Please be careful with the left hand gutter rail as these are NLA, I got the last one in the UK last friday at £103
http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TI...
Looks like a similar task although I wish mine was an Evo Sport.
I think my scuttle is a bit worse than yours but the rest seams fairly similar, fron arches are very clean but backs will need some work. Luckily once the paint is off i'm pritty much handing it over to the body shop to weld and paint.
They guy whos painting its done loads of work on E30 M3's so hopefully will manage to take the difficult bits off without damaging them.
Luckly under the bonnts very clean as far as the body work goes so thats one less thing to get involved in as i'm told they can rust below the fuse box which is a pain as the fuse box is hard wired.
PS if mine looks anywhere as good as yours once its done i'll be very happy.
I think my scuttle is a bit worse than yours but the rest seams fairly similar, fron arches are very clean but backs will need some work. Luckily once the paint is off i'm pritty much handing it over to the body shop to weld and paint.
They guy whos painting its done loads of work on E30 M3's so hopefully will manage to take the difficult bits off without damaging them.
Luckly under the bonnts very clean as far as the body work goes so thats one less thing to get involved in as i'm told they can rust below the fuse box which is a pain as the fuse box is hard wired.
PS if mine looks anywhere as good as yours once its done i'll be very happy.
Good on ya mate!
Mine's ready to be picked up from www.alsaautmotive.org.uk today!
Had the screen out an scuttle rubbed down/examined and quite luckily only a little surface rust! the rear reg plate light's had the same treatment as did the sills and front arches.
Will be looking mint now!
Shame I'm selling
Mine's ready to be picked up from www.alsaautmotive.org.uk today!
Had the screen out an scuttle rubbed down/examined and quite luckily only a little surface rust! the rear reg plate light's had the same treatment as did the sills and front arches.
Will be looking mint now!
Shame I'm selling
Good luck with that Andy.
One tip, if the scuttle needs replaceing the replacement will not be stamped in the same place as the original/factory scuttle, so get the body shop to cut round the original stamping and graft in the replacement panel.
Some of the stamping can look like a 2 year old did them.
One tip, if the scuttle needs replaceing the replacement will not be stamped in the same place as the original/factory scuttle, so get the body shop to cut round the original stamping and graft in the replacement panel.
Some of the stamping can look like a 2 year old did them.
Edited by E30M3SE on Wednesday 18th June 11:05
I know what you mean about the stamping on the scuttle, picked mine up last week, its not great. Was suprised how cheap it was £40 is a bargin for a special order part.
Looks like we might only need a couple of small parts of the scuttle so hopefully will be able to leave the original chassis number in place.
Playo, how comes your selling, I can't think of a car I want more without spending alot of cash, thought about 911's and I know they be faster but not as much fun. Only thing i think i'd sell it for at the moment is a 355 or maybe a 911 turbo but I'm not sure that either will fit in my garage so expect to be keeping the M3 for a while.
Looks like we might only need a couple of small parts of the scuttle so hopefully will be able to leave the original chassis number in place.
Playo, how comes your selling, I can't think of a car I want more without spending alot of cash, thought about 911's and I know they be faster but not as much fun. Only thing i think i'd sell it for at the moment is a 355 or maybe a 911 turbo but I'm not sure that either will fit in my garage so expect to be keeping the M3 for a while.
Andy,
It'll be a sad day for sure when it goes!
But at this minute in time I have no other car for daily driving and no garage to keep the car in.
It's too nice an example (to me anyway) to use in the manner I am, so until I move to a house with a decent garage i'll be down grading for now
It'll be a sad day for sure when it goes!
But at this minute in time I have no other car for daily driving and no garage to keep the car in.
It's too nice an example (to me anyway) to use in the manner I am, so until I move to a house with a decent garage i'll be down grading for now
dan101smith said:
Where did you get a towbar for the E36 from?
got it from http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/ fitted myself although i thick you'd want a ramp which luckly my friend has. Really wouldn't have wanted to do it without.Thanks,
Also when the rear quarter windows come out. DON'T try and remove the black matt trim as it is all pop riveted together and again the left side, the portion with the dog leg in it is NLA in MAtt black either.
I destroyed mine, thinking the trim had to come off to get the window out, when in fact the window and trim all come out together. It was however available in chrome, which I had to get re-riveted back on and painted.
DOH!!!!!!!
Best of luck mate. It will be worth it in the end
Also when the rear quarter windows come out. DON'T try and remove the black matt trim as it is all pop riveted together and again the left side, the portion with the dog leg in it is NLA in MAtt black either.
I destroyed mine, thinking the trim had to come off to get the window out, when in fact the window and trim all come out together. It was however available in chrome, which I had to get re-riveted back on and painted.
DOH!!!!!!!
Best of luck mate. It will be worth it in the end
Yeh, will be well worth it. Its needed painting for a couple of years but I couldn't afford to do it so it has sat in the garage for a year or so. Couldn't bring myself to sell it.
Had a constructive day, cars now striped down except for all of the glass and sunroom, One of the guys at the paintshop has rubbed down the bumpers and side skirts. Was pleased to see that the cills were good as i was worried about what i might find under the skirts.
Tomorrow I have the joy of rubbing down as much of the car as possible without removing the glass, Then hopefully friday the glass can come out and i finish rubbing now the rest.
Theres only a couple of very minor pin dents on either side so there shouldn't be a great deal of filler anywhere.
Had a constructive day, cars now striped down except for all of the glass and sunroom, One of the guys at the paintshop has rubbed down the bumpers and side skirts. Was pleased to see that the cills were good as i was worried about what i might find under the skirts.
Tomorrow I have the joy of rubbing down as much of the car as possible without removing the glass, Then hopefully friday the glass can come out and i finish rubbing now the rest.
Theres only a couple of very minor pin dents on either side so there shouldn't be a great deal of filler anywhere.
andye30m3 said:
Had a constructive day, cars now striped down except for all of the glass and sunroom,
Only kidding fella, good luck with the repaint and remember to post some progress pictures.
Oh and never sell it I regretted selling mine since the moment it went.
Z3MCoupe is helping ease the pain at the moment though.
muppetboy said:
andye30m3 said:
Had a constructive day, cars now striped down except for all of the glass and sunroom,
Only kidding fella, good luck with the repaint and remember to post some progress pictures.
Oh and never sell it I regretted selling mine since the moment it went.
Z3MCoupe is helping ease the pain at the moment though.
here's a few pic's of the work in progress, worsed of the rust is around the number plate lights, nothing to bad elsewhere but needs sorting now before it becomes an issue.
The worsed of the arches
I've now handed it over to the guys at the bodyshop to finish stripping the paint off as they wanted to leave things like the door handles in as long as possible.
Edited by andye30m3 on Sunday 22 June 11:59
Edited by andye30m3 on Sunday 22 June 12:00
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