850 CSi - first steps

[Fun Bus]

The rear spoiler would have to come off for me.

[The Stiglet]

Fun Bus said:

The rear spoiler would have to come off for me.

and the alloys

[Talkwrench]

The Stiglet said:

and the alloys

The staggered alloys are correct for the car. The rears, however, are on the wrong way round. The turbine pattern of the spokes is supposed to force air over the brakes to help cooling. The rear N/S and O/S are on the wrong sides.

[Outrun]

Great to see how the car is coming along and I can't wait to see it finished. I'm embarking on a similar project with an Alpina twist. Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to sell my CSi to fund the B12's restoration.

[Outrun]

Cheib said:

Tidy one up for sale at auction

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/bmw-850-csi

Looks like that sold for 14,000 at auction.

[cableguy]

Looking forward to seeing the finished paint.

I may have available a set of very rare deep dish e31 18" Alpina Classics if anyone is interested?

C.

[E24man]

Outrun said:

Great to see how the car is coming along and I can't wait to see it finished. I'm embarking on a similar project with an Alpina twist. Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to sell my CSi to fund the B12's restoration.

The B12 restoration needs a thread of it's own.

Please.

[E30M3SE]

E24man said:

Outrun said:

Great to see how the car is coming along and I can't wait to see it finished. I'm embarking on a similar project with an Alpina twist. Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to sell my CSi to fund the B12's restoration.

The B12 restoration needs a thread of it's own.

Please.

+1

Pretty please with sugar on top.

[Outrun]

E30M3SE said:

E24man said:

Outrun said:

Great to see how the car is coming along and I can't wait to see it finished. I'm embarking on a similar project with an Alpina twist. Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to sell my CSi to fund the B12's restoration.

The B12 restoration needs a thread of it's own.

Please.

+1

Pretty please with sugar on top.

Watch this space, as soon as the CSi is sold I'll be concentrating on the B12. Hopefully I can do half as good a job as Nick.

Carl, email sent about wheels.

[E24man]

Outrun said:

E30M3SE said:

E24man said:

Outrun said:

Great to see how the car is coming along and I can't wait to see it finished. I'm embarking on a similar project with an Alpina twist. Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to sell my CSi to fund the B12's restoration.

The B12 restoration needs a thread of it's own.

Please.

+1

Pretty please with sugar on top.

Watch this space, as soon as the CSi is sold I'll be concentrating on the B12. Hopefully I can do half as good a job as Nick.

Carl, email sent about wheels.

Is this the ex-Pete James Avus blue car? I know the Alpina number but wouldn't want to shout it out.

[jango]

Outrun said:

Looks like that sold for 14,000 at auction.

I was looking to buy this one but wrong shock at the rear all for tyres needed to be replaced and inside the boot area was a mess. sold for £12200 plus 12.5 % plus 20% vat. was too much for that car I think.

So I will keep looking for a low mileage csi.

[8Tech]

That was cheap for £14k. You will be unlikely to find a decent low mileage example for under £15k and with a set of rear shox at £350 and a set of 4 tyres at under £500.00, that was not too shabby. A complete set of boot carpets are only £200.00 for a set in excellent used condition.

If you shy away from £1000.00 to get it all good, you will not like the servicing and maintenance costs.

[jango]

8Tech said:

That was cheap for £14k. You will be unlikely to find a decent low mileage example for under £15k and with a set of rear shox at £350 and a set of 4 tyres at under £500.00, that was not too shabby. A complete set of boot carpets are only £200.00 for a set in excellent used condition.

If you shy away from £1000.00 to get it all good, you will not like the servicing and maintenance costs.

It was not the wright one for me, I would pay more if the wright csi turns up, I'm use to high cost of service and fixing the cars I have, which is too many
Lotus Carlton
Lotus senator
Triumph GT6
Triumph tr7 x6
944 turbo
1994 range rover classic se
defender
so if the I can find the csi of my dreams I would buy it, may take a year or 2 I would love this one but these dnot turn up very often

[hadenough!]

fking he'll, when do the school holidays end?

[mlatham]

Love this thread. Great story. Great job. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

[niki0712]

Went to the bodyshop yesterday to get an update. They resprayed one door in the last 10 days!

Progress seems unstoppable...

[E24man]

Bodyshops can take their time but it's worth it if you (eventually) get great results. My M635 went from six weeks to nearly twenty and was worth it but a 635 I dropped off six weeks before my 40th to get back in a month evntually came back to me just after my 46th birthday.

It wasn't even a nice job.

[jango]

It will be worth waiting for looking at the paint work so far.

[8Tech]

E24man said:

Bodyshops can take their time but it's worth it if you (eventually) get great results. My M635 went from six weeks to nearly twenty and was worth it but a 635 I dropped off six weeks before my 40th to get back in a month evntually came back to me just after my 46th birthday.

It wasn't even a nice job.

Agreed, a restoration is completely different to a repair.

I know of a hugely respected BMW main dealer that doesnt even use proper primer in its bodyshop and the finish is never colour sanded. The painters get £17k pa and are limited to 1 box of protective gloves (100) per MONTH.

Now thats a receipe for a crap job.

Flatting and polishing the front wings on my car just took 7 hours......

"I took them up to just shy of 50 degrees and left them cooking for 2 hours at that. Nothing sunk, no air pockets popped. Then spent 7 hours with 1500 and a rubber filler spreader and sponge block, Mirka wet 2000 pad on a DA, then 3000 wet on a DA, then G3, then 3m fine compound. I'm just about to go in and give them a final check - I left the wax off till this morning for a reason. Sometimes u get very faint flatting marks re-appearing overnight as the compound dries off. Not a problem if there are any it ain't been sealed yet - literally just a tickle with the mop if there even are any and then a nice coat of 3m marine wax to seal them."

but check out the finish.......






Note the car properly covered in 3M screening which attracts and bonds with the overspray, so no vapours floating about the oven. Proper 2 pack paint, hard as nails and not the rubbish water based stuff, and a positive pressure in the oven to eliminate dust ingress from outside. Not a sheet of brown masking paper or old newspaper in sight. OTT for what most people want to pay for their repairs and more than any insurers will be prepared to pay.

You gets what you pay for unfortunately, and with less and less bodydhops working to this standard, you have to wait for that quality.

8Tech.

Edited by 8Tech on Saturday 31st May 21:18

[Adrian E]

That is a great looking finish are they experienced in working with aluminium panels? I need a small dent taking out of my bonnet (double skinned area next to grill) and the stone chips could do with sorting.....