my bmw e30 and a few of my uk spec rotbox

[johnmaloney88]

i'll just rob the posts off another forum

painted my mirrors as they were corroded and the paint was badly flaking. Used water based paint.



sanded down







ecth primed then whited primed







basecoat







lacquered and on the car, that's the finish from the gun







no wonder my car is always scraping and it burst the sump! wait till i can get some 16's!







startin on the rusty wing and front and back bumpers on monday.

ok got my back bumper off and a slight crease filled







and primed





and a brand spankin new genuine bmw wing...







also happy with how solid behind the bumper is





ok bit of an update, got the wing sprayed. boss man sprayed it one evening cos he was goin away for a week so i wouldn't get a chance to spray it myself. needs to be done again to blend it into the door but it'll do for now. didn't bother doin the bumper as we said we'd do the lot at the same time, i'm preppin the front bumper now myself at home for the week.

basecoat


wing off


and on

[johnmaloney88]

well the cars finished. i didn't spray it myself as the shop owner was in a rush to get it out cos he was busy and i didn't wanna chance messin it up after all the prep work i did!

anyway here's a load of pics, i'm very happy with the car now. just want different wheels. and a better engine.






















ok tried on my non spoiler bootlid, i like it, nicer flow to the car!



just want proper wheels for it now and a proper engine. thinkin wide 16s and a 3.0 m3 or a dirty datsun!!

[johnmaloney88]

which currently needs some welding so i'm gonna strip the car and buy a welder. but in the mean time i'm lookin for a cheap booter or just a booter shell to transfer the parts onto while i work on it.

i've completely changed my views and i much rather the look of the jap cars now. i bought my car in 06 when i was like 18 or 19.

[johnmaloney88]

a collection of the cars i've had

[keith-n]

Love the front end on the E30. Car is a credit to ya. But bin the alpina's.

[Greg]

I bought that off you.

[Adamoc]

A phat set of bbs's and drop it mint..

[johnmaloney88]

I bought that off you.

ha i know! she looked good back then! whatever happened it?

and yes i know the alpinas are not my style, it needs somethin smaller and wider, a bit like meself!

was even thinkin of banded steels or these xxr's





either of those would suit the non spoiler look well

[johnmaloney88]

A phat set of bbs's and drop it mint..

so expensive for nice ones though. but i'm tempted by a set in england for a cheap 1k in 16 x 9 and 10

these ones

[Greg]

ha i know! she looked good back then! whatever happened it?

Trackdays, different bumper, that's it.