[Hoper]

Originally Posted by satz

That's come up really well! Did you heat up the old vinyl to remove it?

Satz

Had to heat some of it up to stop it being too brittle, most of it came off without worrying about a heat gun

Getting the wrap off was a bit of a pain, will be good once its painted amd reassembled though

[Hoper]

Originally Posted by Hoper

Had to heat some of it up to stop it being too brittle, most of it came off without worrying about a heat gun

Getting the wrap off was a bit of a pain, will be good once its painted amd reassembled though

Finally have the e36 roof, rear quaters and boot under coated amd prepped for top coat, now have to mask the whole thing off again and apply the top coat

I have a new appreciation for how much work goes into prepping for paint, after effing up 2 doors by short changing the prep and having to sand them back and undercoat them again, I wasn't taking any chances with prepping the rest of the car, many many hours spent sanding, I'm almost too nervous to top coat it for fear of effing it up

Its been slow going since I've been back at work, also have been away most weekends

and now its pi$$ing rain in Canberra today so I won't top coat it this weekend

Some pics of the prepped undercoat

[Socket]

Nice work Hops my boy

[Hoper]

Finally put the top coat on the e36 roof, boot, rear quarters sills, door jams etc

Came out pretty good, a couple of runs that I'll have to sand out, but apart from that all good

Only doors, front valance and front bumper to paint, on the home stretch now

[Socket]

Looks great mate !!

[Hoper]

Project e36 continues

everything is painted, most has been wet sanded, some pics of the parts of the car that has had a visit from the cutting compound

[e36mmm]

Looks lovely bro

[Socket]

Coming along nicely Hops

[satz]

Hoper, is that your version of a lightweight M3?

seriously, the paint job looks great!

[Hoper]

Thought I'd answer Socks question about the progress om the e36 in here

Slow going atm, seem to be away or busy every weekend, and works also been busy, slowing the evening progress

Car is going back together, I'll post some pics on the weekend, rear wing, front guards, bonnet, front grill, rear windows, head lining and sunroof all back in now, re-trimmed headlining looks good

will need to do some touchups but the car is looking really good

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Hoper

Thought I'd answer Socks question about the progress om the e36 in here

Slow going atm, seem to be away or busy every weekend, and works also been busy, slowing the evening progress

Car is going back together, I'll post some pics on the weekend, rear wing, front guards, bonnet, front grill, rear windows, head lining and sunroof all back in now, re-trimmed headlining looks good

will need to do some touchups but the car is looking really good

waiting patiently for pics hops

[Hoper]

Pics of the progress

Pic 1 - New roof lining
Pics 2,3 and 4
Car is going back together nicely, panel gaps are pretty good and the bits I've wet sanded and then used cutting compound on are coming up good

Hard to tell from the pics but the doors and bonnet aren't quite cut back to a full shine yet, they still have some fine scratches from the wet sanding and the rear bumper and rear spoiler have been partially wet sanded but not cut so they're not shiny at all

Lots to do still but at least it's starting to look like a car again

[Hoper]

Originally Posted by Socket

waiting patiently for pics hops

There you go Socks

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Hoper

There you go Socks

Looking good Hops, nice progress mate

[Hoper]

More work on the m3 today

Got the doors fitting almost perfect, wasn't happy with the way they were fitting after the weekend, they're now better than they ever have been since I've owned the car, also prepped and resprayed the front bumper and left side skirt which I wasn't happy with

Good progress, I can see the finish line

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Hoper

More work on the m3 today

Got the doors fitting almost perfect, wasn't happy with the way they were fitting after the weekend, they're now better than they ever have been since I've owned the car, also prepped and resprayed the front bumper and left side skirt which I wasn't happy with

Good progress, I can see the finish line

cant wait to see this back on the road

[Hoper]

More progress this weekend

Resprayed the rear quaters where I'd stuffed up the first time, so I have now completely finished painting the red bits, just have to do the wheels and the black trim

also made some repairs to some interior panels so they'll fit properly ans did some more wet sanding and cutting back of the paint and spent some time getting the bonnet to fit properly

The good news is that reconstruction can start in earnest now

[Hoper]

Test fit of the front bumper tonight, needs some work to get it to fit better

[satz]

Hi Hoper, greetings from Baghdad!

You've done amazing work! Look forward to seeing the finished product!

cheers

[Hoper]

Front end pretty much complete

Will get started sanding the wheels tomorrow

[DR-JEKL]

Awesome DIY work mate

[e36mmm]

Shes looking so pretty