E30 Touring resto - Pic heavy

[99sil-teg]

So jealous of this. We demand more updates!!!

[CubbyChowder]

yes!

[Zic]

Oh yes. This is gonna be so great.
Bet if feels great to be that much closer to a complete car.

[Jozi]

I just got sent a few photo's, I'll let them do the talking:



























Marty is aiming to have it back Friday, I'll prob be down with him for a look before then.

[vjlle]

Oh my... I already miss my touring Very sweet build, i like

ps. Sub'd

[Jozi]

I got it of a guy I know (xworks) who used it for his M3, I need more of it though and found some here thats the same stuff: http://www.valeterspride.co.uk/5-lit...mical-69-p.asp

[Zic]

Awesome work man.
Where did you get the dye for the carpet?

[E28fredrik]

Nice car! )

[Jozi]

I was down with Marty today, things are starting to come together. The front panel is removable and the insides of the doors have been painted blue.


Couldn't resist doing a quick pano while I was there

Some random pics of 2 doors





Front end is removable and bay is also ready


It's all bolted down with welded on nuts


The box section capped off, same done to the upper part


I forgot to take a pic with the panel of so here's a crappy phone pic


Marty hopes to paint the rest this weekend or soon after

[Jozi]

I have been a long time waiting for it back, hopefully it lives up to my expectations (which it should)! Quite anxious really to see it hope, with a bit of luck that might happen in a few weeks. Painter had to move units a few weeks ago (when I was meant to get it back last week), he's hoping to get the boot functioning again mid next week and mine will be a priority (along with 2 others).




This was my carpet today around lunch time, all nice and clean and stuff


And after about 90mins, quite a bit of sweat and nearly 1L of dye it all looks like this now:



The above were stitched together as a panorama and not quite in focus but you get the idea

For comparison:


I reckon it needs at least another coat maybe even 2 more. I'm out of dye though so it's going to have to wait till more arrives.

[Greg|H]

I love this thread, I can't imagine how excited you are about getting it back from paint! There's an e30 touring that's always been parked down the road from me, i'm determined to own it one day

[Jozi]

Spent a couple hours everyday this week cleaning my interior. Pretty happy with how it all came out. There's some light staining on the boot carpet which hopefully won't be visible once I've it all dye'd, likewise with the floor mats.






Another pic for good measure, so comfy to sit in!


Carpet not cleaned yet, I just attacked some stains today, will do the rest tomorrow.

[Jozi]

It's (still) not painted yet, hopefully over the next few weeks. Decided not to go with Mauritius, I got a nice colour thats not a whole lot different to it being painted on it.

[Kinghorn]

Any photos with the mauritius blue paint layed down? really love the color. great rust work on the wag!

[Jozi]

Another piece of the puzzle arrive yesterday from Holland:



I'll now be able to close the boot compartment when there's a battery in there, the difference is quite obvious (ignore the blurry cat).