Moving my thread over... Sin City e36

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

The paint is wheel paint, found at any parts store. I followed the same process as you would with painting anything else. Prep, sand, prime, paint, clear. It's tough, and the clear coat re-reinforce it a bit more. I am not too worried about their long-term appearance - after all, these are wheel bolts... they will not see anything that will really hurt the finish. You don't even put a socket on the head to install them.

[soab]

What paint did you use that holds up on bolts?

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

Also, I made a weekend trip to Brianhead for a little snowboarding before the season ends.

Yeah... in the e36.

Yeah, I got stuck.

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

I'm still working on polishing the lips, but I wanted to see one of the wheels somewhat assembled...



Also, I went ahead and installed the M3 cams.

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

Crap, I overdid my photobucket account... standby while I try to get things back up and running.

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

Can't figure out how to post my video... so took removed this post.

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

I shot a little video on how to refinish the bolts... I'll try to upload it a little later. In the meantime, I decided to do mine black. Here's the finish with no clear coat (yet).



And after I finish polishing up the lips, I'll bolt it back together. The powdercoater sent me this pic of my faces today:

[Chuckdee]

^^good idea, I was about to ask how did you refinished the bolts.

the e36 is absolute sex, perfection!

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

Then I chuck them into a drill, and turn them against a wire wheel on my bench grinder.

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

The color is great!
Congratulations for the work!

Thank you! This has been a very loooong process. I know the picture progression is fast, but a lot if these photos are months or a year old.

Today I started refinishing the wheel bolts for my style 5's. Here's where they started at:

[PedroM]

The color is great!
Congratulations for the work!

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

Only the part around the kidneys right? Man that honestly looks out of place.

But i like the studs and lug nuts. Work well with the white wheels! Ive always been wondering how this is done to Euro cars. Are the studs simply screwed in?

Keep up the good work, man!

Yes, just the part of the trim that surrounds the kidneys. Also did the b-pillars, and will end up doing the rear diffuser as well st some point. It flows nicely IMO.

The studs thread into the hub, and have a little shank that stops you from running them in too far. Blue locktight and 70ft-lbs of torque keep them from backing out.

Here's a quick pic of it this morning all trimmed out finally!

[G535]

nose panel in 3M carbon fiber Di-noc. Turned out really nice!

Only the part around the kidneys right? Man that honestly looks out of place.

But i like the studs and lug nuts. Work well with the white wheels! Ive always been wondering how this is done to Euro cars. Are the studs simply screwed in?

Keep up the good work, man!

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

Today I finished re-trimming the car. $300 later... man dealer parts are expensive for tiny little rubber bits and pieces! So, outside of a few tiny dull spots that need buffed out, im readying to do a decent photoshoot.

Obviously nobody is ever done with a project, so I still have plans for the car. Installing s52 cams this week, rebuilding the vanos, and a topmount turbo project is coming in the near future. More pics soon.

[Dangerwillrbnsn]

I forgot to mention and show pics, but I wrapped the b-pillars and nose panel in 3M carbon fiber Di-noc. Turned out really nice! I gotta get a few photo's of that... it's hard to see with a poopy point and shoot camera.