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Can't complain for $595. lol
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Originally posted by Earl View PostThank you sir=) They're one of my all time favorites too.
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Originally posted by bimmerbabe View PostAaaaaand I made you buy them
I was shooting to paint all of my rear subframe parts Saturday....but had too many shenanigans and just ended up cleaning things when I actually did work. Parts will be painted this Saturday....Hopefully=)
I did however finally finish my headlights. I wanted to mimic E30 Hella smoked headlights, but with an e36. I have never seen crosshairs in e36 lights so I figured I would give it a shot. Here are before and afters of the lights straight off the car to being finished.
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It was hard capturing the crosshair. I need to get white bulbs instead of the stupid blue ones that they come with.
I also got a fancy package Friday.
I now have all four disassembled and cleaned. The faces are being shipped today to get powdercoated=)
Splish Splash Breytons takin' a bath=)
That is all for now=)Last edited by Earl; 03-25-2013, 07:10 AM.
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Originally posted by bimmerbabe View PostHoly crap, how did you get the headlights THAT clean??
I think we need some assistance in cleaning the engine area when getting the Coupe back
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Digging that headlight treatment man, great job!Fleet
'95 E36 Compact | m50tu | 3.45LSD | Autopilot V2, AirLift Performance Series (F), Air House 2 (R) - BUILD THREAD
'02 E39 540i Touring | Muffler Delete | Autopilot V2, AirLift Performance Series (F), RE5 (R) - BUILD THREAD
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Originally posted by indiejack View PostDigging that headlight treatment man, great job!
I did some small things yesterday.
First, I ordered my tires. I opted for Hankook HR2's. I see that they have a pretty soft sidewall so they should stretch easily. I'm going for 205/40's in the front and 215/40's out back. I got them for $350 shipped to my door.
I also found out that the lips are in stock and I am placing my order asap. These wheels will be together way faster than I had thought.
I've been contemplating making a set of all red tails. I then remembered that I am getting a NOS set of amber tails. I figured since my current tails have some minor spider cracking, why not hit them with some model paint? So I did. I used Testors 1605 Candy Apple Red paint with Testors clear. They turned out really well. I just need to wetsand and buff them.
Started off by masking them off:
I then layed a nice even coat of red. Somehow it only took me one coat to achieve the color that I needed, and I had no runs.
I removed the tape on this one to ensure that it matched well. I also wanted to compare a before and after.
It looks slightly off in the pictures due to it being a more matte finish at the moment, and I couldn't get a heads on shot.
I then taped up the second light to be able to shoot color and clear right after one another.
Then I just buried them in clear with a heavy coat. I wanted to put enough on to make a nice thick layer, but have no runs. It worked out really well.
I'm going to let them dry for a day or two, and then do the wet sanding and buffing.
Hopefully I'll get something done at the shop tonight too. I can't think of much to do without a wire wheels for the bay, and any of my rear subframe or paint. haha I'll update again tomorrow.
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I didn't go out to the shop yesterday because I couldn't figure out what I would do. I instead went home and finished the headlights. I also got the tail lights almost finished. They just need to be wet sanded and buffed=) I didn't get any pictures of the other head light finished, but I did get a picture of the tail lights.
Updates will follow Saturday.
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Originally posted by HuH View PostKeen to see how they look on the car. Nice work!
Side note: The faces arrive at the powder coaters today and I should also be ordering the lips. My tires also ship today. I cannot wait to MAKE the wheels fit. 17x10 et8 in the rear will be a fun time
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those tails turned out great man!Hit me up for all your quality used bmw parts needs! http://properperformance.com/ IG: Lowlygent
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Originally posted by DinanDave View Postthose tails turned out great man!
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