1985 Subaru GL - BMW E30 conversion

[Zwingfilms]

Sanded down, 3 layers of bondo and a lot of smooth sanding and the body work is complete!






I don't want to spend a lot of money on painting the car so I'm going to plastidip it Candy apple red -Plasti dip now has a clear coat to give it a glossy finish, we'll see how this turns out-I'm gonna purchase the paint, thinner, and clear coat and I have access to a spray gun and an oven for only $20 an hour! If it turns out bad, I can always peel it off and paint it black or something…we'll see.

[rab71]

I plastidipped my car, because I could do it on the cheap as well. I just used the spray cans instead of their kit. You can paint a car for $300 easily with real paint if you already have the gear (spray gun etc.). While I am very happy with how my car turn out, it is very smooth and was easy as hell to spray (I have sprayed cars with paint though before) this is way easier. I wanted a matte finish. I'm very leary about their gloss finish. I purchased a clear in the can and it turned out pretty shitty. I'd use regular clear but who knows...???

In the pictures of their clearcoated cars I've seen I have not been impressed. The only real upside to this is you can peal it if you don't like it. Good luck!

Oh I forgot to mention I did mine under $100 for everything.

[johnnytsunami]

sjrlift.com out of bellingham will redrill the hubs for you

[Zwingfilms]

Temporarily rattle canned the front end silver, looks terrible up close but good from afar

[Jlyons617]

Go with Gunmetal and white widened steelies. The Rob Rage Replica. lol

[Wyatt Lay]

HaHa what is this?

[Rob&co]

Go with Gunmetal and white widened steelies. The Rob Rage Replica. lol

steelies are safe, fun and affordable... (cant call your reps out that way ether)

HaHa what is this?

e30? daaaaaaaaaaa

[corolllin]

Dude I only have gone through page 4 so far,


and damn people are fuckin bitches man..
this is a fucking build thread. not a post fucking memes and talk shit on other people. go fucking to facebook if you are going to waste time. I cant even get through all the good shit on here without seeing someone dog on someone else.

I am glad I never got on S/W before. its full of immature fuckin low lifes who think they are better than anyone.


Back on topic. When I saw the first mock up photo I Lol'd hard. really cool idea though dude.
I love dual lights.. can't wait to hopefully get to the end of this thread.

[cheesefacedogbone]

Paint really isn't that expensive, I dont know if Voc restrictions have limited the options in your area, I know California paint laws are crazy. But here you can get a gallon Of Dupont Imron Industrial single stage for about $100 bucks a gallon. I can paint a Semi truck with a gallon. It looks good, and is super durable too. If you have access to a booth, real paint is the way to go.

[Jlyons617]

It looks good. The only thing that's off with me is the bumper. I wonder if you could drop it a bit. It looks like it's crowding the grille.

[Zwingfilms]

Dude I only have gone through page 4 so far,


and damn people are fuckin bitches man..
this is a fucking build thread. not a post fucking memes and talk shit on other people. go fucking to facebook if you are going to waste time. I cant even get through all the good shit on here without seeing someone dog on someone else.

I am glad I never got on S/W before. its full of immature fuckin low lifes who think they are better than anyone.


Back on topic. When I saw the first mock up photo I Lol'd hard. really cool idea though dude.
I love dual lights.. can't wait to hopefully get to the end of this thread.

haha, I think that a lot of users on S|W think that lowering your car and getting nice wheels is all it takes to build a car and earn their street cred which is enough to slander other builds. I'm speaking with experience from my motor swap on my Legacy - People need to realize that engine performance and handling and devoting a lot of time, labor, sweat, and research into building a motor is what's important…Buying coil overs/bags/wheels is the easy way out to making your car "cool enough" to hang with everybody else and gives you the right to talk smack…I HIGHLY disagree. Basically you're proving to the world that you have enough money to make your car look cool. - Build your motor first, and then if you'd like to stance it for a nice taste - GO FOR IT. until then, hold your tongue.

I think Damien Grant from Alaska is a great example to us all. TAKE NOTE

This is the #arcticbeast built from Damien himself. You may think this is your typical stanced Subie until you realize, the motor is fully built running 35 pounds of boost and comes to a wapping 600whp. It also is stanced with a lot of camber, nice wheels and comes with very tasteful mods.



Damien stayed with me for the weekend on his way down to California to go to UTI to pursue his passion as an automotive technician.

Damien is one of the few people I know who I would feel comfortable with him talking smack on S|W however, he's one of the most humble dudes I know.

I find that true car enthusiasts that have put their time in and built masterpieces like this one pictured above have a much better attitude even about stupid front end conversions or crazy motor swaps.

I think that social media has become a virtual popularity contest - there's a lot of followers instead of leaders. and it's easy to be rude and critique things behind a keyboard.

I have a feeling that if any of you met me in real life and I told you about what I did, you'd realize I just have a sense of humor - This response highly is meant for R3VLimited users because the BMW owners on that forum are some of the worst online cyber dicks I know.

Please read and consider what I say to you whom this applies too.

I don't think I'm better than anyone, I just want you guys to humble yourselves and treat other humans the way you'd want to be treated. Stanceworks blocked the word ** for a reason. They wanted this to be a community of people helping each other out and encouraging each other - If someone is doing something stupid and they're ignorant, oh well - maybe offer some constructive advice without being rude about it.

-Zach

[corolllin]

WOAH! you blew me away with this dude!! looks killler!!!

[Zwingfilms]

Thanks man

[corolllin]

and what you said.

you're spot on 100%


cant wait to see what else is coming to the beemaru lol

[corolllin]

One more thing, what are you filming with?