Back in black BMW e30

[dillon7]

beautiful, that MT2 is sex

She will look much better once I'm finished, poor car was neglected.

[K-Line]

beautiful, that MT2 is sex

[dillon7]

You're killing it!

thanks, man!

[CubbyChowder]

You're killing it!

[dillon7]

The car is painted!

I finally got the car painted last thursday and got to come home for a little bit to work on it. I have finals next week so I couldn't stay for long but I'll show you guys some pics of the progress I made.

Just to catch up, since I was away at school my Dad finished off the battery tray and the rest of the rust. I don't have any pictures while he was doing it but here is the final result.

Battery Box Finished (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Battery Box Finished Underneath (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Now, on to the rest of the car. I had the car sprayed with the same color code as schwarz black but I decided to go with a clear coat as well. It turned out amazing and I still haven't done any wet sanding or polishing.

Here is when it first rolled into the shop.

BMW New Paint (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Front Valence Painted (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Paint Reflection (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Of course, I threw a couple of the body panels on immediately to get a little grasp of what it will look like when it's back together.

BMW Fender and Front Valence on (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Next, I went ahead and pulled out the old cracked dash as well as the carpet and the headliner. I dropped the old headliner off at the upholstery shop so they could use it as a template to cut me a new one. The new headliner will be black suede which should tie in well with the seats. The carpet I pulled was garbage and I bought a blue one the other week in great shape except it's blue. So, next weekend I will be dying that one black.

BMW Dash Removed (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

BMW Carpet Removed (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

BMW Headliner Removed (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Then, I went to the tire shop and had my current tires dismounted. I'm going to be refinishing the futuras while keeping the original lips and hardware. The lips will be polished and I'm sending out the hardware to be chromed. The faces are going to be brushed with clear over them. I went to start taking them apart and for some reason my socket didn't fit correctly. I bought a 10 point 8mm and 10mm socket from snap on but the socket felt too big and would round off the nut when I tried to take it off. Pretty confused since everywhere online said that was the correct size so I'll be taking them to Ehrlich Wheelworks later this week to try and figure it out and talk about them brushing my faces for me.

OZ Futura Tire Dismounted (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

OZ Futura Dirty Bolts (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Last, but not least my renown steering wheel came in the mail. I'm really pleased with it and it feels great in my hand. Hopefully my momo hub will come in soon as it has been on backorder for almost a month.

Renown Steering Wheel Unbox (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr


Now, the original plan was to have the car done before sowo. Unfortunately, I don't think that will be possible. I can definitely have a finished version by sowo but it wouldn't be as complete as I want it to be and I don't really want to half ass finishing it just for a show. I might get lucky and some how finish it but at this time I'm pretty much expecting it won't be.

School will finally be over this week and I will be home for the summer to work on the car every day which will be nice. Stay tuned for more frequent updates and in the mean time here is a peak of my next project for the summer.

1992 Mtech 2 Arrived At Shop (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

[K-Line]

Just had to rebuild my battery box as well, im slowly removing all of the rust on unpainted surfaces. But im on the same plan you are and want to paint mine soon! Good work as always dude.

[dillon7]

such quality work. love it.

Thanks man

Beautiful car man, those seats are killer.

Thanks! Can't wait to get them installed.

Hey hey what's going on here. Looks good Dillon.

Ayeee what's up Josh, thanks man.

[jbginger]

Hey hey what's going on here. Looks good Dillon.

[oprahhwinfreyy]

Beautiful car man, those seats are killer.

[eethirty]

such quality work. love it.

[dillon7]

Home for easter break so of course I got to work on the car.

I stated earlier that I was 90% done with the sanding. Well, that was a lie I was probably about 75% done. I had some more bondo work to do so I got started on that today.

Did the drivers side door and rear quarter panel and had a lot of little spots on the passenger side pictured below.

Passenger side full bondo (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Drivers side quarter panel bondo (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Drivers side door bondo (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Next, got to work on some more bondo on the trunk lid and a fender.

Trunk Lid Bondo (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Fender Bondo Work (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Finally, the last piece of the body that needed work and sanding was my hood. I had to use my original black hood on a black convertible that I bought and sold so I grabbed a red hood I had laying around from one of my parts cars and got to sanding and doing a little bondo work.

Sanded down.

Sanded Red Hood (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Main dent I had to fill.

Red Hood Dent (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Lots of bondo

Red Hood Bondo Work (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Still have to sand down all the bondo but I was tired of that work and moved on to fixing the rust.

First, I started on the rust where the tail light bolts on. First thing first was to cut it out.

Tail Light Rust Cut Out (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Cut off a tab from one of my parts cars and got it clamped into place to be welded tomorrow.

Tail Light Tab Clamped In (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr

Then I got to work on the worst section which is the battery tray. Started poking around and of course found more rust so it's taking longer than I thought. I got the bottom panel cut out but I still have some more places to remove. I'll finish that up tomorrow as well.

More Batter Tray Rust (1 of 1) by dillonmakar, on Flickr


That's all I got done today. Not very exciting work but it's got to be done. At this rate I'll be finished up with all the body work and rust repair by sunday probably. After that the updates should get more exciting as it will be going to paint later in the week and then I get to start putting everything back together.

[dillon7]

Those should look good in there!

Yeah they will, pretty stoked to get them in but I have to wait a while unfortunately.

Looking good dude, killing it as usual!

Thanks, man!

Such a dope build!

Thank you!

awesome man!

Thanks!

Diggin' the seats dude!

Thanks, me too.

I'm proud of you for replacing those green hoses. Seats have to go!

Looks nice so far.

haha I swapped the motor anyways so now all those hoses are gone.

Oh my Lord! Why have I never seen this car before? <3

And that shop is pretty impressive too. My other half has all the same kind of machinery and it just amazes me. Nothing that is made today for the same purpose would last that long!!

Thank you! The shop is great, sure beats working out of my garage.

that shop is fucking amazing. i would never be home. car is absolutely perfect too. you have already won life.

haha thanks, man. I would never leave the shop either if I could but unfortunately I have to go get an education so I can fund more builds and school is 1.5 hours away. This summer should be fun though because I can actually stay there all the time.

[eethirty]

that shop is fucking amazing. i would never be home. car is absolutely perfect too. you have already won life.

[Lhotte]

Oh my Lord! Why have I never seen this car before? <3

And that shop is pretty impressive too. My other half has all the same kind of machinery and it just amazes me. Nothing that is made today for the same purpose would last that long!!

[xcvnjg]

I'm proud of you for replacing those green hoses. Seats have to go!

Looks nice so far.