Bringing back an E9.

[gnmzl]

This looks so good, can't wait to watch the progress on the assembly.

[grumbles]

front corner repair and paint turned out great! the work on the dash is incredible.

[mpower5266]

I went in person to check on the car last night and its looking good. He going to button some stuff up and I hope to have it back home this weekend to start putting it back together.

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I was really impressed with how well the front end repair turned out.

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Stay tuned, more to come soon.

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[mpower5266]

Its been pretty slow going lately. I dont know how body shop guys always have an emergency of some sort but they do. A couple weeks ago he got the car primed and block sanded. Excuse the photos, I havent been able to get away from work to check it out so my dad has been snapping the pics.

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The front end repair came out pretty good.

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There have not been updates since then, but my dad went by yesterday and the car was in the booth and the textured under coating had been applied.

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There should be a fresh coat of Nachtblau on it now, and the clear should be drying.

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More updates soon. I cant wait to get it back home.

[theseeker411]

God this is going to be beautiful when y'all are done.

[mpower5266]

Small update. We picked up some wheel center caps for the factory 14" wheels.

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Naturally I had to clean them. I started with polishing the metal. Quick wipe with IPA and then a hand polish with Nuvite "C" and "S." Here is a little before and after.

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Then I moved on to the roundels. Started with a hand compound. Before.

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After compound, before a hand polish with Sonax.

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And the finished product after one last IPA wipe down and sealed with Jescar Powerlock. I could have sanded them and machined polished to get a little better finish but I think this is good enough.

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I know, super lame but I hope to have some painted car pics soon.

[mpower5266]

Did some more leather cleaning and dying last night. I thought it would be fun to do a 50/50 on one of the seats, so I taped it off and only cleaned and dyed one half. Check out the video below.

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Then I finished cleaning and dyeing the other half, the finished seat is on the left.

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And a before and after video with the finished seat next to the seat I had not cleaned.

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It looks like it matches to me.

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And then I cleaned the other seat with ColourLock strong leather cleaner and their brush. I thought the brand new white towel would be make for a nice example.

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I think they were a little dirty.

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Then I feathered the dye into the rest of the seat back. The color looks different due to lighting.

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Here is a shot with the rear seats swapped and the passenger front seat, just to show that the color is correct.

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I just need to put the leather shield on them tonight and then wait for the car to come back from paint so I can do the drivers seat.

[mpower5266]

Looks like everything is coming together nicely. I really like that caramel color for the interior. On a side note I think those wheels would have looked amazing full polished.

The stock wheels? They are kinda rough cast, that would take a ton of work to polish those. Plus they are place holders for now, I want some RS, Alpinas, or Weds.

[Graphitemk6]

Looks like everything is coming together nicely. I really like that caramel color for the interior. On a side note I think those wheels would have looked amazing full polished.

[mpower5266]

Last night I started to work on the passenger seat from the E9. I ordered a Colourlock kit to dye some of the bad areas but first I had to clean it with their heavy cleaner. Here is the seat before cleaning.

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After giving the seat a good cleaning.

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I started to just dye the bad areas on the seat bottom but the leather was faded and it looked pretty bad. Re-cleaned stripping all the dye and decided to do the whole seat laying the dye on a little thicker and it started to look amazing. This is after I finished dying the seat bottoms.

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And after I finished a section on the seat back.

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And the finished product. I did not dye the headrest, and its a perfect match. I guess the leather "faded" or stained over the years to the darker color. I need to get some leather shield on it tonight or tomorrow but its looking good.

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Its not perfect and it still shows a little wear but I like the originality and quality of the oem leather. Now I need to do the rest of the leather.

[gnmzl]

That nose job came out very good!
Indeed, the car will be great once done

[mpower5266]

My dad stopped by the body shop and got a few more photos of the E9. Dents are getting pulled, very little filler is being used, and the reflectors are getting deleted. This is going to be a great car when it is done.

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[BUILT_S2K]

This thing is super clean. Cant wait to see how it looks once its done.

[mgpdoc]

Cant describe how much i like this project.


Well done to you sir, for respecting the history here.

Cheers

Mike

[mpower5266]

The front end damage is coming out nicely.

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My dad went over yesterday to pull the door cards and trim. With the door cars off he can work the dents out of the doors. This is basically going to be a full repaint now. We arent going glass out, our body guy seems to think can work around the glass gaskets. Remember the plan was to build a driver, not a show car.

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We also got one of the wheels painted. Not the oem silver but it will look good. Again, I hope to swap these for BBS or Weds in the future.

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