E30 Project

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   Finally got started on the E30 over the weekend...
http://www.bmw-driver.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27
The car will most likely be resprayed Diamond Black - still trying to decide on a colour!!

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kdevitt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 27-February-2003 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 904	Topic: E30 Project Posted: 16-June-2003 at 20:53
	Finally got started on the E30 over the weekend... http://www.bmw-driver.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27 The car will most likely be resprayed Diamond Black - still trying to decide on a colour!!

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rutter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 25-May-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 90	Posted: 16-June-2003 at 21:46
	Good look with the rstoration, personally I like the colour in the photo is that the original colour if so I would respray in its origanal colour Jim (Liverpool)
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kdevitt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 27-February-2003 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 904	Posted: 16-June-2003 at 21:58
	Well I sort of like the colour myself - unfortunately the previous owner attempted a respray and botched it - its more brown than burgundy near the front. It'll need a full respray, so I was considering every option - have the original colour swacthes on their way to me at the moment. Just mentioned a few minutes ago to the girlfriend though that I like the colour of it as it is - can see the car from where I am - so I suppose I'll decide what to do in a few months - the engine needs some attention, as does several other areas of the car - there are some rust patches that need treatment. I'm hoping to get an Mtec I kit for it, as despite it being an 88 car, its the chrome bumper version!!

Kevin_E30_318iS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 14-December-2002 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 883	Posted: 17-June-2003 at 09:06
	Diamond Black is a nice colour, but the original looks good too. Have you got any quotes for the re-spray job yet?
	Kevin_1990_318iS

kdevitt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 27-February-2003 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 904	Posted: 17-June-2003 at 09:25
	No quotes yet - am going to get the engine sorted out first. Its not too bad, but I want to car to be running properly. Theres a place in Lucan who do a full colour change for �2000, they do alot of the show cars and their work is excellent. Will wait and see I suppose!

b318isp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 10-October-2002 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2057	Posted: 17-June-2003 at 10:04
	Not a bad colour. See you got it insured while you were dechroming

kdevitt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 27-February-2003 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 904	Posted: 17-June-2003 at 10:10
	good spot - its actually two different sides of the car A mate had my digital camera for his kids christening and by the time I got it back the car was masked off!!

IamSpartacus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 21-November-2002 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 3625	Posted: 17-June-2003 at 11:33
	Ken, Where in Lucan were you thinking of taking the car?
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IamSpartacus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 21-November-2002 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 3625	Posted: 17-June-2003 at 11:35
	BTW, Diamond Black rocks........ the downside (as with any black or dark colour) being that you could polish it daily and it still looks dirty after you've driven it once!!!
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kdevitt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 27-February-2003 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 904	Posted: 17-June-2003 at 12:07
	Theres a crowd called Smith & Brannigan - have been well impressed with what I've seen of their work. I love Diamond Black as a colour - although I know only too well how hard it is to keep a black car looking clean!! Not sure I could cope with cleaning two black cars every weekend!!