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Really budget paint job


maikell77

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Finally the car looks better than when i dragged it home 18 months ago.  Every surface of this car was covered in 3 paint colors, and up to 3/8" of bondo.  It took 6 hours with a wire wheel just to clean the roof.

 

Things I learned about this car:

 

This "2002" is actually a 1600-2

It was originally off white, then orange, then metallic green

It must have been rear ended at some point

- The quarter panels at the front of the trunk was a train wreck

- The roof had some ripples and signs of being pulled, 4 screw holes (filled with bondo of course)

- The weather stripping was NEVER removed since 1969

- There was WAY more rust hiding than I even thought

-3 of the springs were lowering springs, 1 wasn't

 

Back to the progress:

-Body was reasonably worked. It's a track car, not a show car.  There are some waves in the rear quarters on the box flares.  I must not have installed them correctly.

- The roof still has waves.  The sheetmetal was way out.  I tried to keep filler to a minimum to prevent cracks from forming.

- The car was primed a few months back before I moved.  I ended up sanding most of that away and priming and sanding again a few times.

-I painted the car with spray cans, I can hear the laughter now.  This was a cheap paint job to get the project down the road.  After i work some bugs out in the future it might get a real paint job, or the savings applied to more track days.

- Total including supplies ~$250 for the paint job.  

- 1 light coat and 2 heavy coats were put down.

- 320i calipers were painted red to add a little bling.

 

Next Phase

- Rubberized rust encapsulate the underside

- Box in and paint the front cross member

- Paint the suspension parts

- MAKE IT A ROLLER AGAIN!!!!

 

If you can't tell I'm pretty excited to have the car looking ok and starting to look more and more like a real car.

 

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A little wet sanding and a light buff and it'll look

great. May not be durable, but as you said, "it's a track car". Kudos to you for making progress. My '68 has become

a shelving unit in the garage and my '69 is just accumulating pine needles in the backyard.

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Epic. There is hope! I currently have 2 coats and never removed seals. Haven't started to strip yet. Next summer.. doing the same as you I think! Or the roller method.

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