GunMetalGrey Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I can't stand it in front of the valence! It's all about the stealth. Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I can't stand it in front of the valence! It's all about the stealth. Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows. paint it black, moar stelth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Tis the plan!Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Looks great Ben. Can't wait for this to be finished up so we can boost around together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrLeadFoot Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 I like!!! Keep it up!Just a heads up that I will hopefully be copying you so hard with the intercooler placement/size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 good deal! its a snug fit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 I like!!! Keep it up! Just a heads up that I will hopefully be copying you so hard with the intercooler placement/size. Turbo S52!?!? fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Lots of turbines being installed in these parts as of late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 In lieu of having a snow day I decided to do some work! Started off by fabing up a intercooler mount, it is a bolt on piece because I didn't want to weld onto the body for it, and it actually ended up being easier to mount it this way! Looks simple but silly things like that take a long time to make! Will be painting all of it soon. Then took out my windshield because I had some bubbling under the paint on the drivers side A pillar, which was really bothering me. I have never taken out a windshield before, but dang is it easy! Was greeted by this! Nice hole, and the bubbling is all still in there.... And then on the passenger side there was a bit of bubbling going on. It didn't look too bad, but wrong again! I think I will be cutting these pieces out of good shells and welding them into the car, so I needed to do one more thing to ensure that it would be easy. Bye Bye dash! Actually wasn't too bad to take out! And here is another shot of the A pillar rust, from an odd angle of course! More to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 You don't understand how happy I am that you're doing things the right way. I regret tearing my car apart this summer and not tackling the things that really bothered me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Thanks bud! I couldn't stand to leave rust there it would have killed me. I wish you would have been a tad more careful with your car too :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 So got around to a bit of playing today, back when I had planned on the v8 I started to cut off brackets and other little stuff in the bay to clean it up a bit. Well now I wish I hadn't but oh well. I was planning on just taking care of the spots I left with touch up paint from paintscratch but I have a bit to cover... and the engine bay is not body color (aftermarket respray on the outside, paint came back as tomato red which is a newer vw color lol) But after bouncing ideas around with my pops I decided to just spray the whole bay in a single stage, so I will probably leave it how it is for now and do some putty in it to make everything smooth again, but then wait till it gets warmer out and just spray it! That was after some masking and priming, kind of gives an idea of how much stuff is ground down. And scraped more paint off the A-pillar Plans for that so far is to cut it all out and jb weld/ weld patches in from the inside and then body putty the difference. S'all for now folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Two things, So my sunroof is very rusty, bubbling style and it needs to be replaced. Problem is that my car in not painted with OEM paint, and the CLOSEST match is vw tomato red from '10-'13 cars but it is not necessarily a perfect match and would be pretty pricey to paint so my thought was to do the 3m Di-Noc carbon fiber. It is a textured carbon fiber vinyl that is quite wonderful, but I am trying to decide if the black patch would look okay up top so I was wondering what other people think, I was thinking of doing it in either flat black or spraying it with a gloss clear coat to make it look more realistic and have the gloss. Thoughts?Also, would anyone be interested in any cosmetic Carbon Fiber parts or even fiberglass parts (if you like the look of CF you can get fiberglass that looks like CF). I have had some experience with fiberglass and would like to try to make some basic parts to start and then maybe work my way up! Parts could not be full circles and that is about the only complication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowleym Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 On the carbon fiber part. I think mirrors would be SICK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 My 3 series came with that 3M Carbon Fiber stuff and a lot of my friends used it when I was into Foci. I wouldn't do it. If you can't color match it, just spray it a gloss black, or a different gloss color that you're using somewhere else on the car (rims, etc). You'll thank me for it later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 I was thinking about making carbon fiber skins for the mirrors.Thought was to clear coat over the 3m stuff to add depth and make it more subtle, black was the next option at this point. Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Paint your whole roof black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowleym Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Paint your whole roof black. I really wish there was like a line or something so you could segment it better... I'd totally do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Can't do the whole roof, because there is no visual break :'(Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 That's a hardtop vert fool!Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 different color roofs look ugly as fuck on BMW's. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Not on e36's. And they look better than rust or fake cf;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted February 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Nothing much has been done lately... Just saving money for parts! Gutted an ecu today, that was pretty rough! End result... Got my motor harness pinned out, so when megasquirt rolls in it will be soldering time! Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowleym Posted February 22, 2013 Report Share Posted February 22, 2013 Quick question. I have an ecu from a 318i. It's 88 pin and all, but is it the same as the 325i pin layout? Like can I plug it into a 325i harness? I need to for my mega squirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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