Door Panels

I hung the the doors this weekend and installed the fenders and started unmasking everything.

later in the day I used my new tool! Air snips! made a poster board template and cut some door panels....

Fun stuff......anything is better than sanding...

Clear Coat ...

On the seventh day god created urethane clear coat and we applied it !!

soo nice! I am so excited !! I simply cannot believe that this is the same car !


this is THE magic moment of the painting process.... you spray the clear and the paint comes alive!

so white it was blinding me !





3 quarts of etching primer, 1 gallon of high build primer, 2 gallons of Gran Prix white (could of used more!) and 1 gallon of Omni clear coat.

$3000 paint job? nah...... not in my life

(mix 1:1)
Etching primer 1 qt $22.28
activator $14.56

(mix 1:1)
Nason speed highbuild primer 1 gal. $60.56
Acetone 1gal. $15.90

(mix 1:1)
Nason Base coat Grand Prix white 1.5 gal. $133.56
Reducer 1.5 gal $32.80

(mix 4:1)
OmniSV Clear 1 gal. $61.70
Hardner 1 qt. $46

Nason gun cleaner 1 gal. $14.72

Misc. sandpaper, bondo, spreaders, fiberglass&resin(for hood) $100

labor 2 people 7 days maybe 200 hours plus of time spent....$$$$$ I currently unemployed so .....

one happy bmw owner!!


Grand TOTAL $502.08

not bad for what came out to be quite a nice paint job. First time for me and my friend!

now it's time to put everything back together and make that engine scream!!!!!!!
After the Clear cured..... we color sanded and buffed the paint....

Base Coat...

Sprayed the white NASON base coat today!

link to all the pics .... HERE!




At this point I have to thank my good friend Edward for helping me out with the body work and spraying.........THanks dude!

Primer time!

-Etching primer first

- then high build primer.....

-sanding

- sand.....

argh!!!

It is AMAZING TO FINNALY SEE THE CAR IN ONE COLOR!!!!


no booth, GRASSROOTS style !!!

now it's time for more sanding.......

then tomorrow the first coat of WHITE !!!!!

unemployment has it's benefits...............

DUST HELL!

I NEVER WANT TO PAINT A CAR AGAIN IN MY LIFE......

-I HATE BONDO DUST

-I HATE SANDING

- I HATE SANDING

- HATE SANDING

SANDING SUCKS

S A N D I N G S U C K S

ARRGGHHHHH!!!





old hood pin locations fixed

cutting the holes for the my vent project on my hood.......

my made at a home tow hook, my tig welds are getting better... I'll clean it up later with the die grinder...

Valve cover Modification....

On High revving m10 motors the higher lift cams the oil from the oil spray bar gets even more atomized and tends to leave the stock oil breather located at an alrming rate. Even tough this is more of a problem on 316 or 336 cams above 7000rpms I decided to do this on my engine since I have experience some oil loss to my coke can catch can.

taking inspiration from Skidmark Racing's Bob Breed's car....

here is my creation, see both of them here.....from start to finish Click HERE




Since the second one came out so much better I decided I could sell it. So if you have a race car and were looking for a valve cover like this email me!

I polished the details FIRST on the second try and then masked them prior to painting....perfect. I also got better at painting with the wrinkle paint and achieved much better welds on my second try. Welding the cast aluminum was tricky.

here are some different designs I took pictures of at VARA Oktoberfest race......

Jeff Ireland race car

My CAR is in Classic Motorsports Magazine !!!

I'm so excited !!!

My CAR is in Classic Motorsports Magazine !!!

Imagine my happiness when I greet a fellow 2002 racer today at VARA's German challenge race at Buttonwillow, CA and he say to me..."your Pedro right?" i said yeah... " your car is in this month's Classic motorsports magazine!"

I was so excited!!

Made my year!

I slowed down on it a little lately but now I determined to finish it this year!

It's off to paint this week I hope!

I know it's a small mention and picture but it meant alot to me.....
here's the original picture....