1984 bmw 325 overhauling begins

[tdekany]

The car is going to be raced, had a terrible repaint with orange peel thrown in at no charge (Single Stage non metalic) so I can only do so much with it, but I think it will be an improvement. I can already tell that the finished paint is very finicky.

Tested the hood yesterday

PROCESS

CLAY
1200
2000
105 BLACK WOOL 2250RPM
105 WHITE PAD FLEX
205 WHITE PAD FLEX
POLI SEAL GREEN PAD
HD POXY GRAY 3M PAD FLEX

Here is the car at the start.



Hood - I worked on the right 3rd yesterday to test the paint out but 2000 grit wasn't going to cut it so I am going back to it tomorrow.















So today I decided to do the trunk instead.

Before with all the dust on it



After polishing











HD POXY is curing



AFTER HD POXY











WHAT AWAITS ME ON THE SIDES:





AND OF COURSE THE HOOD IS WAITING.

[JaredPointer]

What kind of racing are they going to be doing with it? Was all you did on the trunk lid polish (no sanding)?

[Ronkh]

Looks nice so far, but we all know I'm not a fan of BMW's

That's gonna be alot of work.

[Beemerboy]

The paint on those older models was real tuff stuff. I had an 85 535i and it always looked nice

[tdekany]

Thank you guys.

I'll try to document it better from now on.

Day one I just tested the right side of the hood with 2000 grit paper but that wasn't cutting it. Next day (yesterday) I went to work on the trunk instead of continuing with the hood. The car was repainted awhile back and it is not the original paint. Single stage non metallic paint is what you see. The paint job was terrible as you can clearly see it in the pictures. The Orange Peel is really bad, that is why I am sanding it with 1200 first and following it with 2000 grit.

[JaredPointer]

Originally Posted by tdekany

The Orange Peel is really bad, that is why I am sanding it with 1200 first and following it with 2000 grit.

Are you sanding it all by hand or with DA discs? BTW, the trunk looks 100x better.

[tdekany]

Originally Posted by JaredPointer

Are you sanding it all by hand or with DA discs? BTW, the trunk looks 100x better.

By hand. I wish I had some discs. Need to get them soon.

Thanks!

[tdekany]

Ok, the hood is done.

Here are some before pictures

Flash on



Without the flash



Middle of the hood



Left of the hood with bird droppings that didn't come out completely. I'd say they are reduced 50% - I removed alot of paint, I didn't want to pay for a repaint.


I addressed all the deep scratches and other inperfections first before sanding the whole hood. Actually a few times some of them.



After 105 Rotary/Flex




Here it is the first time around, still some swirls that were further compounded later.





Before



All done



Now here are some random afters

First the HD POXY is curing on top of Poli Seal



DUN... DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





















ROOF IS NEXT

[Ronkh]

I dont have that kind of patience.

[JaredPointer]

Wow... what a difference.

[tdekany]

Thanks guys!

[Reddwarf]

Remarkable difference! That is going to be a sharp looking race car when you are done.

[holland_patrick]

SOrry you moved to the left coast but Glad you found your way back here....


See you on the subbie board...

[tdekany]

Thanks guys!!!!

Hey Patrick - good to see you as well!

If it doesn't work out (detailing) we may move back to the east coast.

[sullysdetailing]

Great job