My E92 335i

[Sleepa]

This looks brilliant what do you seal the headlights with?

 

[ShaunB]

This looks brilliant what do you seal the headlights with?

With Sikafix.

Here are some random vids I found on my phone.

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[NtandoN]

That sounds so cool raise:
Who's moaning in the first vid :roflol:

 

[ShaunB]

That sounds so cool raise:
Who's moaning in the first vid :roflol:

My cousin :biglol:

 

[ver328i]

Here are some random vids I found on my phone.

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YOH!!! 6MT n54 FTW:cartel:

love the spoolup sound

 

[ShaunB]

So.....having back problems for the past few weeks, I can now continue with the 1'er. The wife has been driving Monica while her car was in pieces, and that needs to stop, there is already an extra dent on the rear quarter panel and the bumper has plenty of battle scars.

On with the mods.

I stripped the lights completely. The people on the net that said 1 series lights were the worst to take apart were not kidding. What a ballache.

All the seperate parts where then sanded, primered and prepped for paint.

The majority of the parts were painted high gloss black, with the exception of the outside bezel being painted gloss white, going for something different. The indicator will also be tinted very dark.

The end result. They will be polished tonight and then assembly starts.

 

[Preston2711]

excited to see the finish! subscribed

 

[General.Massacre]

Damn Shaun, those look epic really well done, also look forward to seeing the final result...

 

[Cornel]

nice attention to detail. can't wait to see the outcome.

 

[michael.joseph]

Yasis Shaun... u are a legend
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Sure its gona look hot

 

[AshG108]

Shaun you legend, love your drink you have in the cup-holder in the vid :roflol:

 

[ShaunB]

Thanks gents, much appreciated.

Since everything was off the car no use leaving the grills all bland and blemished.

Grills condition before.

Here is a little trick for you guys, spray them with oven cleaner and let them soak, it will remove all dirt and paint and make it look almost as good as new.

All the grills were cleaned and removed of any paint.

The bumper grills and kidney grills were painted canyon sating texture black, and the grill surrounds were painted high gloss epoxy black for some contrast.

 

[Cornel]

Thanks gents, much appreciated.

Since everything was off the car no use leaving the grills all bland and blemished.

Grills condition before.

Here is a little trick for you guys, spray them with oven cleaner and let them soak, it will remove all dirt and paint and make it look almost as good as new.

All the grills were cleaned and removed of any paint.

The bumper grills and kidney grills were painted canyon sating texture black, and the grill surrounds were painted high gloss epoxy black for some contrast.

Shaun can you please give me more info on the epoxy paint that you use?

 

[ShaunB]

Then onto the bumper, It was not really in too bad a state, but seeing as everything else was going to look new I had to touch up some spots on the bumper. I just wanted to fix the damaged part and blend in the paint and clearcoat, but thinking back it would have been much easier just to repaint the whole bumper.

You guys need to Excuse me as I am in no way a panel beater and all my work gets done out of Aerosol cans with a home made spray booth out of drop sheets:rollsmile:

Damage to bumper, I will just tell myself that the marks were there when we purchased the car lol

Then the task of sanding and filling and imperfections and scratches, over and over and over.

Plastic adhesion promoter and plastic primer applied.

Then a light matt black mist coat was done and sanded to check for any waves etc

Color test was done on another piece of ABS plastic to see for color match (Primer, base coat and clear coat)

Then the parts were painted separately, only in base coat. Lets see if you can spot where the old color and new color was blended together.

Applied clear coat last night and will flat and polish tomorrow if I am happy with the results.
This was before clear coat last night...

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Shaun can you please give me more info on the epoxy paint that you use?

Rustoleum Appliance Epoxy. Takes about 7 days to cure, but with the correct prep work it comes out smooth as glass and has high gloss and durability.

 

[Cornel]

For a guy that's doing everything by can, your doing a flippen good job hey. Did you even blend the white on the bumper with can spray?

Shot thanks appreciate it. Does that mean I need to prime and leave it primed off the car for a week before I can sand and paint?
Do you use gloss black can epoxy as well on the parts?
I don't have my compressor any longer so I can't paint 2k anymore, and my kidneys is starting to show some serious stone chips.

 

[Ratslaaf]

That's flippen impressive!

 

[NAS325ci]

raise: wow

 

[ShaunB]

For a guy that's doing everything by can, your doing a flippen good job hey. Did you even blend the white on the bumper with can spray?

Shot thanks appreciate it. Does that mean I need to prime and leave it primed off the car for a week before I can sand and paint?
Do you use gloss black can epoxy as well on the parts?
I don't have my compressor any longer so I can't paint 2k anymore, and my kidneys is starting to show some serious stone chips.

The bumper was blended right here

All in Aerosol paint.

The Epoxy does not need primer at all, paint it, let it cure and then if needed you polish it.

 

[Cornel]

Flip bud that's amazing work.

Trying to see on builders website if I can find anything but no luck. Where do you buy your stuff from?

 

[low_flyer]

The total views on this post and activity are insane.
wonder if its the content or Shauns profile pic?