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Old 06-29-2008, 07:14 AM
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Default BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution - Full Restore

Hi there

Bmw M3 Sport Evo red, and this was the shape the car was...





Both the painting and the leather were massacred, but if the first was relatively easy to correct the second was more delicate, especially being original.

The first thing was resray the bonnet interior included, the badges were removed also for a new ones.




Bonnet removed for repainting



Some rust points to be removed.






Next week i picked the car




The part with the rust was repaires and painted.



Some more parts for the EVO.




Mounted and protected for working safely




The gear cover was like this..



after being repaired...



The wing was removed for better polishing.



All the seats were removed for leather repair



This is how the interior look like after..







passenger seat...




Driver seat during the preparation and repair




Driver seat full repaired and the other in preparation



The 2 seats done



Rear seats (preparation and reapir) e bonnet.






Isolated and ready for the next stage



More damage in the other side of the seat





During repair



The bonnet was nicely repainted but poorly finished, the normal...



I did a medium polishing step to remove some swirls but not enough



Wetsanding to fully removed some deep marks



Now fully corrected



Done

The rear seats done (upper)




the lower




The bonnet finished



Before



After



work in progress



finished



After



before..



After.




before



The trunk was sanded with the mirka system.





and before




A 50/50







wheels removed and detailed



Hd cleansed only

2 pics during





Engine

Before:




E o after




The interior



A small detail



Sun pics





Hd cleanse and Zymol Concours



Some artistics photos




THe evo trying to race some other cars

Wanna race??



Ok, ill race...alone



More pics





The last ones...






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Old 06-29-2008, 09:56 AM
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WOW that car has a new life, talk about being born again
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Old 06-29-2008, 10:20 AM
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WoW...Great job! How you repair those seat? Did you sand and repaint it?
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simply amazing...... my fav M3
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Wow! Great job!
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Old 06-29-2008, 12:57 PM
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WoW...Great job! How you repair those seat? Did you sand and repaint it?
yes, its a pro line for leather repair...water based paint for leather
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Stunning!!!
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A classic AMONGST classics, what a car!!!
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Gosh thats beautiful. Now all you need to do is put touch up the engine with some heat resistant paint, find a wheel emblem for the front right wheel and enter her in some competitions.
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Absolutely stunning work. The leather interior work you do never ceases to am aze me
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