yea, doesnt insurance cover you between the buy period and the time where you register your car?

 

for like 30 days. ^^^ they time limit it.

 

That wouldn't help then... bought it middle of Dec, reg'd end of Feb.

 

doing your own work is nice if you have the time tools money and inclination

 

Right on man, glad to hear your BMW isn't as bad as you thought. You will get it back to where it should be. I will admit, these cars, are about the only luxury car, I have liked. I still would like to have an '80's 2 door BMW someday. Anyway good luck to you bro', and we have faith in you.

 

Just got price quotes from Interstate Auto Body Supplies:

Hood - $100
L Fender - $77
Front Grill - $30
Rad Support - $18 (prolly incorrect... sellers online want $125 - $160)
Bumper Support - $20

-I have a huge can of primer... so add paint - $100

No one can get me the stock ///M3 sport bumper, so I might try to repair my urethane one... or ( I cringe ) might buy the stock one from BMW for $400+.

So body work is a done deal. Still need to worry about suspension.

 

should leave it all primer like your z...

 

not the bimmer^^^^^
on a plus note all i got left is wiring on my car. shouldnt be to bad assuming i can get teh stock harness to provide power in the engine compartment/dash harness

 

ya. wife won't go for the primer BMW. Although maybe she drives a Bendz... NismoPick is a high roller

 

hey! i found what your bimmer should be. as follows: http://videos.streetfire.net/video/8...7f004150d2.htm

OR

this one: http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...4900391220.htm

 

Update on the Bimmer...

Almost back together. I've been working on it almost every night for the past two weeks. I just need to primer & paint the left quarter, & the front bumper. Stupid cars... who needs them anyway.
















BEFORE:

 

dam you, everytime i see this car i wanna go out and buy an m3...

 

hey you fix your bimmer, then you can drive it to the shady invatational!!! ill let ya cruise it wit us

 

And the 318ti lives! Took her for a 60 mile trip today.... 34mpg baby! I finished priming the quarter, primed the left corner of the hood (I'm not going to replace the hood, just paint it), and decided I will keep the stock M3 bumper even though it's kinda torn up. It's now my runner car... I don't care what it looks like anymore. Next week I'll paint the quarter & hood... and that's it. Then I can work on the Z.

 

sorry to hear about the car, looks a lot better now. but Id focus on painting your Z before the bimmer haha

 

give that car to the wife!

 

well....paint the car that ACTUALLY see's road duty I'm guessing that the bimmer gets most of the driving time

 

Right on man. Good work. I say paint it. Its gunna bug you later. Just get it over with and call it done.

 

bondo up that bumper cover fer now and forget aboot it, then drive that thang up here for the end of july!!!

 

i really hope thats not primer lines on the back. if so you are going to have waves especially in black paint. even if u think u block it down. black paint is so hard to blend. better off sanding that hole rear quarter panel. good luck with that

 

I did it for years in the body shop I worked in... gotsta have skillz to do it right.

 

i work at a body shop also just seems more work then what its worth. hey everyone has their thing. nice job though.

 

This is not a lot of work (fender, rad support, quarter, paint)... Rebuilding a $150k Porsche that someone flipped is a lot of work.

 

haha no doubt its a handful but can be done with skillz. you seem to be showing them. bet that Porsche was a pain. i remember i had a 4runner i had to do. the ex boyfriend took 5 gallons of house paint and COVERED the car(yellow,white,green,)on a tan 4runner. of course insuranced said it was totaled but the girl JUST got the car no more then a week. guess who had to scrape all the paint and then REPAINT the car bc of eggin as well. i always think is kinda funny when brand new cars roll of the light within 2 hrs they are at the body shop >_<

 

^^^ haha! Classic!