BMW vehicle Wrap

Here is the design and wrap of my project BMW. I designed this in photoshop and wrapped it at work http://360wraps.com

Deciding on color scheme for my project

Well I think I have decided to use orange as my primary color for my wrap on the project. I set up the template the other day and am getting some loose ideas down to start the flow for my design. I will post the proofs up soon.

BMW e30 drifting

This is what I am talking about... this looks so fun.

Making a list....

Ok so now I have the car what should I do with it?

I could keep it stock and just add A/C... boring

I could turn pimp it out .... no thanks
I know I will put a turbo on it and go drifting!!

So now to make a list of all the parts I need to complete this project.

1986 BMW 325es

Ok I got my new project car it is a 1986 325es. I found it on Craiglist and it has been chipped and has H&R sport springs. The guy I bought it from blew up the motor last year and put in a new/old motor with 60K miles. It also has a a new steering rack. It was a good find for $1,500 I have many plans for this it will start out with a Wrap.

 
 
 
 

Wheel Time

You can see the Diffrence with the sanding I started with 100 to get rid of the curb grind then whent to 250 wet sand.

Here you can see the diffrence sanded with 250 then 500 then 1000. Then I used Mothers Wheel polish and a power drill with a buffing wheel.


I got over the idea of having the car driving by Monterey Historics last weekend. I do not have the crew of Overhaulin at my disposial so I had realize that It will just take a little more time. I took the set of wheels down and had the tires dismounted then started to polish them.

painting turns to real work

I have a complete set of these aluminum wheels anyone reconize them? I think they are american racing they have an A in the center cap. I think I am going to polish them up after a lot of sanding and smoothing on them that is...








after spending some time on the painting of my car, I started to think of the things I wanted to and needed to do to my car. So I made a list of everything I could think of and started to work on a few of the things I could do with just my effort. So I swaped the passenger seat from the 2002 to my little red 1600. I then cleaned out the trunk and removed the gas tank flushed it and put it back in. I took the electric fuel pump and the fuel gage float from my 2002 and installed them on my 1600. I found the trunk in very good shape no rust in there to worry about so I am happy. The rear bumper was loose, I removed it tightend up the bolts and saw that one of the brackets is bent and the bumper is a little tweeked, it will do for now. I am visualizing myself driving over to Monterey for the Historics Aug 18th. I have a lot more work to do but it is going to be fun.

oil painting update 7/27/06

I started to add some white to blend with the panes gray. I am still just working on getting the luminance or levels correct. This is where I am tighting up the details and cleaning up rough edges. I took this photo of the painting on my Easle with a quarter so you can see the scale of the painting 9x12 inch oil on canvis.