BMW Paint - more progress wow

As you can see from the pictures below the boot has been painted along with the fuel tank. Also the the underside of the car is now finished. The rear subframe and diff have been bolted in for the final time. The engine bay has been primered and rubbed down.

Boot area looks good

Underside the cleanest it's been in 30 years won't last long once the cars finished.

With this years quota of paint done the mechanical work can start.

Also got the engine bay and front inner wings painted.

Also got a Ti manifold off ebay, thanks Gus. Now i have nearly all the manifolds for a M10 engine i have decided to go with the TI manifold and throttle body. Just looks right for the car. The later 318 manifold i have i think would yeild more BHP but would look wrong. I have also just bought an E30 injection pump to supply the fuel. Might work watch this space.

Let the mechanical refit begin - This will progress slowly untill the Triumph spitfire gets mothballed in it's seaside retreat and the Beemer takes centre stage in the garage. That dates 5 weeks away.

BMW Paint

Small parts in primer

Hanging garage of car parts !

Pedal box after paint and reassembly

Shiny diff ready to be refitted.

More paint needed.

Rear area painted.

Engine bay in first coat of primer now flatted to reveal all manner of inperfections that need to be resolved before colour coat. Also repainted front subframe, Tiebar is knackered and will be replaced later.

Dash area painted.

BMW 2002 Paint At last !

Finally, the weldings done. Well almost a few last bits to tidy up but nothing that stops paint going on the car.

The interior is now sprayed, not the best job but more than adequate for something that will never get seen. Over the next month the underside boot and engine bay will be sprayed along with all the black bits, suspension parts sub frames and brackets will be completed.

That should leave me in good shape for all the mechanical work during the winter.

The paint system i have used is a newer waterbased system. this has caused some issues along with the usual suspects.

The issues i have are -

1. Contamination in the paint - Spraying in a dusty garage is never good i have a plan to counter this when i get to the outer panels.

2. Water getting on the paint ( yes i know i'm using waterbased paint ) but the effect is to ruin the colour coat - This i think is coming from the compressor, an air filtration system is on it's way.

3. The metallic base coat i am using takes a better spray technique than i currently have. More practice required. Also the drying time is far greater than i am used to to combat this more light coats of paint and a bunch of infrared heaters are required.

Update -

Well the paints finally going on the interior is done as is most of the parts that need to be painted black including the front and rear subframes. Pictures to follow this evening if the rain stays away.

I am now on track to complete all the paint that needs to be done so that i can reassemble the car mechanically over winter and get the engine running on megasquirt.

Finally a deadline that i have a chance of meeting