When I got the car, it had already had a bunch of work done and that included some lowering springs and such. Stance is good, but those 14" weaves had to go.
My vision for the look I wanted was the 333i. BMW made these for the South African market and they had Alpina and MTech attributes. I also wanted to update the exterior yet wanted to keep the "diving board" US bumpers. So step one, all new brakes all around followed by replica Alpina 16" wheels. I think this is how it's supposed to look!
Wanting a more aero look, I added an MTech and Alpina style skirts along with an MTech style rear spoiler. So of course, I had to now redo the paint.
I wasn't about to break the car down (this is an 87 BMW.... not a Ferrari/ Hemi/ COPO) so some strategic masking was in order. I added flex agents where needed, but I wanted the bumpers monotone with the paint. Today I just shot the DBC followed by DCU2021. Perfect? Nah. But way better than it was. A couple small sags, one or two bugs, but those will be fixed with the wetsanding.
Later next week I'll mask off and paint the trim black then reinstall the new emblems, grille, and fog lights. I might add Alpina stripes to it, or an MTech stripe. Not sure just yet.
More to come!
Cheers
Dave