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Time to fix up my next daily driver... (IOW, my next project)
My daughters each drove a pair of 924's in highschool/college.... One was my old '77 924, the other was an '87 S model I picked up and painted once both of them were driving. Well the oldest graduated, got married and moved away so I decided to keep the '87 around to use as my 80 mile round trip daily driver some day. Well seeing how I sold my old E36 320,000 mile BMW 325i in a weak moment, it is time to tear into the 924S. My list of things to do includes rebuilding the AC compressor, fixing some minor oil leaks, tidying up the interior (again), putting on some larger '99 Boxster wheels, lowering the rear and fixing the smashed up front valance/fenders from when my daughter put it into a ditch a few winters ago.
How it looks starting out after sitting outside for many months (It has been about two years since it has been driven on the road).   My new to me un-detailed 6&7 x 16" Boxster wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport tires ($300 for the set with tires mounted on Craigslist  ) along with an original 15" ratty phone dial. Tore off the valance and spent an afternoon pounding/bending the hell out of it to straighten it back up. Both lower front fenders were damaged as well. I still had plenty of the paint left that I used to paint it with when we first bought it, so I decided to repaint both fenders as well as the sunroof which had chipping on the edges and the center section of the rear bumper.    So far so good... no runs... no drips... no errors.  I also cleaned the wheel wells and gave them a shot of black undercoat and touch up a few small stone chips.  Next I will give it a bath/buffing and will detail out the engine compartment.
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10-25-2011, 11:11 AM
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I'm curious to see how well you managed to hammer that valence out. I've got one that is going to need the same treatment at some point.
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10-25-2011, 11:13 AM
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10-25-2011, 11:17 AM
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  ..... It is not perfect, but I stripped it to bare metal, epoxy primed it then painted. As a daily driver they tend to get dinged up and being mounted so low, they are pretty un-noticable provided they are reasonably straight. I do not want to worry about bondo cracking should I (or my wife) accidently hit a parking bumper with it. After all, this IS just an old lowly 924S.
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10-25-2011, 11:22 AM
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I'm debating my options up there, as my car will be a cone killer when I finish it....
Mine isn't near that bad, I'm sure a qualified body man can hammer it out. I will have to con my dad or uncle in to doing it. |
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10-25-2011, 11:28 AM
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10-25-2011, 11:31 AM
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Car looks nice! Good choice for the wheels, I use the same style on my car.
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10-25-2011, 11:53 AM
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What type of paint?
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somehow i think all my own DIY projects would turn out better if i lived next door to you tim.
that is very good!
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My 924S is white as well.
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10-25-2011, 02:14 PM
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At 45, I don't have the energy I used to. If I would have had the knowledge, experience, skills, equipment/tools and a little bit of extra money like I do now, I could have built a bunch more NICE stuff in my 20's.... Funny how life is kind of backwards like that. I would have killed to have a rich dad who was mechanically inclined and a shop full of tools when I was a teen.
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Tim,
Thanks for posting the pics of the freshen-up on the 924S. It took me back, seeing the pic showing the front-side marker with water in it, just like mine used to do. Should not have sold that car. Good work. Les
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Great job Tim!!
Any chance of you moving up to mid-Michigan? 
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I do not recall how much I have been paying for the Fulthane. I have used it first to paint my 951 and bought this white paint a couple years later to paint this 924S when we first brought it home. It is cheaper than Dupont Imron (which is what I typically use on most aircraft projects) and pretty close in price to the old Dupont Centari acrylic enamel that I used to use for painting cars. I also have used the Fulthane on several motorcycle projects. The local paint supply store only carries Dupont (and Nason) products, so it is typically what brand I use because they are local.
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After working on the Boss' Van and doing the engine swap, this is a nice stroll through the park Tim!
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Spray the valance with shcutz before painting and it will survive the chips better. It will cover your bare metal work too, which I suspect is a lot better than you say.
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