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.