Carbon finally getting repaired

I’ve decided to do a new thread about Carbon. This thread is gonna be about the progress of the repair.

Its been a long 11 months since the accident. We unfortunately lost the case with the insurance. I’m finally getting Carbon repaired, they starting on Monday.

The repair is gonna cost me about R70k (incl the parts below)


Most of the parts have arrived, the following are all brand new, not used (cost me R22k):
Bonnet
Fenders (front and rear)
Taillight
Windscreen
Rear window
2 of 3 reinforcement brackets for rear fender (waiting for 1 from Germany)
Radiator cradle
Mirror

They can repair the tailgate and rear bumper.

I’m still looking for:
Door (used)
Headlight (used, just need the housing, the brackets snapped off. The bulbs and wiring is all fine.)
Bumper (used or aftermarket) (found a 135i bumper which I’m seeing later today)


I’m doing a colour change as well. They need to respray most of the car anyway. I’m deciding on the following:
Valencia orange (1st choice)
Monte Carlo blue (like on the Ltd Ed M3, X5M)
Mineral white


This was 2 weeks ago when they collected the car at my place




The only internal damage, no airbags popped:



The rear window and radiator cradle:



Rear fender:



Havn’t taken pics of the parts like the bonnet, front fender, will later

Valencia orange :thumbs: and 1M Front Bumper raise:

Best of luck. Hope she gets sorted soon :thumb:

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glad this is starting :rollsmile:

I vote for Monte Carlo blue...

will it be repaired back to what it was or you going to make a track car out of it?

Im glad you getting it back to were it belongs. Good luck mate. Ps what happened at the track that caused you to crash? and what corner?

The Mo said:

Valencia orange :thumbs: and 1M Front Bumper raise:

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Thx guys. It will be repaired back to what she was but with different colour and bumper.

Went just now to look at the door, bumper and headlight, all 2nd hand. The door had 1 dent in the bottom corner which was minor, the bumper was from a 135i, and the headlight was in good condition. Paid 6k for them. Forgot to take pics.

To do the 1M bumper, there's a lot of changes that need to be done, like the 2 fenders, wheel arch inner covers etc. The 1M bumper is R5150 on its own. I was thinking of doing it.

S///Mon: go read the story on these 2 threads:
http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=12878 or
http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=13320

I was also looking at this bumper with foglights and side skirts. Would cost R20k incl shipment and customs:



Here’s pics of a coupe bumper on a hatch body.

135 bumper will look sweet!
Can't wait to see end result. :thumbs:

finally you get to start your build.
Good luck and have some fun doing it!

Well done bud.

Keep us updated on the repair process.

Glad to hear you repaired carbon...will be following this thread to check progress and your final decision on the front bumper :thumbs:

Thanks Leonard for your help and advice etc. Really appreciate it. The panelbeater is gonna do 3 coats of paint.

Diablo, I've got the 135i bumper

I'm so excited for you bro. Can't wait to see her back on the road again. Best of luck in the rebuild. :thumbs:

Diablo, I've got the 135i bumper
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Is the 135i bumper a straight fit-up, always thought the top section next to the kidneys were different

It will fit, did my homework. The E81, 82 and 88 is the same. The E87 is the odd one. I looked on forums and www.realoem.com and www.bmminiparts.com to compare the part numbers.

You have to take lots of pictures during the rebuild. Will make an awesome thread! Subscribed!
I think it'll look great in orange! Any sample pics in the orange?

Gonna try take pics twice or 3x a week.

I've got no samples. Search on google images for BMW 1M coupe orange

this is going to be awesome hope you will keep the pics coming :rollsmile:

Go to the paint shop and ask them for their color samples swatches....