I can't get over this paint job.

[Carbon]

I washed my car today and could not stop staring at it, is it wrong to want to lick my car?

This is what modern cars look like, unfortunately.

And then there is cutom...

 

[moranor@axis]

If you did lick it id bet it would feel real good on your tongue :rollsmile:

do you have more pics on the forum? i would definitely like to see more of this car...

 

[Carbon]

If you did lick it id bet it would feel real good on your tongue :rollsmile:

do you have more pics on the forum? i would definitely like to see more of this car...

Here are a few old pics of the car

http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=12300

The boot lid had a few cracks and dents on it, so I knocked the metal back down and resprayed after these were taken.
I will see if I can quickly upload some more recent ones.

EDIT:

 

[OppositeLockMT]

I'm craving sweets now.

 

[dvst8]

Wow

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[Rommies]

:thumbs:

 

[moranor@axis]

thought you may have resprayed it black in the 1st pic it looks black on my PC

the real colour is even more awesome :rollsmile:

 

[calypso]

That's some nice depth

 

[Philip Foglar]

Stunning! :inlove:

Yep, sadly most production cars just don't have the best overall paint finishes - the E90 in particular is known to have very noticeable orange peel! More so than say a typical E46 for instance!

 

[520ebi]

Stunning..

do you mind sharing where did you get that paint job done?

 

[MikeR]

:inlove: original paint jobs where real.

 

[msm]

That finish is simply amazing raise:

 

[Carbon]

Stunning! :inlove:

Yep, sadly most production cars just don't have the best overall paint finishes - the E90 in particular is known to have very noticeable orange peel! More so than say a typical E46 for instance!

Yeah, it is mostly due to the regulations on paint VOC's, most modern car's are painted with a water based paint to avoid VOC tax(although I am not sure locally) In some places in the world it is illegal to paint with urethane based paints:nonono:

Stunning..
do you mind sharing where did you get that paint job done?

Thanks, I dot the paint job done at a little place with a perfectionist owner.
:rollsmile: I did it in my garage with a cheap compressor, a HVLP spray gun and many sheets of 2500 grit sand paper, and even more polish...

 

[calypso]

How did you keep the shop dust free enough to spray?

 

[Carbon]

I built a pvc tent-like spray booth, but I really need a strong extractor fan as dust is still a problem. But there is a 4x4 customizing shop that had a down-draft spray booth built for bakkie bed linings, but it has not been used in years, so I might ask the owner if I can use that next time.

 

[Thunder]

Just love it, very sexy colour.

Those custom jobs are just :drool:

Sent from my GT-P6200

 

[zabbo]

Awesomeraise:raise: