BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, NZ BMW said: I thought it was going to be a solution to the cloudy chrome. But looks like there is no cure! What/how did you go about painting them? Yeah these are anodised aluminium producing a fine chrome finish for a short period. Scuffed them up with 320 then a few light coats of etch primer, followed by some satin black. The pillars and pieces around the mirrors were just scuffed with 800 then a few coats of the same satin black. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1679 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 Never noticed msport also have black trim on the inside of the doors until i was swapping them over myself. Guessing you not going to worry about that though ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 38 minutes ago, BreakMyWindow said: Got around to sorting out the crusty “chrome” window trims. ... That's an amazing looking result, nice one. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Eagle said: Never noticed msport also have black trim on the inside of the doors until i was swapping them over myself. Guessing you not going to worry about that though ? Yep will be sorting that when I can get more paint and possibly pickup some nicer rear door cards. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1679 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 Yeah wouldn't want to do it twice either. I had to JB weld my rear door cars as they pulled part which dragged out the job till the next day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NZ BMW 368 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 10 hours ago, BreakMyWindow said: Yeah these are anodised aluminium producing a fine chrome finish for a short period. Scuffed them up with 320 then a few light coats of etch primer, followed by some satin black. The pillars and pieces around the mirrors were just scuffed with 800 then a few coats of the same satin black. Nice better than the “I plasti-dipped my trim” you see some people do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 3 hours ago, NZ BMW said: Nice better than the “I plasti-dipped my trim” you see some people do. Hey, I did that! ? Going on 5+ years and it still looks like new. ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NZ BMW 368 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 1 hour ago, M3AN said: Hey, I did that! ? Going on 5+ years and it still looks like new. ? You disappoint me, Dave. ? So it does actually hold up? I feel a little embarrassed, trust me to post that and someone here has done it! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 Results speak for themselves Great job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted April 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, NZ BMW said: You disappoint me, Dave. ? So it does actually hold up? I feel a little embarrassed, trust me to post that and someone here has done it! No worries, and yep it holds up fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted May 18, 2020 Few little things done to kill time over lock-down. Replaced the sun-damaged outer door handles with some in better condition. These are an absolute cunofajob to install and i now wish i had just masked and painted the originals. I also fitted the shadow line door card strips as the chrome with shadowline outter window trims bugged me. Before : After: Had an issue with the central locking not working and the drivers door master switch not operating the other windows. After about 10 hours of dismantling and troubleshooting I found the p-bus wire in the passenger front door loom connector was shorting against the neighbouring wires. Wish I had checked it first! But was good to learn more about e39 elec troubleshooting. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted May 18, 2020 Very nice. It's always good to get the little things out of the way. Of course while little they end up being quite difficult, fiddly jobs. At least it's done! What's next? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted May 22, 2020 On 5/18/2020 at 7:44 PM, Michael. said: What's next? The front bumper has been annoying me. Needs crack repairs then a full prep n paint. The damage and cracks : Starting the repairs. I’ve drilled holes at the ends of the cracks to stop them growing. Added a bit of drift stitching to the separated area. Was an awkward position to drill, hence blood. The next stage will be prepping for some fibreglass resin. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted June 3, 2020 Slow progress on the bumper. First attempt at fibreglass repairing with lessons learned. All cracks are repaired though and not re appearing so far with alot of moving the bumper around. Filler next. Got a facelift M wheel in pretty good nick for it along with an updated airbag. 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ahmedsinc 414 Report post Posted June 3, 2020 What’s the plan with the stereo upgrades? I’ve got troubles with the C23 Oceania unit in mine, trying to decide on getting it repaired or replacing with a better unit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted June 3, 2020 Got this ugly thing in mine.. looks a bit big.. should have gone for the unit with the buttons for more stealth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted June 3, 2020 Yeah I think I’ll eventually go for an android unit but not really a high priority for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 Lot’s of filling and sanding, nearly ready to prime. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted June 18, 2020 Primed and ready. I’ll be handing this off to a painter to spray the colour and clear. Have smoothed out the texture on the corner strips as i’ll be leaving all the side trims colour coded. Glad that’s done. Adhesion promoter coats. This bumper turns out to be a rep. Made of PP means paint doesn’t stick so well. Initial Priming Bog/sand Bog/sand Bog/sand... Touchups with primer and finished results 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted June 30, 2020 The land yacht popped its cherry and got a proper old car water leak. Leaves and twigs mushed up blocking the e-box drains leads to water getting in through the firewall. The foam insulation underneath carpet was quite soggy in the footwell area. With a wet vac I extracted about 1l. This could have gone on for a while had the exact same symptoms from the last p-bus wire issue had not came back. I opened up the passenger door loom connection which had moisture, and the foam velcro insulator on the wires was wet which made me take a good look. This is under the e-box in the bulkhead under the cabin filters on passenger side. The visible hole is the ebox drain hole, there’s a rubber tube that locates the e-box to the drain. The bulkhead drains are under the leaves. Getting the e-box out is a shitter job and it won’t even fully come out without disconnecting buried in interior connections. Managed to slide it up on its side to be able to clean up. Hoping the dehumidifier will get some more moisture out and maybe a couple of good days outside with a fan to dry them up. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted June 30, 2020 watertightness issues like a true yacht. hope you get it sorted 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted July 3, 2020 Front bumper painted and fitted. Have got new govt issue replacement number plates on order to complete the refresh. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qube 3570 Report post Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) damn thats looking sweeeeet +1 on the grill support bar addition as well as the wide plate frame. very nice Edited July 3, 2020 by qube Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted July 9, 2020 New windscreen cowl and replaced the windscreen seal with a new gen bmw one. Wipers got some paint too. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1878 Report post Posted August 2, 2020 Land Yacht now sold. Was a cool project and I’m really happy with its transformation. Thanks for watching. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
