First venture into the world of BMW's, lots of E30 questions:
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awesome!!
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Same color, just fixing some minor body issues. PO had a minor low speed incident with a pole that I want sorted out. Paint appears to be great on this car, but I plan on a good clay bar/buff this weekend to see what I'm working with.
I will only take my paint stuff to Kurt at Inline Autobody here in Oshkosh. He did some work on my white car quite a few years back, and does a killer job. I won't take my paint stuff anywhere else.
Picking up battery and buffing compounds tonight, I think Saturday afternoon I'll be buffing everything out and getting it up in stands to start timing belt/waterpump/etc...
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I use clay from griotsgarage.com it's great stuff, much better than meguiars etc. Top notch car care stuff.
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I've always used the Meguiars compounds and had no issues. I've gotta find someplace locally to pick up a mid-range cut, I think automotive supply carries it.
Picked up a battery and checked a bunch of electrical stuff last night. Everything seems to work great so far, but I'll reserve my happiness until it's driving.
Getting a battery was kind of a PITA though, made a bunch of calls:
-Advance: "Doesn't carry one for that car"
-Batteries Plus: $120
-NAPA: $120
-Oriellys: $120
-Fleet Farm Appleton: "Doesn't carry one for that car"
-Fleey Farm Oshkosh: $83
Mans Mall it was!!!!
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did you ever find a fender?
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