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Accumulator · 04-08-08, 12:25

We'll see what my M3 actually costs when I get it done, if it comes in way under $10K I'll be very happy, but I'm gonna leave a big budget just in case. He and I settled on "more than five, probably less than ten" the last time we talked about it.

In my case, I have bubbling around one of the rear license plate holes and some *very* minor surface rust under the battery and where the spare has rubbed some paint off in the trunk. And the spring-clip that holds the jack has broken off and needs to be welded (ditto for a threaded post on the underneath near the fuel tank). Other than that I don't expect any bodywork, but, well, we'll see. There's still gonna be lots of disassembly/reassembly work to get all the non-metal parts off the car along with the panels that'll be removed before painting.

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Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,043	Re: Repainting my BMW? We'll see what my M3 actually costs when I get it done, if it comes in way under $10K I'll be very happy, but I'm gonna leave a big budget just in case. He and I settled on "more than five, probably less than ten" the last time we talked about it. In my case, I have bubbling around one of the rear license plate holes and some very minor surface rust under the battery and where the spare has rubbed some paint off in the trunk. And the spring-clip that holds the jack has broken off and needs to be welded (ditto for a threaded post on the underneath near the fuel tank). Other than that I don't expect any bodywork, but, well, we'll see. There's still gonna be lots of disassembly/reassembly work to get all the non-metal parts off the car along with the panels that'll be removed before painting.