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Black E36 side view, glossy paint, in the yard

Restoration

BMW E36 323i

Restoration: rust cut out of sills, floors, chassis arms and rear wings, a repaint from green to black, engine overhauled

Car: BMW E36 323i
Work: Restoration: rust cut out of sills, floors, chassis arms and rear wings, a repaint from green to black, engine overhauled
Service: Restoration
Where: Cibubur
Photos: 20

The job, in order

Pitted, corroded lower edge of the E36 side skirt by the M badge — Side skirt and sill corrosion

E36 door and sill with rust holes along the lower edge — Door and sill rust holes

Rust along the sill and door bottom of the E36 — Sill and door bottom rust

Rusted floor section in the footwell with the paint stripped — Footwell floor rust

E36 rear quarter with filler around the fuel flap recess — Rear quarter in filler

E36 rear corner with the quarter cut open, rust and filler — Rear corner cut open

E36 rear quarter with fresh filler, tail light out — Rear quarter in fresh filler

E36 door opening and sill with a new panel welded on, cabin stripped — New sill section welded in

BMW E36-type sedan in the workshop bay with the front wing and door in grey primer — Wing and door in primer

Stripped E36 cabin with the carpets out and the wiring loom hanging — Cabin stripped

E36 boot floor and rear lamp area in fresh primer — Boot floor in primer

White-primed E36-type sedan side with BBS-style wheel in the workshop yard — Paint

Front of the white-primed E36 with bumper and headlights removed, kidney grille openings bare — Bodywork

White-primed E36 with the door open and the cabin stripped, in front of the paint-bay wall — Bodywork

Front wing and BBS-style wheel of the white-primed E36 with the headlight removed — Bodywork

E36 engine bay with the front end removed — Engine bay, front end removed

Six-cylinder block deck with the head removed, cylinder bores visible — Engine opened: head off, bores

Front wing, indicator and wheel of the finished black E36 — Finished: front corner

Front indicator and bumper corner of the black E36, glossy bonnet — Finished: indicator and bumper

Black E36 side view, glossy paint, in the yard — Finished: side

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