BMW E30 325i Restoration | Fixing A Mistake With A £150k Laser!

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This episode of Restore It might just be my favourite! In this episode, I go back over almost all of the E30 parts I've restored on the channel and recoat them with more suitable paints. LaserTec came to the workshop and stripped all of the parts with their 300w pulse laser. I dismantled some of the engine ancillaries, shot-blasted them and had them Cerakote by Cerakote UK themselves! I then rebuilt everything and protected all of the BMW E30 repair panels I currently have. This huge amount of work put the new workshop through its paces, but it passed with flying colours!

LaserTec Laser Cleaning - https://lasercleaning.co.uk/

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Tools:

Nukeson Spray Booth - Indoor Outdoors
https://www.indooroutdoors.co.uk

CPM 15 Compressor - Northern Compressed Air
https://www.ncair.co.uk

Welder - R-Tech Welding
https://www.r-techwelding.co.uk

Welding Table - Mac industries
https://macindustries.co.uk

Shot Blaster - Riley Surface World
https://www.rileysurfaceworld.co.uk

Blasting Media & Parts
https://www.blastsparesdirect.com

Ducting & Ventilation Supplies
https://www.amsductingsupplies.co.uk/

Timestamps:

00:00 – OneBond
00:03 – Intro
01:17 – Dismantling the running gear
02:25 – LaserTec laser cleaning the E30 parts
04:17 – What happened to the E30 undercoating idea
04:27 – The engine ancillaries I'm going to redo
04:44 – Dismantling the E30 power steering pump
04:55 – Dismantling the E30 starter motor
05:02 – Dismantling the E30 throttle body
05:07 – Dismantling the E30 alternator
05:17 – Shot blasting the smaller engine parts
06:16 – LaserTec finishing the parts at their HQ
06:28 – Fuel filler pipe and tank
06:49 – Removing the bearings and hubs from the trailing arms
07:17 – Beaten up brake shields
07:37 – All of the parts after laser cleaning and shot blasting
08:02 – Removing any leftover parts
08:15 – Masking the parts for paint
08:37 – Stripping and masking the brake booster
09:16 – Shot blasting the brake shields
10:00 – Stripping the fuel tank and pipe
10:54 – Redoing an old repair
11:30 – Mixing the epoxy primer
11:49 – Painting most of the parts in epoxy primer
12:29 – Going to Cerakote UK
12:58 – Learning how to spray Cerakote
13:51 – Spraying the engine ancillaries with Cerakote
14:48 – Cerakote results
15:13 – Applying a topcoat to the epoxy primer
15:35 – Wrong spray gun
15:56 – Rebuilding the engine ancillaries with OneBond's new range
17:10 – Rebuilding the throttle body
18:32 – Rebuilding the power steering pump
19:01 – Rebuilding the start motor
19:24 – Rebuilding the alternator
20:19 – Final touches
21:13 – Protecting all of the E30 repair panels
22:13 – Take two of the topcoat
23:19 – The finished painted parts
23:28 – Removing the masking
23:39 – Reattaching some of the parts
23:58 – Everything refinished and final thoughts

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