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To paint or not to paint, that was the question. The answer was yes.

Started stripping the bonnet today to find THREE layers of blue. I knew the front had been painted but had no idea what was underneath. The original paint, then a coat on top of that with standard primer an a coat of horrible scratch hiding primer. And if that wasn't enough, someone had repeated that process again! So there is about 10 coats in total.
I will be glad to get it all off!

Tags: bmw, bodywork, e39, le mans blue, m5, paintwork, respray

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RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on December 10, 2008 at 6:21am
The end result..... Came out very nice. It needs a wet sand but I will wait till after chrismas till I do that. Very pleased.

RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on November 4, 2008 at 12:51pm
I am. I used to hate cleaning my car as it showed all its faults. It will be nice to see it shiny!
Sam (Southern Region Rep) Comment by Sam (Southern Region Rep) on November 4, 2008 at 12:46pm
I like the colour scheme lol! The bonnet looks good in primer, I actually quite like the pale colour.... its going to look great when its done mate, bet you're looking forward to it :-)
RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on November 4, 2008 at 11:08am
Ready for sanding all over.

RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on November 3, 2008 at 5:34pm
'Bloody stone chips' is where it all started Sam!

I will let you know Richard but it will be very reasonable.
Sam (Southern Region Rep) Comment by Sam (Southern Region Rep) on November 3, 2008 at 5:24pm
I'm seriously considering painting my bonnet and near side rear door now..... if nothing else just to get rid of the parking dents on the door and the bloody stone chips off the bonnet! I'll need to take it right back to bare metal too, I think mine has several coats of paint on it too! That would mean that the car has almost been completely painted now lol
RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on November 3, 2008 at 5:09pm
I did get new trims but they will be staying black.
RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on November 3, 2008 at 11:42am
Hmmm, nice colour...

RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on November 3, 2008 at 9:06am
Primer time!

.co
RICHARD Comment by RICHARD on November 1, 2008 at 1:32pm
No but they needed to come off.

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