1992 BMW 325i Basic Paint Job

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1992 BMW 325i Sedan. This Bavarian came to our shop looking absolutely horrendous! Its original paint had been sanded down, and some bodywork had been completed before this car came in leaving its surfaces an off grey color. Since all of the bodywork and sanding that the owner wanted to be completed was already done, he opted for just our "Basic Prep" to be done prior to painting. We degreased the car, completed a final scuffing of the paint to ensure adhesion of the new paint, and masked off all of the windows, lights, and trim. We painted the entire exterior of this BMW with our basic Enamel paint, in the cars original color! As we do with every car, after it was painted we drove it straight into our oven to be "baked," curing the new finish!

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Can I park here?

Almost Everything's Cars of the Day are two extreme opposites. The Chevrolet Silverado has about five feet of ground clearance, whereas the BMW E30 has a little less than an inch and a half between its oil pan and the ground. Interestingly enough, the BMW hauls engines, furniture, and other massive stuff to test the vehicle's structural integrity in a real-world setting. The truck looks pretty.

Full disclosure: the BMW belongs to Joel, Almost Everything's Customer Service Manager.

Photos of 6 Exotic Cars Going Up In Flames

Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is not one wreck but 6! A car carrier in Bangkok, Thailand was transporting a Ferrari, Lamborghini, 2 Bentleys, Mercedes and a BMW. One of the exotics caught fire while on the transporter (we're guessing the Lamborghini because they seem to spontaneously combust fairly frequently.) The fire spread to other cars while the truck was moving!

Thanks as always the the guys at WreckedExotics.com for our weekly dose of automotive mayhem!

2002 BMW 325xi Collision Repair

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 2002 BMW 325xi. This luxury compact sedan came to our shop looking like it had gotten into a fight with a wall and lost! Its hood had been tweaked, headlight was broken and its radiator support had been pushed in a bit. Since this was a notoriously expensive to fix BMW and insurance was not going to cover the damage, it was an "Out of Pocket" repair. We saved the owner as much money as we could, replacing parts only as absolutely necessary and fixing or repairing most of what was already there! When all said and done this BMW came out of our shop looking like that little mishap had never even happened!

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1993 BMW 325i Color Restoration

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1993 BMW 325i Sedan. This four door Bavarian came to Almost-Everything with its original paint in bad shape. Over the years the sun and natural elements will take their toll on any finish, and after twenty years, it was about time for a new paint job. We began our process by repairing certain areas that the owner specified to fix, such as the passenger side door. Once all of the body work was complete we sanded down all of the old failing paint, masked off all of the cars windows and trim, painted the entire exterior with our Base Coat / Clear Coat paint, and finally baked the new finish on in our oven!

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1998 BMW Z3 Complete Paint Job

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1998 BMW Z3. This car came to us with its original paint in terrible shape. The primer beneath the paint had failed, creating a condition known as "microchecking" which we removed, re-primed and painted back to its original factory color.

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24 Hours of Nurburgring 2012

Great video highlights of the 2012 Nurburgring 24 Hour race. Thanks to Joseph Reynoso for letting us know about it on Facebook!

Congratulations to Audi and Team Phoenix for their overall win in the R8. A second Audi R8 finished second.

Race Results (Drivers, Car):

1. Basseng/Haase/Stippler/Winkelhock, Audi R8 LMS ultra
2. Mamerow/Abt/Ammermüller/Hahne, Audi R8 LMS ultra
3. Frankenhout/Simonsen/Kaffer/Arnold, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
4. Leinders/Palttala/Martin, BMW Z4 GT3
5. Fässler/Mies/Rast/Stippler, Audi R8 LMS ultra
6. Abbelen/Schmitz/Brück/Huisman, Porsche 911 GT3 R
7. Müller/Müller/Alzen/Adorf, BMW Z4 GT3
8. Hürtgen/Schwager/Bastian/Adorf, BMW Z4 GT3
9. Klingmann/Wittmann/Göransson/Lamy, BMW Z4 GT3
10. Zehe/Hartung/Rehfeld/Bullitt, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

1996 BMW M3 BODY REPAIR & PEELING CLEAR COAT

Almost Everything's Car of the Day is a 1996 BMW M3 that had body damage to the trunk. It had the clear coat peeling off. We repaired the trunk and painted the car back to the show room quality.

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1990 BMW 750IL WITH PEELING PAINT

Almost Everything Autobody's Car of the Day is a 1990 BMW 750IL with peeling paint.

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