Here's a suggestion for the next time you need to remove dents and dings from light guage metal objects. Use a drill press with a punch or panhead bolt chucked up. It allows exact pressure to push the dents out without stretching the metal even more like a hammer does. Works really well on stainless and aluminum. Nice editing!
Did anyone else have a giggle at 4:07 or am I just a child? Can't believe you bought another set just to show us too! The project must be coming along nicely now!
I really enjoy your vids, its nice to see someone that has an eye for detail and is a perfectionist like myself, i look forward to seeing more in the future and the eventual completion of your BMW. Its going to be a beautiful car i bet.
@@RestoreIt same here, all the people in this post could start a company and sell the most loved restauration parts ever. I'm a gunsmith and car mecanic in my lost time on old timer cars and bike's, the way you work satisfacts my mind. Respect and here is my Follow.
Car Detailers use *Cerium Oxide* for removing scratches on car windows. That's why you can try using cerium oxide to get rid of scratches on the glass headlight next time.
@@RestoreIt Please let us be informed afterwards, how it was with Cerium Oxide! Exact job in the list to do for my e30 318is, what you have done here. Very well done! Cheers.
I’m not too privy when it comes to cars, much less older model cars and their parts but I love watching all of your videos for your BMW restoration!! I’m so excited to see the final product, but I’m also even more excited to watch all your future videos and follow your work closely through all the progress and hard work you put in! It’s so much more fun watching how something came to be, than seeing the final product. It makes the process that much more gratifying :)
Perfect 😅 Greeting from Germany I am sure that Car was really betterthan new ifyou finish your Work like this! The Differntial was new NEVER been painted only Waxing.. And Clear Coat maybe... Great work niceto se an Proffesional at Work :)
I really appreciate how you put captions that tell what you are doing, it makes it much more clear and easy to follow. Also, great job on getting the paid sponsorship! I'll gladly watch and click through so you can make some money on these awesome restorations :)
Your lenses are still blurry, they may look ok, but they are not. Bmw e30's and e34's are known to have weak headlight from factory, that's why people put xenon or led lights inside. To restore them properly you need to polish the lens inside, and redo the nickel coating inside. I have seen people do this, the difference is huge. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your videos as e30 owner and fan.
Thanks, Josip. I am going to be doing a part two on these in the future. I'm going to add some touch-up paint, heat gun the lens off and polish the insides and out using a variety of products, and I didn't know it was a nickel coating inside. I have a how-to Nickel plate video coming up soon as I have a kit. Thanks again!
There are two different Headlight Manufactures BMW used on the E30 - Hella and Bosch. Hella used plastic Reflectors on their Products, which are rubbish and weak. Bosch on the other hand are from Metal and their chrome on the Reflector will last for ever. The Headlights in this Video are from Bosch, so there is no need to redo any coating. Just a little wipe and there are clean and shiny. On the Hellas this is not possible.
@@RestoreIt I wanted to state the very same thing but Josip was faster. But I would add something about polishing glass: you should use the cerium oxide. It is sold as powder and does much better job than any polishing compound mainly designed for paint.
@@RestoreIt My parents and sister moved to Barcelona for nearly the same reason as you did! They own a restaurant there. If you pass thru, you and your wife/girlrfriend will be having a very very delicious dinner there. On me!!! All the best!
Great Job! They look awesome. The white stuff in yhe headlight is an old style uv protectant. Which you also forgot to put on. Just giving you a heads up they're going to yellow very fast
I enjoyed your video. I used to restore old rolls-royces for a retired lieutenant colonel is south Florida. You may want to start to use ground Walnut shells for your sandblaster, you may find you'll have a better texture with paint removal. Also you can use synthetic beads additive you only put about 80 ml in with your sand mixture but you have to change it regularly. So many guys continue to use their sand Reservoir not realizing that it is filled was rust in all kinds of junk.
The lens is glass not like modern cars that have polycarbonate lens there wont be a lot of benefits except water sheeting as glass is harder than polycarbonate and wont yellow
Excellent video. When I restored my headlights I used the wet sanding technique before moving on to the polishing phase. It's a bit messier but it seems to do a faster job plus you can rinse the piece clean for a better inspection.
At this juncture I think you're better off buying the laser rust remover, it'd speed things up and you'd get better results. It's super expensive but it'd be worth it I guess.
Nice job again Steve. It might be worth a try on an old spare headlight, but I've polished 4 wristwatch crystals using solvol autosol and it's worked very very well. 👍 🇬🇧
Not exactly restoration related; But it's possible to mount aircraft landing lights in the high beam locations for a somewhat factory looking yet incredibly bright upgrade.
The e30 highbeams do an amazingly good work when they are in good condition even compared to cars produced today. The best upgrade without say a ledbar inside the grill would be a xenon conversion of them.
Great video! In future, when you come to cut the glass with compound, use any old spray bottle with plain regular tap water to keep the pad and surface moist. You'll find you'll use a heck of a lot less compound to get the same finish. Also it's worth using a D.A. at the point of cutting compound and polish. I've done it many times. Keep up the good work!
You can clean the inside of the headlights with distilled water and there is some serious glass polish compounds on the market, you can try them and might be get more shine :)
Well done mate. That's truly a remarkable result. I'm contemplating doing this on my E30, but I have been put off as I've heard the glass polish was a nightmare. But you showed that it can be done. I know that it probably took you at least a good hour or so per glass but the effort really payed out. Thanks for sharing. It will come in very handy!
Big thank you, Don! I did spend an awful lot of time trying to get them as good as possible, but I think I need to do more! Go for it Don and good luck!
I love the detail that you provide in your video descriptions. Also, great work on all of the restorations so far, I can't wait to see how the car turns out 👍🏻👍🏻
@Restore It: The white cloudy staff on the glasses comes from the reflectors gassing out because of the heat. B.t.w.: Really nice job !! ... Enjoy your E30 videos. (since I have two - 83' VVFL 323i Coupe, 90' VFL 325i Cabrio)
Thanks a lot Popular Mechanics. It all started with the starter rebuild - Restore It, as it turns out, is more addictive than nicotine. Brilliant job man :) And I thought I was meticulous with rebuilds ... christ man, you're making the rest of us look bad :) Seriously though - great job. Unparalleled attention to detail, craftsmanship, mechanical understanding, and style. Nicely done.
Great video as usual ! This is so great to follow this series because i know how much time it takes, been there too ! Anyway great job ! Keep restoring and uploading !!
Don't know if you know about "brassing", someone may have already said something; just be careful of speed using a brass wire wheel, higher speeds mean higher temperatures, which will transfer brass to any item being brushed, almost like plating
@@RestoreIt I honestly wasn't sure if you knew, I didn't wanna say it and your answer being "Duh, dude, everyone knows that." I ended up learning it by messing up a restoration on a smoothing plane
Awesome build and attention to detail! A word of advise - I know you wear full gear while painting (awesome!), but I would advise in addition to wear a mask while sanding and grinding - lots of stuff gets airborne, and you restore things often enough that it will accumulate. Not worth having health problems down the line. I recommend some disposable gloves for working with oily and grimy parts as well.
There are special kit for glass polishing, try it with mirka Abralon, then Mirka's polarshine polishing compound 35. And dont forget to clean inner lens (not glass, but one's that focus light). Still nice job!
Nice work! I restored the same way my mk3 mr2 front light 6 months ago, like you just by sanding then polishing. The result was nice but with time they turned back yellow... In fact you should put uv resistant clearcoat on your glass to ensure time resistance... As I'm writing this I'm restoring my headlight twice x) Your videos rock and are really helpful. Thank you for sharing your work with us :)
Thank you for this Nicolas. I will be doing a part two adding a protective coating and adding some touch-up paint. I may also polish inside the lenses as well. Thanks again as always.
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The best part of all of this, is that you are fully restoring your car. Thats what i call love. Looking foward to the next video.
Thank you, Matheus!
I cant wait to see this car fully restored
Me either!
@@RestoreIt same
Yeah me too
@@RestoreIt You and 339k subs :) No pressure lol
Here's a suggestion for the next time you need to remove dents and dings from light guage metal objects. Use a drill press with a punch or panhead bolt chucked up. It allows exact pressure to push the dents out without stretching the metal even more like a hammer does. Works really well on stainless and aluminum. Nice editing!
Savage job lad. Can't wait to see this car finished. Should be better than factory.
Cheers George. Me either mate. When i get to spain its game on.
Cheers George. Me either mate. When i get to spain its game on.
We need a entire almost car tour after its completed.
You'll see everything, don't worry.
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So basically this will most likely be the cleanest and nicest running E30 in the UK. Great video
Thank you Dennis! I do hope so, although i'm taking it to Spain so it should't rust again as easily :)
@@RestoreIt Moving to Spain? Awesome. You won't ever have to worry about your paint not drying properly because of the cold :)
Thanks for the copious notes in the description regarding tools, materials and processes. Invaluable shortcuts!
Man I get so excited every time I see a new E30 video out. One step closer to a finished beauty!
Thanks, Brendan! So, so much more to come before it's done but we'll get there!
I love that older things can be restored. The new stuff is completely sealed and if a led goes out the whole thing needs to be replaced
Too true Xt.
Did anyone else have a giggle at 4:07 or am I just a child?
Can't believe you bought another set just to show us too! The project must be coming along nicely now!
Now thats what i call a beauty restoration
Thank you Mannyy!!
So cool. Instead of buying new parts you just restore the ones you have. I love this channel so much.
Exactly nick! Well, as much as I can. Thanks!
Man the quality of your work is always top notch. Love the BMW series, I'll see you at 1 million subscribers!
Thank you Alex! If I get to 1m subs i'll send you something i've restored. See you there!
Wow, every time i saw a new part of your restorations for this E30 i‘ll be more and more amazed about your patience!
Thank you Michael. I hope to never run out patience :)
Restore It I hope our support will help you with that 😄
Awesome painting work as usual. Best of YT.
Thank you, Christophe! But check out 'The GunMan' for some real professional paint jobs! Tell him I sent you!
Glad to see a sponsor, you definitely deserve it!
How often do you refer back to your disassembly footage to remember how something goes back together?
I have been wondering the same thing,,,,,,,,,
I'm 3rd in this list )
4th in the list
Thats my question too
I'm sixth
I really enjoy your vids, its nice to see someone that has an eye for detail and is a perfectionist like myself, i look forward to seeing more in the future and the eventual completion of your BMW. Its going to be a beautiful car i bet.
Thank you, Timothy, I do hope so!
@@RestoreIt same here, all the people in this post could start a company and sell the most loved restauration parts ever. I'm a gunsmith and car mecanic in my lost time on old timer cars and bike's, the way you work satisfacts my mind. Respect and here is my Follow.
I can't wait to see the whole car.
Me either Ford Fan, thanks!
What year car are you working on? Both sides look great.
A thing of beauty is a joy to behold... if only I had the time, the money, the tools and the brilliant skills to copy you...
Car Detailers use *Cerium Oxide* for removing scratches on car windows. That's why you can try using cerium oxide to get rid of scratches on the glass headlight next time.
Got some on the way for the part two thanks Bronze!
@@RestoreIt Please let us be informed afterwards, how it was with Cerium Oxide! Exact job in the list to do for my e30 318is, what you have done here. Very well done! Cheers.
strongly that this BMW is restored 100%, a real treat your videos, it is not feel the time spent. thank you for your professionalism.
e30s headlights are really cool looking
Yes
They make the car what it is :)
Thanks restore it!!
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I’m not too privy when it comes to cars, much less older model cars and their parts but I love watching all of your videos for your BMW restoration!! I’m so excited to see the final product, but I’m also even more excited to watch all your future videos and follow your work closely through all the progress and hard work you put in! It’s so much more fun watching how something came to be, than seeing the final product. It makes the process that much more gratifying :)
only found this now. Very impressive !! a true magician !!
can't believe you purchase new headlights just to show us how you did it the first time
Its the least i can do for my audience Dron. You guys are the best.
Me too, I feel special.
It's simple business He bought it restored it in front of camera for us of course and gonna sell it :)
Perfect 😅
Greeting from Germany
I am sure that Car was really betterthan new ifyou finish your Work like this!
The Differntial was new NEVER been painted only Waxing.. And Clear Coat maybe...
Great work niceto se an Proffesional at Work :)
He can keep them as spares. You never know when you'll get a stone chip. Or sell them as restored for quite a bit I'd imagine.
That before\after polish made me smile, so thanks.
Been following your channel for a long time....love your work....awesome job......cant wait to see the whole car....
Thank you Umiar, much appreciated. I can't either.
I really appreciate how you put captions that tell what you are doing, it makes it much more clear and easy to follow. Also, great job on getting the paid sponsorship! I'll gladly watch and click through so you can make some money on these awesome restorations :)
Thank you Jkreider, i really appreciate you telling me that. Means a lot.
Your lenses are still blurry, they may look ok, but they are not. Bmw e30's and e34's are known to have weak headlight from factory, that's why people put xenon or led lights inside. To restore them properly you need to polish the lens inside, and redo the nickel coating inside. I have seen people do this, the difference is huge. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your videos as e30 owner and fan.
Znači ima nas ;)
Thanks, Josip. I am going to be doing a part two on these in the future. I'm going to add some touch-up paint, heat gun the lens off and polish the insides and out using a variety of products, and I didn't know it was a nickel coating inside. I have a how-to Nickel plate video coming up soon as I have a kit. Thanks again!
E34 owner here, and i do confirm that headlights really are pathetic.
There are two different Headlight Manufactures BMW used on the E30 - Hella and Bosch.
Hella used plastic Reflectors on their Products, which are rubbish and weak. Bosch on the other hand are from Metal and their chrome on the Reflector will last for ever. The Headlights in this Video are from Bosch, so there is no need to redo any coating. Just a little wipe and there are clean and shiny.
On the Hellas this is not possible.
@@RestoreIt I wanted to state the very same thing but Josip was faster. But I would add something about polishing glass: you should use the cerium oxide. It is sold as powder and does much better job than any polishing compound mainly designed for paint.
This detail of workmanship for restoration is exactly how I like to perform my projects. Amazing results. Thanks for the tips!
This channel is soo calming and therapeutic for me great job and so excited for the next vid
Can't wait to see the whole car.
Me either Matt!
Once again you have surpassed yourself! Love your videos! Helps me to unwind after a hard days work...
What a shiny beauty!
Cheers Fly-High
God domn! If those aren't things of beauty ...i don't know what is! All the best! And good luck with the moving to Spain plans!
Thank you Cristian! The Spain move is very much happening now its just a matter of moving over without missing to many uploads! Big thank you mate.
@@RestoreIt My parents and sister moved to Barcelona for nearly the same reason as you did! They own a restaurant there. If you pass thru, you and your wife/girlrfriend will be having a very very delicious dinner there. On me!!! All the best!
Beautiful work!
excellent work
Thank you Durrani.
Great Job! They look awesome. The white stuff in yhe headlight is an old style uv protectant. Which you also forgot to put on. Just giving you a heads up they're going to yellow very fast
Thanks Nathan. Part two coming soon and I'm keeping them in a pitch black box for now haha.
glass doesn't yellow
@@maximeemond2009 I thought he said they were plastic
Красавчик . Всё делает отлично,аккуратно и приятно👍
Thank you very much АБДУЛЬ!
God, this BMW is going to be something!
Will in this case you deserve all stars .
Excellent work. nicely done
Thanks WAJAHAT.
Good Job.
Thank you Do The Cong!
I live in Moscow, I love BMW cars, thank you so much for your videos, it's just amazing !!!!🇷🇺😸
I can’t wait to see the engine restoration. That should be incredible. Probably a multi-part series on that alone.
I enjoyed your video. I used to restore old rolls-royces for a retired lieutenant colonel is south Florida. You may want to start to use ground Walnut shells for your sandblaster, you may find you'll have a better texture with paint removal. Also you can use synthetic beads additive you only put about 80 ml in with your sand mixture but you have to change it regularly. So many guys continue to use their sand Reservoir not realizing that it is filled was rust in all kinds of junk.
Thank you William, and thank you for the advice, I will follow it.
I cant wait to see the car when it's done. I miss my E30 dearly
Me either Zac. Get one quick!
You should apply ceramic coating on them, it gives that oomph after polishing and makes surfaces scrath resistant
Thanks for the advice leee! I'll do this in my part 2.
Restore It thank you for the videos !
Yes, UV-Clear coat.
The lens is glass not like modern cars that have polycarbonate lens
there wont be a lot of benefits except water sheeting as glass is harder than polycarbonate and wont yellow
Thanks for all your videos! Love your channel and your work
Thank you, David, I will keep going!
Excellent video.
When I restored my headlights I used the wet sanding technique before moving on to the polishing phase.
It's a bit messier but it seems to do a faster job plus you can rinse the piece clean for a better inspection.
At this juncture I think you're better off buying the laser rust remover, it'd speed things up and you'd get better results. It's super expensive but it'd be worth it I guess.
Haha, I would love one. But they are serious money...
Just around 300.000 - 800.000 €....seems easy haha
try clearcoating lenses for crystal clear finish
Part two coming!
the best polisher for glass is cerium oxide.
I have some on the way thanks :)
Nice video
Nice job again Steve. It might be worth a try on an old spare headlight, but I've polished 4 wristwatch crystals using solvol autosol and it's worked very very well. 👍 🇬🇧
Cheers as always Ben! Using that didn't actually cross my mind, I will give that a go actually. Thank you!
Man us here in the states would love a set of smileys. 😊 lucky you they are everywhere.
I'm sure someone would send some over :)
Can't wait to see the final product of this series
Not exactly restoration related;
But it's possible to mount aircraft landing lights in the high beam locations for a somewhat factory looking yet incredibly bright upgrade.
I'm not too sure Burntorangeak. Sounds doable if the aircraft lights are the right size.
The e30 highbeams do an amazingly good work when they are in good condition even compared to cars produced today. The best upgrade without say a ledbar inside the grill would be a xenon conversion of them.
Are u going to restorate a whole car? This gonna be awesome!
i think you'd get better results with using glass cerum polish, with a felt pad. than using bodywork compound
I think you're right ZIr. I will be doing a part two.
Great video! In future, when you come to cut the glass with compound, use any old spray bottle with plain regular tap water to keep the pad and surface moist. You'll find you'll use a heck of a lot less compound to get the same finish. Also it's worth using a D.A. at the point of cutting compound and polish. I've done it many times.
Keep up the good work!
M1LAD thanks for the info man. Solid advice and I will remember that. thanks again.
Awesome job as always sir
Thank you Jonathan!
You can clean the inside of the headlights with distilled water and there is some serious glass polish compounds on the market, you can try them and might be get more shine :)
Thanks for the advice Safa, i will have look and see whats available.
cant wait to see the car all restored up
A bench grinder, finally ! 👍 Congratulisations ! 😉
Great restoration!
Cheers Colin!
now i really want to see that restored BMW... keep going!
Loads more to come Akhil! thank you.
@@RestoreIt Are you actually restoring the full car or just interesting parts from a junker?
Well done mate. That's truly a remarkable result. I'm contemplating doing this on my E30, but I have been put off as I've heard the glass polish was a nightmare. But you showed that it can be done. I know that it probably took you at least a good hour or so per glass but the effort really payed out. Thanks for sharing. It will come in very handy!
Big thank you, Don! I did spend an awful lot of time trying to get them as good as possible, but I think I need to do more! Go for it Don and good luck!
@@RestoreIt Thx mate, I will at some point. Rear suspension first :-) Thanks again for sharing!
I love the detail that you provide in your video descriptions. Also, great work on all of the restorations so far, I can't wait to see how the car turns out 👍🏻👍🏻
Big thanks LaBelle's! Me either!
Finally got your self a variable speed bench grinder 😏
Yay! I actually love it.
ChrisFix and Restore it are my favourite YT channels :)
To polish glass you need Cerium Oxide Powder then the glass will look like new!
I have some in my Amazon basket, cheers!
Amazing nice restoration it's a dentist work. Cheers
Top work again
Thank you Tiger man, appreciate it as always.
Beautiful finish
Thank you Innochamp!
@Restore It: The white cloudy staff on the glasses comes from the reflectors gassing out because of the heat.
B.t.w.: Really nice job !! ... Enjoy your E30 videos. (since I have two - 83' VVFL 323i Coupe, 90' VFL 325i Cabrio)
Thanks a lot Popular Mechanics. It all started with the starter rebuild - Restore It, as it turns out, is more addictive than nicotine.
Brilliant job man :) And I thought I was meticulous with rebuilds ... christ man, you're making the rest of us look bad :)
Seriously though - great job. Unparalleled attention to detail, craftsmanship, mechanical understanding, and style. Nicely done.
Great video as usual ! This is so great to follow this series because i know how much time it takes, been there too ! Anyway great job ! Keep restoring and uploading !!
Big thanks Tk! Much appreciated, I will definitely not stop :)
Beautiful job........you convinced me to buy new ones and sell the old to someone who has all this equipment and loads of time!
this is worth making a popcorn
Don't know if you know about "brassing", someone may have already said something; just be careful of speed using a brass wire wheel, higher speeds mean higher temperatures, which will transfer brass to any item being brushed, almost like plating
Thanks for the advice, Thomas.
@@RestoreIt I honestly wasn't sure if you knew, I didn't wanna say it and your answer being "Duh, dude, everyone knows that." I ended up learning it by messing up a restoration on a smoothing plane
Awesome build and attention to detail!
A word of advise - I know you wear full gear while painting (awesome!), but I would advise in addition to wear a mask while sanding and grinding - lots of stuff gets airborne, and you restore things often enough that it will accumulate. Not worth having health problems down the line. I recommend some disposable gloves for working with oily and grimy parts as well.
good job from over here cross the pond, i'm doing mine this week. I pick up some tips thanks for sharing.
I remember ...i am also restore same headlights of my E32 back in 2009 😍!!
beautiful work as usual
I really enjoy your videos....and it inspired me. Thanks Restore It...keep up the good work. Keren banget...from Indonesia.
Nice restoration
Bmw una auto magnifica vedo che stai sistemando spettacolo
Someone bought themselves a new speed adjustable bench grinder 😀😀
A cool company helped me out. They saw my need and came through! :D
My first thought too when he adjusted the speed knob
@@RestoreIt you little devil 😈
Nice work!
Thank you Onur!
Nice video 😍😍
As always👍
Big thank you, Pharnando!
There are special kit for glass polishing, try it with mirka Abralon, then Mirka's polarshine polishing compound 35. And dont forget to clean inner lens (not glass, but one's that focus light). Still nice job!
Looks nice! Great Job!
Хорошо сделал работу.
Thank you, Ivan, much appreciated.
Good job 👍👍👍👍👍
THE JOB DONE VERY WELL
Your vids are piece of art... 👌👌
My favorite channel after chrisfix. Nice job man!
Nice work!
I restored the same way my mk3 mr2 front light 6 months ago, like you just by sanding then polishing. The result was nice but with time they turned back yellow... In fact you should put uv resistant clearcoat on your glass to ensure time resistance... As I'm writing this I'm restoring my headlight twice x)
Your videos rock and are really helpful. Thank you for sharing your work with us :)
Thank you for this Nicolas. I will be doing a part two adding a protective coating and adding some touch-up paint. I may also polish inside the lenses as well.
Thanks again as always.
Clean job!
Thank you!