This is great. Thank you. Like a previous commenter said i would have loved to see more about the creation of the corner fender where it's bent. Also would love to see you tackle other side. Cheers!
+jasper6004 haha, thanks but the corner itself is from other car. I dont have the tools to make that corner. Well you could try to cut it and bend it but it would take a lot of time.
Curious what gauge metal you use for patch panels and also what size wire do you use on your welder? I keep blowing through on lowest settings, .8mm wire
hello, im restoring my e30 1987 4 door. and my sills are rotten on the inside. i am doing this alone but do you have any tips on how to change that? i have very small experiance with welding and i did some patching but replacing intire sill looks intimidating.
How would you go about replacing the sunroof with a slick top. I've got major rust on the sunroof rail seams and I'm considering just replacing the whole roof with sheet metal and adding support beams across.
Wow, roof is somethings i havent still done. I think it would be hard, because its just thin sheet metal and at a such scale it would easily warp. I would suggest to get a brand new or donor roof and replace it as its done in factory. Good luck man. Send me some pics from process in IG.
very nice ! i think this kind of video help every non professional to work on his e30. in a few weeks i will watsh this video agan, when i fight against this well known spot :P
Red stuff is wash primer : “A wash primer is a synthetic primer that usually contains zinc chromate or phosphoric acid. It is used as a first coat on metal surfaces and has anticorrosion properties, making it a prerequisite or pretreatment before any coating application.”
+Ricky Rackzzz This took me about 24h to make that would be 3 full working days 1 working day is 167eur for welding in our shop. So that is 501eur for labor only + around 70eur for consumables. It depend how rusted the pocket is, it could possably be more. And this was a “fast” fix.
students 😩 I have the same problem on both sides not as bad but I have yet to fully investigate. Its so hard having a e30 in chicago, where they have more salt than snow. Thanks for the reply!
