E92 335i Project
Discussion
Hello,
New to this forum, hoping this post is in the right place. Just wanted to share my on going build project with anyone who might be interested. Will update as I get more work completed
Forgive my ability to take proper progress pics... there may be huge jumps where I zone in and forget to document a stage.
Just imagine a stock black 335i, which I dismantled and then...
[U]Day 1[/U]
Cutting the arches back to fit me 11J (315/35/19 tyres)
[U]Day 2[/U]
Bonding the rear quarter panel to a custom arch flare with 3M panel bonding adhesive and then grafting the shape.
Day 3-4. Grafting new shut-lines and perfecting every panel gap.
Filler primer coats x 2, covering heavy scratch marks and blends providing a fresh surface to re-shape
Guide coated, re-shaped and into the booth to be primed again, blocked flat, cleaned up & prepared for the 24k Black base coat!
The fibreglass parts had a lot of 'fat' so a lot more than I thought had to come back.
Shaped up and into the booth for a final prime before colour.
Forgot to take pics of the final priming stage but that happened followed by a cut back, onto base & clear!
Thought this would be a good time to check the tyre actually fits under the arch under compression...
Lucky
New to this forum, hoping this post is in the right place. Just wanted to share my on going build project with anyone who might be interested. Will update as I get more work completed
Forgive my ability to take proper progress pics... there may be huge jumps where I zone in and forget to document a stage.
Just imagine a stock black 335i, which I dismantled and then...
[U]Day 1[/U]
Cutting the arches back to fit me 11J (315/35/19 tyres)
[U]Day 2[/U]
Bonding the rear quarter panel to a custom arch flare with 3M panel bonding adhesive and then grafting the shape.
Day 3-4. Grafting new shut-lines and perfecting every panel gap.
Filler primer coats x 2, covering heavy scratch marks and blends providing a fresh surface to re-shape
Guide coated, re-shaped and into the booth to be primed again, blocked flat, cleaned up & prepared for the 24k Black base coat!
The fibreglass parts had a lot of 'fat' so a lot more than I thought had to come back.
Shaped up and into the booth for a final prime before colour.
Forgot to take pics of the final priming stage but that happened followed by a cut back, onto base & clear!
Thought this would be a good time to check the tyre actually fits under the arch under compression...
Lucky
Cheers dudes!
Yes that's me with the weird mirrors
Was going to make a separate thread for that later on!
Yes that's me with the weird mirrors
Was going to make a separate thread for that later on!
4rephill said:
Hmmm... Doesn't look like there's much wheel arch clearance for when the rear suspension's under full compression 
We'll just have to wait and see what happens when its on the road lolGassing Station | BMW General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff