E92 335i Project

[Brawler]

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

[Brawler]

Cheers dudes!

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 lol