Hank the Tank

[Funtington]

I was planning on doing that e34 bumper set up. but couldnt find more info. let me know how it goes as I want to do it! haha. Ginnie pig.

[1988montecarloss]

ill probably have to steal your blinker mounting idea since i havent had any on the fron for about a month now and i was just gonna put them behind the grill

[C-Hutch]

coming along nicely. I hope I get to see it at Sowo

It'll be there, come hell or high water!

I was planning on doing that e34 bumper set up. but couldnt find more info. let me know how it goes as I want to do it! haha. Ginnie pig.

there isn't necessarily a lot of info out there, but so far it lines up reeeally well. see below.

ill probably have to steal your blinker mounting idea since i havent had any on the fron for about a month now and i was just gonna put them behind the grill

go for it! I don't think I'm going to do it that way anymore myself.

would have had an update yesterday, but while I was trimming the bumper with a grinder/cutoff wheel, i decided it would be a good idea to grab some molten plastic with my bare fingers and burned the hell out of them...

so i bandaged them up and got back at it today, CAUSE I AIN'T NO BITCH.

I am, however, a JDM Honda kid faggot, so I bought one of these guys



and put it on



The next pictures are really dark and shitty. I can't even tell what's going on in them, and I was there. Basically, e34's have a driver's side muffler cutout, and e28's have center exhausts. Seeing as how I wasn't going to be moving the exhaust routing, and I wasn't too interested in filling in the gap with fiberglass or bondo or whatever, I decided to replicate the outside profile of the cutout on the passenger's side and cut the center section out entirely. Pretty much just widening the cutout to include the entire bumper. This leaves the sides hanging down kind of like rear skirts and opens the rear so it doesn't look uneven. Plus I think it's cool.

So I'm taking this shape



and putting it over here



and this is a picture of something for some reason



took a pencil transfer of the profile



cut it out, flipped it over and taped it on the other side



and went to cutting



it's looking like it should be easy to mount, it follows the countours and lines of the car really well, and it's much slimmer than the diving board, even when pushed in.









I'm pretty hype on it!

[Moose]

Your writing cracks me up dude. e34 bumper is looking good man, glad you gave it a shot.

[jared1988]

you dont like the convex broadway mirrors?

[DannyE32]

the E34 bumper is a very nice touch... if you get to make it right

looks good so far.

where is Nelson btw?

[projektzwo]

i want to make things move faster...

[Khalil]

Fuuuuuuuuuu E34 rear looks so good, hmmmm might have to give it a try

[Niterider03]

The e34 bumper does line up really well. Car is coming along nicely. The cut out center section looks awesome too

[C-Hutch]

I replaced the fresh air blower motor. Both removal and installation involved a hammer. I've got nothing against Germans, but the guy who designed that whole situation was definitely a Nazi. Aaaaaand two shitty pictures that don't show much of anything coming right up....





Did a bit more work on fitting the rear bumper. It comes with these frame-like reinforcement things



decided to mount those directly to the body and the bumper to those to help hold the bumper's shape and eliminate the need for fabricating brackets and such. Cut out this thing that was in the way.



then self-tapped that bitch on.



that's as far as I got.

then MY PAINT SHOWED UP.



then I opened the box and realized they FORGOT THE FUCKING COLOR. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU RUN A FUCKING PAINT COMPANY AND FORGET THE FUCKING COLOR. FUCK.

This will make finishing the car by SoWo mildly more difficult.

Mildly upset about it.

:|

[willis]

Bumper is lookin' Cleannn! I bought one of those mirrors, then decided against it and sold it to my friend. I don't even know why.

[C-Hutch]

Bumper is lookin' Cleannn! I bought one of those mirrors, then decided against it and sold it to my friend. I don't even know why.

pshhh you must be some kinda big doofus.

[Volvosome]

because of your writing style, and knowing "willis" personally. i feel like if you two met in person, the world would explode.

[zxert]

Bought an e28. Copying you exactly. Cause I'm a dick.

Sick idea on those bumper brackets boi!

You should ditch the paint idea and just cover your car in swiss cheese. My idea, but you can have it.

Good work.

[runningpanda]

Well done, Cory. Getting excited with the progress!