CubbyChowder finally got a BMW 2002 - it's project time

[CubbyChowder]

Thanks guys! I'm really happy with how it turned out.

[99sil-teg]

Nice! Get all excited everytime I see an update

[CHESTER.SMITH]

im trying to buy one of these for 1200 right now so i can join in on this amazing journey of builds yours and heist's build

[Rally]

Great work, man! Keep it up

[DinanDave]

I love this thing. You sir are very talented!

[CubbyChowder]

Not a huge update but progress is being made. Not gonna post too many pictures because it's all stuff that has happened before.

Got the front fender set and welded in:



Got both corners tied in, ground all the welds down and now it is ready for body work on Friday:

[244Brick]

O like a master fabricator now haha where you get your metal?

[CubbyChowder]

O like a master fabricator now haha where you get your metal?

It's kind of a funny story actually. My dad owned a small traveling business when I was growing up where people from Europe (mainly Switzerland, where my whole family is from) would visit the states for vacation and/or education and he would set them up with a car to use for the time that they were over here. They would usually stay for 3-6 months at a time, so he never invested in super nice cars, just mediocre ones that were reliable but affordable to rent for that long.

Anyways, for some reason, everyone always wanted convertibles. Maybe to live the California dream or whatever haha, I dont know. My dad always bought Chrysler Sebring convertibles because they were cheap, easy to work on, and Euro people were pumped on them. I always ***** them, from day one. So growing up, every time my dad would come back from the car auction with another damn Sebring convertible I'd be all pissy about it haha so it sort of became this running joke whenever he bought one.

Fast forward 5-10 years and here I am in need of sheet metal and my dad happens to have a Sebring convertible sitting there, probably never to be driven again because there were so many things wrong with it. Basically beyond repair, but it still looked like a complete car. He gave me permission to go for it and use whatever I need off of it. I immediately grabbed my cutoff wheel and went straight for the rear quarter panel and cut out a huge piece of sheet metal haha and have been cutting it up ever since. It's sort of a sweet revenge on Sebrings for all those years of ****** them, but now I have to live with the fact that my '02 will forever have a small amount of Sebring in it so I guess I'm still behind.

Props to anyone who actually reads all that haha.

[NorCalFocus]

Hahaha Sebrings. I owned a Plymouth Breeze, basicly the 4 door sedan version. Nothing exciting about them, just good reliable cars. Kinda like a K series.

[kittenpuncher]

It's kind of a funny story actually. My dad owned a small traveling business when I was growing up where people from Europe (mainly Switzerland, where my whole family is from) would visit the states for vacation and/or education and he would set them up with a car to use for the time that they were over here. They would usually stay for 3-6 months at a time, so he never invested in super nice cars, just mediocre ones that were reliable but affordable to rent for that long.

Anyways, for some reason, everyone always wanted convertibles. Maybe to live the California dream or whatever haha, I dont know. My dad always bought Chrysler Sebring convertibles because they were cheap, easy to work on, and Euro people were pumped on them. I always ***** them, from day one. So growing up, every time my dad would come back from the car auction with another damn Sebring convertible I'd be all pissy about it haha so it sort of became this running joke whenever he bought one.

Fast forward 5-10 years and here I am in need of sheet metal and my dad happens to have a Sebring convertible sitting there, probably never to be driven again because there were so many things wrong with it. Basically beyond repair, but it still looked like a complete car. He gave me permission to go for it and use whatever I need off of it. I immediately grabbed my cutoff wheel and went straight for the rear quarter panel and cut out a huge piece of sheet metal haha and have been cutting it up ever since. It's sort of a sweet revenge on Sebrings for all those years of ****** them, but now I have to live with the fact that my '02 will forever have a small amount of Sebring in it so I guess I'm still behind.

Props to anyone who actually reads all that haha.

Haha awesome story, that is truly sweet revenge, on a very very ugly car.

[MrGL2]

Never guessed that Euro people would love boring cars like a Sebring haha

[M M]

Very nice work on the welding. Funny story too.

[frink84]

cool story bro! but seriously, best usage of a sebring ever.

[CubbyChowder]

Thanks everyone!

I received my 15x3" lips for the RM's today. They will now be a square 15x9 et1 set.

I'm excited about them, except the whole purchase transaction was terrible. Racing Team Hoffman on eBay, they have great ratings and sell lots of great products but they didn't answer any of my emails for two weeks after purchasing, finally shipped them out two weeks after they were scheduled to be at my door and then their bad packaging caused two of the lips to be scuffed and scratched due to the lips being sandwiched together. At the end of the day it's not really a big deal, life goes on, it's just a little frustrating.

All that shit aside, these are beautiful!

[96E36]

these are beautiful!

Indeed they are!
Lol my buddy was driving his mom's gold sebring convertible while he was doing an engine swap on his B5 S4, God I ***** that thing. Lol you did the world a favor.