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About time I started a build thread for my home grown M52 '95 328.
Started off as your everyday beater covered in scratches and rust, what you'd expect of any 18yr old car I suppose. Here's a picture of it the day I picked it up alongside my daily at the time, another project e36, this one only had a pitiful M43 1.6 lump mind.
First things 1st , have a chat with my nan and ask if I can use her double garage again to start the project, got the all clear and the 1st thing on the agenda was to start the strip process.
After some of the panels were removed it was time to start putting my own little twist on things. Time for a browse on ebay to find myself something different, arches.
After taking the plunge and purchasing the arches , that was it , no turning back , I was intent on building a wide arch 328 'loon.
While I was waiting for the arches to arrive and had a few weekends free I decided to get the entire body flatted back using the trusted DA sander and marked out any imperfection's etc..
Whilst doing this I remembered the drivers side wing had completely rusted through so a trip to the local breaker was in order, picked up a 2nd hand but solid wing for pennies.
Arches turned up so was massively excited to get down to the garage and try and figure out what I will need to make them fit. That was the plan until I arrived and saw this.....
The neighbours had decided to have their roof redone and told them that the garage was unused.
%$%^$^$£%$
I calmed myself down and then focussed on the job in hand , these arches, tried them at different heights with different curves until I found the shape I was happy with and then came the fun. Started the process by prepping the wing as if it was going to be painted, keyed the surface and then pop riveted the arch to the original wing, for that extra bit of security I then fibre-glassed over the bolts to ensure that they wont pop out sometime in the future.
After the arches were stuck and solid it then became a very time consuming task of deciding how to blend the arches in to the nose cone and front bumper. After lots of filler work, This is what I decided on ..
It looks very aggressive but with a wheel filling the arch is should look much better.
After getting both arches and wings located and secured properly I decided to primer them in one solid layer so I could see how they look as one piece, I was well impressed..
I forgot to take any photo's of cutting the inner arch out but it was lots of fun and I then fibre-glassed the inside of the arch to seal it so it doesn’t rust from the inside out.
After getting both wings sorted I thought id put the M bumper on and see how it sits. So glad I decided to give this a go
Started off as your everyday beater covered in scratches and rust, what you'd expect of any 18yr old car I suppose. Here's a picture of it the day I picked it up alongside my daily at the time, another project e36, this one only had a pitiful M43 1.6 lump mind.
First things 1st , have a chat with my nan and ask if I can use her double garage again to start the project, got the all clear and the 1st thing on the agenda was to start the strip process.
After some of the panels were removed it was time to start putting my own little twist on things. Time for a browse on ebay to find myself something different, arches.
After taking the plunge and purchasing the arches , that was it , no turning back , I was intent on building a wide arch 328 'loon.
While I was waiting for the arches to arrive and had a few weekends free I decided to get the entire body flatted back using the trusted DA sander and marked out any imperfection's etc..
Whilst doing this I remembered the drivers side wing had completely rusted through so a trip to the local breaker was in order, picked up a 2nd hand but solid wing for pennies.
Arches turned up so was massively excited to get down to the garage and try and figure out what I will need to make them fit. That was the plan until I arrived and saw this.....
The neighbours had decided to have their roof redone and told them that the garage was unused.
%$%^$^$£%$
I calmed myself down and then focussed on the job in hand , these arches, tried them at different heights with different curves until I found the shape I was happy with and then came the fun. Started the process by prepping the wing as if it was going to be painted, keyed the surface and then pop riveted the arch to the original wing, for that extra bit of security I then fibre-glassed over the bolts to ensure that they wont pop out sometime in the future.
After the arches were stuck and solid it then became a very time consuming task of deciding how to blend the arches in to the nose cone and front bumper. After lots of filler work, This is what I decided on ..
It looks very aggressive but with a wheel filling the arch is should look much better.
After getting both arches and wings located and secured properly I decided to primer them in one solid layer so I could see how they look as one piece, I was well impressed..
I forgot to take any photo's of cutting the inner arch out but it was lots of fun and I then fibre-glassed the inside of the arch to seal it so it doesn’t rust from the inside out.
After getting both wings sorted I thought id put the M bumper on and see how it sits. So glad I decided to give this a go
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