Bmw e12 520

[Rakkie]

As I said I cleaned the inside, it was mostly removing old anti rust product and rests of sound isolation, although I like cleaning this was a shitty job because I used thinner for removing it and and the anti rust product was persistent.

Some pictures:



















When you see the car would you say that there is not a lot of rust in it, but that becomes another story when its stripped. There's a lot of rust in it!
And here is an overview of all rust, holes, defects that need to be repaired:

Front, engine bay, front arches:






















Front window, including beehive:





Jacking points and inside:






Rear, rear arches, trunk:












(this must be planarized)

(I'm going to omit the 520-logo and welding the holes)

Doors:







Panel under the front bumper, front fenders:








(because the car had a towbar they mounted directionlights on the fender because that's the law here in Belgium, I'm gonna remove those ugly things)

As you can see I got a lot of work on the body, this is the first time I'm gonna do this so if you got advice on the works you just can say it .
Started with removing things for a cleaner look.

Sound isolation in the engine bay:







Ugly silicon:




Also removed the tow in the rear:






Then started with the serious work, removed front panel:



Tomorrow visit BMW to order panels.

Hopefully you do not mind that I post a lot of photos!

[Suburuuh]

Picture heavy!!

Maar mooi project en die daily , die staat nouja ligt, er mooi bij zeg

[mk3f.t.w.]

very nice!

[bennkishh]

Loving this progress still. In for 087 GM. Great choice.

[1jze30]

Wicked build dude! Looks tops
^that grey metalic would be my choice^
but I dont mind the faded volvo blue
keep up the good work dude!

[Rakkie]

hehe, klopt

what colour you have in mind then?

First thought is 087 Graphit Metallic 1979 - 1981

Something like this:

[P78]

hehe, klopt

what colour you have in mind then?

[Rakkie]

Love your attention for detail. And seeing the big names in the replies here, I think whole S|W loves it

Thanks man!

je bent gek

Dat kan idd goed zijn, maar dat doet geen pijn hé

[P78]

Thanks mate, the color is the only thing I do not like about the car

je bent gek

[loekaaz]

Love your attention for detail. And seeing the big names in the replies here, I think whole S|W loves it

[Rakkie]

Love the colour! Nice to see another e12 on SW

Thanks mate, the color is the only thing I do not like about the car

[Greg|H]

Love the colour! Nice to see another e12 on SW

[Rakkie]

The last time I was busy stripping the car and to clean up the garage because it starts to get small with all the pieces around. The car is now fully stripped except the suspensions in front and rear and steering wheel. Before I started the bodywork I cleaned the car free from dust, dirt, and silicone.

Here are some before/after pictures from the cleaning part of the outside of the car:





































someone has decided to hold a siliconeparty instead of using new clips:







next to do: cleaning the inside

[montgomery]

Fantastic work!

[Rakkie]

Give me your euro bumpers friend

Haha , I also prefer the euro bumpers above the us ones, they are too big.

At the rest, thanks for the kind words!