Bmw e12 520

[Greg|H]

Love the colour! Nice to see another e12 on SW

[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

[loekaaz]

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

[P78]

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

je bent gek

[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]

hehe, klopt

what colour you have in mind then?

[Rakkie]

hehe, klopt

what colour you have in mind then?

First thought is 087 Graphit Metallic 1979 - 1981

Something like this:

[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!

[bennkishh]

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

[mk3f.t.w.]

very nice!

[Suburuuh]

Picture heavy!!

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

[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!

[forgotten]

Damn you must have spent a whole day uploading pics !!!

anyway nice built !!

[Rakkie]

Damn you must have spent a whole day uploading pics !!!

anyway nice built !!

Haha, not a whole day, but yeah it takes a time

[Dylanhat]

Wow, there is a lot to be done. Sub'ed.