BMW e30 - shaved bay m50 turbo - super hella stance - UK build

[ak-]

Looking good

[iamsilverfox]

plates seam welded in and ground down. also bought a little propane heater for the garage which is awesome

progress is slow and pretty rubbish atm. struggling to find a way to grind down the edge where the inner arch meets the fabricated panel. its too tight for a grinder. could do with one of those long belt sander things, but thats $$$$ i dont have.

this is best ive got them so far using a grinding disk on the angle grinder and nibbling away at it. (ignore my shit welding)



but there's areas like this which are too boxed in for the grinder





its really holding up progress as everything else is pretty much welded and grinded and ready for filler.

[iamsilverfox]

ended up buying a finger power belt sander thing and that made a pretty nice job of getting in the space.

after various trials with seam sealant i couldn't achieve a finish with the seam sealer that i was happy with. couldnt get it smooth enough. after talking to a few people with smooth engine bay experience ive decided to use filler. lots of people said not to and itll crack, lots of people said it would be okay. so i thought id try it,

first parts when on tonight.



kept putting way too much on. large large learning curve. never worked with filler before.





and thats how i left it for tonight.

will have a big push to get alot done this weekend before monday as thats when i start my new job and will have to focus on that for a bit.

[iamsilverfox]

weekend progress.



primer by the end of this week. watch this space.

[DutchieSaxo]

fuck yeah, lovin' this build, engine bay is going to be epic,

keep up the good work!

[iamsilverfox]

fuck yeah, lovin' this build, engine bay is going to be epic,

keep up the good work!

thanks man! i hope its going to come out as good as im imagining

[mikey G]

thanks man! i hope its going to come out as good as im imagining

The amount of work your putting in is sure to yield some great results man! Prep twice paint once....something like that, right?

[iamsilverfox]

The amount of work your putting in is sure to yield some great results man! Prep twice paint once....something like that, right?

haha yeah. something like that.

small update. had a busy week staring a new job at audi so havnt touched it in a few days. did some tonight. the one side is veerrrrrry close to being ready for primer, and started the other side tonight. made quite a lot of progres.

[Mehowski]

oooh in for more

[drifte]

SUB'D.

I used body filler on my last shaved bay project, and it never had any issues. But I also didn't use it in stress areas either, so who knows.

[nyman90]

omg nice work

[iamsilverfox]

oooh in for more

hahaha

SUB'D.

I used body filler on my last shaved bay project, and it never had any issues. But I also didn't use it in stress areas either, so who knows.

it really seems to be a mixed bag of opinions and verdicts. guess there's only one way to find out.

omg nice work

thanks dude!


Small update.

Engine bay is still in the works. Many an evening rubbing bloody filler. My fingertips **** me. Got the cross member back and built that up tonight. Also bought a bunch of stuff,

intercooler
rad
steering bits
pas pipes
rack spacers
fuel pump



rad in place just to gauge a few things

[iamsilverfox]

also stripped the engine today. everythings looking real good. stacks up with the mileage of 53k on the clocks. will be completely rebuilt anyway.

[HenzPowell]

Subbed. Awesome.

[DER E30]

While you have your subframe out reinforce the motormounts! I broke mine with an m42!Oil pan was sitting on the steering rack... Trust me, you don't want to waste an entire weekend tearing apart your car to fix something you had sitting on the floor!!!

What I did to fix it...More pics of mine in my thread...