Fixed my 345i... pics

[Garageaholic]

Please read before you go any further:

I know what I did was wrong. I since took not only a defensive driving course, but am also taking performance driving lessons at the glen. I have since not driven even after 1 beer and will never do it again. I know I may have lost some of your respect, as a matter of fact, I know I definitely lost it and I can tell. There's obviously nothing I can do about that. I can't prove that i've learned my lesson (i've obviously learned the hard way), but just so you know that I took it like a man on this forum. The forum is important to me and i value the comments even though some of them are pretty harsh. I fixed my car and am back on the road, much wiser and more careful.

It's fixed, it's not perfect and at first sight you can see it. I still need to do the stripes and will do that when I have time. Thanks to JGood for the Q-panel. I really appreciate it

Now you can look at the pics. in chronological order...






Thanks to JGood, I have my new Q-panel!


Tack welded in place
















Final product: Still need to put window trim on....


W/ Window trim

[Mastrcruse]

WOW! Looks damn good. Don't worry about losing respect, at least you manned up and are fixing things (you and the car). So congrats and get those stripes on there!

[Silence*]

Still my favorite e30 sedan. Good to see you taking responsibility for what you did and doing someting about it. Congrats, and nnice work!

[PiercedE30]

Congrats! Looks good.
Quick question, do you have any pictures of the finished stitch welds before putting the filler on?

[JJe30]

Lookin good...except those Sony subs in the trunk....lol, j/k.

[86espowa]

Fuck yes Frank.

Fuck Yes.

[JasonC]

Looks good, great work.

[Vedubin01]

man your getting good at this body work shit. Im really impressed!

[BimmerToad]

man your getting good at this body work shit. Im really impressed!

Good job, I bet you'll get better at body work if you go TCD stage II ;)

[drifty340i]

impressive mate! well done

[golde30]

wow, the repair looks pretty good. makes me wish i didnt junk my 4 door after smaking the rear 1/4 panel.

[Erick]

Dude, if I fly you down here, will you fix my front end? :p

I'll give you a performance driving course myself :)

[tjts1]

Excellent work. Being able to do perfect paint match with the roller paint job must be nice.

[MR 325]

Definitely not perfect [maybe I'm the only one that can tell] but it looks worlds better!

Glad you got her fixed up.

[Garageaholic]

Thanks alot guys.

Matt, I know. It's far from perfect. It's not bad for an amature and to the untrained eye it's barely noticeable.

My next project is to probably drop the drivetrain/suspension into a new shell. Make it a sleeper.