Fixed my 345i... pics

[jex]

ahhh...gotcha.

It is gonna look great!

[Garageaholic]

Hey, i have not polished the paint yet, only because i still need to do the stripes. Once i do the stripes, i can wetsand and polish the whole fender as a complete unit...

[jex]

In the last 2 pics, have you wetsanded and polished the paint yet? It doesnt seem quite as glossy as the rest of the car.


Great repair none the less!

[JRKOUPE]

e30 work

Frank......

You should be proud. Great work.........we all fock up at times. We should meet at the Glen some time during some races....

[mikeedler]

just saw this thread now. GreaT WORK!!!
I love the look of the car!
I know how much crappy work it is to swap that section out, it looks just fine in the pics.

[BigFurryWhale]

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.

Great Job on the work. But why would you want to swap stuff over to a different shell when you've worked so hard on this one?

[redhatpat]

Great job! Congrats on carrying through and completing the work. It looks great!

Sure, its not perfect. But you also didn't spend $3000 repairing it either!

[euroshark]

Hell yeah man, nice work!

[egk2]

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

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I see high spots near the character line and the waviness on the line itself.
You'd probably see it better if he took pics that weren't dead on.

No offense to you Frank, I know you're not a professional body guy.

[AndrewBird]

Wavy by the character line and where he grafted the panel.

How can you tell that from the pictures though? I can't see it. I mean, the pictures before paint show some flaws, but I can't see them in the final pictures.

[egk2]

I don't know what you guys see wrong in those pictures. I can't see a damn thing. Granted, flaws are probably easier to see in person, but I don't see anything i the pictures. Am I blind?

Wavy by the character line and where he grafted the panel.

[ldsbeaker]

That looks REALLY GOOD!!

[JGood]

Nice work man. Having done the same thing to my 4 door, I know the work involved, and for a first time body job, you did an incredible job.

I have a passenger side panel for you too, in case it swings out the other way... haha j/k.

[Garageaholic]

Thanks alot guys. It's not perfect, but like it said, i'm happy.

I'm not going to go stage II, instead, i think i'm going to make it a winter project to shove all that shit into a new shell, maybe a coupe. Definitely not convertible unfortunately :(

Thanks guys, hope to see you next month maybe

[Mike325]

Car looks great Frank. Glad to see it is out and about again. You did a great job.