I also needed to reconstruct the inner wheel well. And a little patch to the wheel arch.
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1984 318i Resurrection
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The left side suffered greater damage, affecting all three structural layers. So repair one patch or layer at a time trying to maintain some of the damaged metal to help with proper alignment of the patches. It would not be until I reinstalled the rear subframe that I would know if everything was ok. On both sides I used a backer strip of 16 gauge steel to allow me to use Clecos to position the patches. The plug welds Into the strip further reinforce the repair and the backer allows me to weld the seam with good penetration reducing the chance of blow through.
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In order to make the previous repair I removed the gas tank so I had a prime opportunity to replace the hard brake and fuel lines which suffered from rust. The main brake line had a patch with compressing fitting and one of the fuel lines broke from rust during my initial inspection of the car.
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