e34 DD build, everyone's doing it...

[Jb325is]

I wouldn't be much of a teacher, I have about two weeks experience.. Learning as I go. The older bodyman that's been helping me out has been at it for something like 30 years though. It's more about patience than anything else though

[Dj Buttchug]

teach me your ways of bodywork art.

[Jb325is]

Thanks! I need to take them off while I'm doing all this bodywork, but its sitting in the shop at work right now, so I have to see it all day long and its just so much easier to look at with the schnitzers on it compared to the 15's. I really do wish they were staggered though

[Huff]

Bodywork? All i see is that wheel. Thats going to be nice!

Ha! Just catching up with this and that's what I saw too

[e30nut]

Subscribed (jealous).

[Jb325is]

Today was a bitch.. I've been basically sanding down the car one panel per day because I've been busy with work/school/etc.. Today was the hood, I figured I'd strip it chemically and it would be a piece of cake... wrong. It took 5 applications and hours of scraping to even see spots of metal. This is the 3rd application-



At that point I was out of aircraft stripper so I finished it with 80 grit on the bondo hog. Just getting the hood to bare metal took about half a day.



It had a few dents that I wiped with bondo/glaze before going home, hopefully I'll finish sanding and prime it tomorrow.. Then onto the right side of the car, which thankfully still has the original paint

[LJ851]

Bodywork? All i see is that wheel. Thats going to be nice!

[Jb325is]

Well, finally got to start on the bodywork after a busy couple of weeks. Turns out I'm going to have to do a lot more work that I first anticipated. Apparently the car, at least on the left side, has been painted ~3 times before.. poorly painted as well, looks like 3 scuff n shoots. So instead of painting over who knows what I've decided to strip it down to the lower layers which means sanding the whole car with 180 on a DA, blocking, priming, blocking, priming, blocking, etc... It's going to be a lot more work but it's going to be slick!

Here is a picture of the door as I was working on it today, you can see all the coats on the ding thats sanded down on the front fender.. Check out the rear quarter too, some shoddy bodywork back there as well. Luckily the right side is really clean

[noE30]

I've been tossing around the idea of picking up an e34 daily, not in response to the recent rise in e34 threads on r3v haha, but I love the way yours looks wheels are spot on.

[Jb325is]

That's how it sits, I don't have any straps on it in that picture. As far as the spring rates go, having driven my last e34 with shit shocks and similar rates, I know the front will be pretty good. I am worried about the ride in the rear, might be a little bouncy but I haven't driven it yet so I can't say. And yes, I'll definitely be repainting it cirrus, I might switch to the darker variant though.

I love the schnitzers, won't be letting them go anytime soon. Only change I'll make is going staggered in the rear

[bmwmech1]

Ride height looks good, is it static or do you have it cranked down on the trailer?I assume you're going to respray it Cirrus? Wheels are one of the best looking wheels on an E34, IMO. I'd trade my semi rare Racing Dynamics for a set of them and sport them tough, Lol! How is the ride with the CO setup? Still working out spring rates? I'll be curious to what you end up running, once it's finalized. I know, I know... lots of questions, but it looks good out in the sunlight!:)

Garey

[Jb325is]

Thanks, finally pulled it out of the garage and took it up to work this weekend. It won't be back home until it's finished. More updates coming soon!

[Rich@GTBPerformance]

I am loving this build. Nice work!

[fsf1o1]

It Looks Good Like it man

[e30trooper]

makes me want a 34 now