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

[Jb325is]

Got a little work done on my wheels- center bores bored out, lips polished and bolts painted metallic black. A ford color actually, but it looks really cool in the sun.



Test fitted them tonight and I'm definitely going to need to pull the fenders... Luckily I'll have the chance to do it before paint for the first time.



Bodywork updates this weekend

[Jb325is]

I don't have many pictures from this weekend, but we did make a lot of progress. The only picture I took was of the rear quarter, this car was hit and shoddily repaired in the rear quarter when I got it, the bodyline just disappeared about 6" from the taillight. After a little metalworking and a lot of blocking the quarter is looking pretty close to the way it should



Got the fender roller, but unfortunately USPS still hasn't delivered my tires after 7 days in transit from CA. Finished rear fitment update coming soon

[PJ Prendergast]

i wanna hear how the ride is, very interesting making your own coilovers!

[metalsoul]

looking good, I'm excited to see how it ends up!

[Jb325is]

The ride should be great. I had Nex coilovers on my last e34 and hated them, I'm definitely expecting these to ride better than those.

Haven't done much to the car but I did get one of the tires mounted and decided of final offsets for the rear. This is 18x11 ET21 and it has barely any clearance at the trailing arm. I'm hoping after pulling the fenders I can tuck the 18's enough to get the car looking level with the 17's in the front.

[LJ851]

What size tires did you pick for the 18s?

[Jb325is]

265/35... I'm at a loss for the fronts. I need to keep it proportional, I don't want it look like it has way more sidewall in the front or look like it is super raked.

[Jb325is]

spent a lot of time fitting the rear wheels/tires today..

First, I had to notch the trailing arm for the 11's


Then came the fenders, they didn't need too much.. But I need to tuck the rears so the 17" fronts don't look goofy.

This is what I started with, not good considering my actual spacers will be pushing the wheels 3mm further out. I'd be smashing lips into quarters all day-


What I ended up with




Should have the new spacers this weekend so we'll see where it all ends up.

[Mlarsen]

Sweet Jesus.

[acolella76]

check out that camaro OH DAYUM

[lambo]

The rears look perfect to me...

[Huff]

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[george graves]

sub'ed!!!!!

[LJ851]

Should have the new spacers this weekend so we'll see where it all ends up.

The weekend is over J, post up!



Also, i'd like to see a shot a little more from the side of the car so more of the wheel face is visible.

[Jb325is]

I haven't made any progress, had to build a pumpkin launcher for one of my classes and that took all weekend. I did get the new spacers though, just haven't had a chance to do much else. I'll get some better pics when I get it on the ground.