So I'm going to repair and rebuild my 85 325e sedan chassis. Such a desirable chassis, right? haha
I bought this car 11 years ago, when I was 15. It was my first car and has been my daily driver ever since. It had 100k miles on it when I got it, and I put 195,000 on it, for a total of 295,000. About 40k ago, I put an m50 in it.
The car was t-boned about 5 years ago, which was fixed by replacing the quarter panel. The fix was decent, but the body work is wavy, and the paint didn't match, so I want to address that. But more importantly, about a year ago, I noticed some rust under the floorboard, and the carpet was getting wet. Then the strut tower started cracking. So, I decided to tear the entire car apart and fix everything.
I started on 10/12, and by 10/14, (2 hours each night, 6 hours total), I had the entire front and interior of the chassis stripped of everything but the wire harness. So far I did everything by myself, it's nice having some alone time in the garage![Cool](https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/core/images/smilies/cool.gif)
I put about 10 more hours into grinding and stripping the area around the rust to get a better idea of what I'm working with and how I'm going to repair it. And that's where I'm at today (10/18 ). Here are a few pics of the teardown and some of the rusty spots.
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/augpics/tan9.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/1.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/2.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/3.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/4.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/5.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/6.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/7.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/8.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/9.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/10.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/11.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/12.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/13.jpg)
I bought this car 11 years ago, when I was 15. It was my first car and has been my daily driver ever since. It had 100k miles on it when I got it, and I put 195,000 on it, for a total of 295,000. About 40k ago, I put an m50 in it.
The car was t-boned about 5 years ago, which was fixed by replacing the quarter panel. The fix was decent, but the body work is wavy, and the paint didn't match, so I want to address that. But more importantly, about a year ago, I noticed some rust under the floorboard, and the carpet was getting wet. Then the strut tower started cracking. So, I decided to tear the entire car apart and fix everything.
I started on 10/12, and by 10/14, (2 hours each night, 6 hours total), I had the entire front and interior of the chassis stripped of everything but the wire harness. So far I did everything by myself, it's nice having some alone time in the garage
![Cool](https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/core/images/smilies/cool.gif)
I put about 10 more hours into grinding and stripping the area around the rust to get a better idea of what I'm working with and how I'm going to repair it. And that's where I'm at today (10/18 ). Here are a few pics of the teardown and some of the rusty spots.
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/augpics/tan9.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/1.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/2.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/3.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/4.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/5.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/6.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/7.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/8.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/9.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/10.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/11.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/12.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/13.jpg)
![](http://www.apexeta.com/img/rustrepair/14.jpg)
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