My '73 Roundie Revival [BMW 2002]

[knuklehead92]

awesome build! def inspiring build

[CubbyChowder]

I finally attacked the rear corner which has been staring at me in all of it's ugliness for months. It was super beat up, so I hammered out what I could. It didn't really do all too much, I was left with this mess:



Fill, sand, repeat. After about 7 hours I got it to look like this. Not perfect, but much better. It will all be perfected later when the whole car is prepped and ready for round two of body work which will consist of getting everything paint worthy :



I also got a killer deal on a clean driver's side grille. My original one was super beat. Really happy that I got it for such a good price, and even happier that I now have a clean set of grilles ready to be refinished:

[CubbyChowder]

Picked up a very important package today :D

Finally got E-Level! I went with the RockerSwitch because I couldn't really afford the TouchPad at this time. I might go iLevel in the future and use an iPod touch as my touchpad for inside the car. Either way, I'm super excited to have all of the air suspension components and wheels paid for so I can put it behind me. Most of my big purchases for this build are now paid for and that is a very good feeling!

[89is]

new favorite build, some great stuff happening here keep it up!

[deutschman]

Bossssss!!!

[kingston]

Those are some GREAT updates, man!!

[MacroCosm]

[QUOTE=CubbyChowder;3173492]Well I finally decided on a set of wheels, at least for now. They were cheap, had the specs that I'm looking for, and I actually really like how they look. A lot of people dislike these wheels, and I agree that the car deserves classier wheels. But for the time being these will help me dial in the fitment and I can always upgrade down the road sometime. I will probably rock these for a while though, I love the look.

15x8 et0 powdercoated black, they're a bit dusty from the cardboard boxes. Getting 194/45/15 tires mounted tomorrow:





What are the brand of those wheels?

[knuklehead92]

what paint or should i say primer/sealer are you spraying it with, in the pics above?

[Onizukachan]

Great thread and work.
Btw, loved the beautify Bavaria video, watch it once or twice a week... Still.

[JCarp90]

What are the brand of those wheels?

Those are Diamond racing steelies. I already tried to buy them from him but I guess they're sold. :hitler:

[F34R]

Coming along very nicely! I know the feeling of having everything paid for and done with! congrats, cannot wait to see it finished and driving around.

[CubbyChowder]

Coming along very nicely! I know the feeling of having everything paid for and done with! congrats, cannot wait to see it finished and driving around.

thanks!

[CubbyChowder]

2 days off in a row = 2002 sexy time.

I rarely get two days off in a row, so I made the best of it. Got a lot of work done, nothing you guys haven't seen before but here we go...

Measure twice, cut once. The only way I could really measure where to put this fender was by eyeing the other side haha, not the most promising way but everything looks perfect to me. Tacked in:



All welded up with both ends tied in:






Grinded all the welds down and took the surrounding areas down to bare metal:




I primered it because it'll be a few days before I can get back to work on it, and I didn't want any surface rust forming, I'm over that. I still need to do some body filler work to make everything look cherry, but I'm really happy with how it looks after just grinding the welds down. This means I'll only have to use a very small amount of filler, which after dealing with the driver's side and all of it's misfortunes, is a pure luxury to me at this point.



Then I figured I'd knock out the top trim holes. There was some rust around them, so I took everything down to bare metal:



Hit it with a flap disk and got everything clean:



Welded the holes shut and smoothed them out:



Next is shaving the lower trim holes and the rear side marker holes, doing all the necessary filler work to smooth everything out and this quarter panel will be done!

And one from Instagram. "Cleanup is paramount" :D

[JCarp90]

Between you and "tinkwithanr" and your 2002 builds, I want one so bad. I wish I had your skills, man. Awesome work here.

[yberther]

Between you and "tinkwithanr" and your 2002 builds, I want one so bad. I wish I had your skills, man. Awesome work here.

Fully agree! Excellent, thorough work.