My '73 Roundie Revival [BMW 2002]

[CubbyChowder]

Dude, awesome work so far. You came up/improved all that welding/body work really quickly, I'm envious of your shop space!

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Thanks man! However I wouldn't say it all happened really quickly. Between measuring, cutting, trimming, welding, grinding, filling and sanding, this fender took soooo long. I spent three days just sanding the filler. I hope to do the other fenders much quicker though.

[canakami]

Dude, awesome work so far. You came up/improved all that welding/body work really quickly, I'm envious of your shop space!

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[CubbyChowder]

Alright so I spent a few hours today sanding around the fender. It was kind of hard to tell whether everything was good or not so I decided now would be a good time to throw down a coat of primer and see where I'm at. I would say it's about 90% there, it definitely still needs some work but overall I'm pleased with the outcome. Here are a few different angles:

[brianao34]

I probably wait around 15-20 minutes, or however long it takes until it doesn't clog up the sand paper too bad

Ok, just checking. Looks great.

[CubbyChowder]

Your dad's hair is glorious, as is this build

hahah I know dude he's been rocking that hair style/mustache combo forever

Looking good. How long are you waiting after you apply the Rage to start sanding?

I probably wait around 15-20 minutes, or however long it takes until it doesn't clog up the sand paper too bad

[brianao34]

Looking good. How long are you waiting after you apply the Rage to start sanding?

[J3M93]

Your dad's hair is glorious, as is this build

[CubbyChowder]

Time for a small update.

I finally got an engine stand off craigslist, so my dad wanted to help out and work on the engine a little bit while I slaved away on the fender (more on that later). We're basically replacing all the seals and gaskets except for the head gasket, that was replaced in 2009. My dad was nice enough to clean things up and start taking stuff apart:







Timing cover with new seal:



Timing covers re-installed with new gaskets:



This is as far as I've gotten after 3 days of sanding body filler. It's taking suuuch a long time, but I'm staying patient and taking my time, it's almost there. I think by tomorrow it'll be ready for primer. I know it looks like a lot of filler, but keep in mind this whole quarter panel is pretty beat up so it's kind of inevitable. The other three fenders won't have nearly as much filler:



These are the sanding blocks I've been using:



Pinned up my to-do list to keep me motivated:



I hope to have the fender in primer by tomorrow, I'm getting really burnt out on sanding.

[HighschoolE30]

SUB'd for sure... Awesome so far.

[CubbyChowder]

Thanks for the awesome comments guys.

Alright, got some more work done. I got the whole inner fender welded and seam sealed. It looks a bit rough, but I think it will do the job. I don't even want to think about that process anymore haha it was so frustrating:



Then I wanted to try out some body filler work, I have a tiny bit of experience with body filler but have soo much room for improvement. I figured this would be some good practice. I wanted to smooth some of the trim line holes that I welded shut on the upper part of the quarter panel. First I got rid of every little speck of surface rust in this area and then spread some filler:



Took my time and slowly starting block sanding it down with 80 grit followed by 220 grit (not really sure if this is the proper way to do it, but it seemed to work):




Masked off a small section so I can get that area in primer, I'm tired of seeing surface rust gather on all this bare metal, at least this section will be good to go now:



Primed it and I'm pretty happy with the results. It's not perfect, but at least it's better. I will perfect it all at a later time once all the body work starts to come together. Don't mind the upper right section that didn't get painted, I still have some filler work to do there:

[Zreberlcoe]

This is awesome work! You have inspired me to do something of the same extent to an E30 one day, or finish my dads beetle that has been sitting in the garage since I was born. keep it up I would like to see the finished product!

[audiquattrot]

great work!!!

[mtlbloodshot]

SUB'D Awesome work keep it up!

[CubbyChowder]

So progress has been really slow lately, I took a small break because I was starting to get a bit burnt out and frustrated. This fender has proven to be a pretty difficult task, but it's starting to come together and I know the next fender will go way smoother.

So the front of the MK1 fender flare started off like this, so I had to blend it with the body:



I made some metal pieces and welded them in. This is after a bit of grinding:




And smoothed it out. I wanted the bottom of it to follow with the angle of the body (it will make sense in the first picture) and I think overall it's pretty much there. It needs a little bit more work but I'm pretty happy with it:





I've also been welding the inner fender back to the outer fender but don't have pictures yet. I'm going to hit everything with some seam sealer tomorrow so it's sealed and then I will start on body filler and hopefully get everything looking good!

[XW70]

those guards are going to come out amazing. you have skillz!