Willy's 72' 2002

[jeenyus]

awesome. clean that little guy up. Great build. keep it up!

[Big Willy]

Removing the corroded metal:

Before



After




Before



After



The metal after being treated with anti-rust spray

[Split_S]

Oh man you have your work cut out for you!!

I know, Ive done it myself... '91 318iS..it had rust too but nothing as bad as you!

Worthwile project though - youre doing great work!

[vladdyr14]

Holy crap. Love how this car looks with wheels and the drop. Now I want a 2002.

[Big Willy]

Now that I've finished S50 swapping my brother's E30 I'm back to this. The first thing I wanted to do was replace the cracked windshield and the almost non existent rubber seal.



The top of the windshield looked the worst:





Despite being cracked the windshield came out in one piece:





What ended up being the worst rust areas where at the bottom corners of the windshield:





The top was actually fairly clean, and the bottom cleaned up nicely:





But looking underneath the dash on passenger side, I could spy some real corrosion:



So out came the dash:



Real Rust





How much metal was left





After removing as much rust as I could, I sprayed these bare areas with anti-rust protection spray and will be working on patching up these holes shortly.

[2mAn]

What a noob that Simon is, right?

[Big Willy]

Great progress and love the patina! Reminds me of the '02 we just picked up. What did you find worked best to get the dents out of the center grill? Careful hammer work?

Hammer and chisel

[ttrousdell]

as said looks great low and on those wheels.

[elcoy]

Great progress and love the patina! Reminds me of the '02 we just picked up. What did you find worked best to get the dents out of the center grill? Careful hammer work?

[Grackle]

Car looks great. Love it.

[E30_Pare]

Colorado orange mate.

close enough:mrgreen:

[phreshkid]

For the reflectors, I'm actually taking them off. I pulled the two off the rear when I replaced the bumper. I've just been too lazy to pull the ones off the side, want them?

Ummmmmm yeah why not. But don't take them off until you start rust repair. leave them on for now since they do keep water out of the holes that are there. If I remember, I'll remind you in a month or three. I appreciate the kind gesture. Contact me if you need weird, obscure parts that are easy to ship. I got you.

Colorado orange mate.

What a noob that Simon is, right?

[lambo]

I've been pseudo-following this on Flickr. I didn't even know you had a r3v thread. Nice!

[ST1G]

this makes me happy :D. Inka orange has always been my favorite 02 color

Colorado orange mate.

[E30_Pare]

this makes me happy :D. Inka orange has always been my favorite 02 color