My 2002 ALPINA project car, bodywork finished

[fdovargas]

Hello again guys,

Here some pics of the body finished, flares installed and some mods.

Regards

[H_Krix]

That cut-off switch has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen on any '02. Simply beautiful work.

[peteinjp]

Nice! Was the spare tire well delete a recent mod? If so I'd love to hear more about how it was accomplished.

Pete

[fdovargas]

Nice! Was the spare tire well delete a recent mod? If so I'd love to hear more about how it was accomplished.

Pete

Sure, this was the complete mod

See the reinforcement above the hook

[bmw1602.com]

Muy Bueno!

Wow it's beautiful!!!!

[BLUNT]

someones always upping the bar. very very nice fernando.

[Lee]

Very nice work. Where did you source the flares?

[fdovargas]

Very nice work. Where did you source the flares?

flares from Korman... Thanks

[peteinjp]

More more more pics!!

Great stuff- thanks-

Pete

[oz_tom]

Very nice Fernando - Looks like alot of effort has gone into the car. Keep posting up your progress please!

Tom

[jrkoupe]

Fernando ..car looks just stunning/mouth watering.......better than Alpina's even.

I had heard Korman frt flares need alot of work to fit?...maybe you even said that on your older posts. Im going to try the IE frts......and prolly SCR's metal rears. So you used the FG rears bonded to metal?.....are you happy w/ the results?....Ive been warned by so many to stay away from the FG rears......stress cracking, bonding the 2 materials etc

I recall you are using Panasport wheels.......were they 7's or 8's ....and what offset again?.......Ive been looking at Compomotive ML's.....

what size tire/....?

Your car is my inspiration......

Oh...where is the decal we discussed, do you remember....?.......send it out.......hehhe!!!

[fdovargas]

Fernando ..car looks just stunning/mouth watering.......better than Alpina's even.

I had heard Korman frt flares need alot of work to fit?...maybe you even said that on your older posts. Im going to try the IE frts......and prolly SCR's metal rears. So you used the FG rears bonded to metal?.....are you happy w/ the results?....Ive been warned by so many to stay away from the FG rears......stress cracking, bonding the 2 materials etc

I recall you are using Panasport wheels.......were they 7's or 8's ....and what offset again?.......Ive been looking at Compomotive ML's.....

what size tire/....?

Your car is my inspiration......

Oh...where is the decal we discussed, do you remember....?.......send it out.......hehhe!!!

Oh yes, i remember you, sorry, I forgot send you the decals, i'll add a reminder in my cell phone, however please send me your address again to my email.

Yes, the front fender need a lot of work.... they are not regulars, some pics..

After fit correctly the flares in the chassis, moulds were made for make copies in the future, if i need:

I bought the rear FG flares, from ebay, very nice finish, but i'll keep the rear FG flares in my garage, because i use rear metal flares, inspired in Matt page.. some pics of the rear metal flares

after the first body paint..

after, with some corrections in the metal sheet

I'll use the Panasport 13X7 wheels, +3mm

Regards

[jrkoupe]

great info....all questions answered!...thank you......

Any particular reason w/ the flares to not go 8" wide on the wheels?....

what tires are you planning on?.......size?..

My address......and thanks!!!!

Joel Kaplan

495 Central Ave ( ste 301)

Scarsdale NY 10583

[fdovargas]

The reason is, because in the vintage racing rules of my country, i can't increase the standard wide of the wheels more of 2" inches, then the max wheel wide admissible is 7". I think use 205/60R13 for racing purposes, the max admissible too.

however, i will increase the front and the rear track with some mods in the front and rear axle. Rear i'll use E21 323i trailing arms, increase the track around of 15mm for each side..

Shipping address saved

[jrkoupe]

Entiendo.......muchas gracias....... My wife is Spanish....Im learning slowly. Ill look forward to my present in the mail!!!!! Send more pics as project progresses.