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    What did you do to your 2002 today !

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

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    6 hours ago, D.martijn said:

    We finally managed to get the outer rockerpanel welded onto the car after not being able to work on the car for a few weekends..

    We first spot welded some of the metal clamps I made with the 3D printed die to hold the wiring against the inner rocker panel.

     

    Then we fitted the rocker panel and rear quarter panel one last time to check for fitment and finally it was time to weld it on with the spotwelder! I can't imagine having to drill so many holes and having the plug weld them.

    This is way faster and cleaner. Although welding this many spotwelds does cause the machine to get quite hot.

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    Close up of the spotwelds, looking good

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    For now we only spotwelded a couple places on the underside since the machine did get a little hot. The rest will be for the next time

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    Front section of the rocker plug welded since there is no way to reach the inside with the spot welder.

    I stil need to weld the horizontal edge to the A pillar

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    Rear section of the rocker. We did have to shorten one of the electrodes a little otherwise it would touch the quarter panel.

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    Top flange fully welded

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    My brother had to leave a little early so I started on welding in the small corner patch panel for the quarter panel.

    It took some time previously to get the shape right, in the end we made 4 of these panels and the last one was the only one usable. We started from a flat sheet of metal and shrunk one side, to then tip it over with some rod with a groove cut into it. After some more shaping we managed to get the correct shape.

    I still needed to adjust the flange of the replacement quarter panel a little as well but happy with the result in the end.

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    And ground smooth. we do have quite a bit of gap between the two panels but I had to make a little cut in at the little triangle since the radiuses didn't line up. Which cause the gap to be even bigger..

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    Next time we should be able to weld in the quarter panel, being careful to not warp it while welding...

    Looks like a Beautiful Mind at work. Nice job.

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    What did you do to your 2002 today !

    in BMW 2002 and other '02

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    5 hours ago, sczapiga said:

    Decided to give the speedo the 02Restoration's repair today. After some FAQ research, I was able to remove the cluster without taking the whole car apart😉 I had my son help me dissassemble the gauges. Since he is always taking his toys apart, I thought he might like to take my toy apart. 

     

    While I was in there I wanted to get rid of the fine 1970's wood grain trim. I had started by hitting it with some red scotch brite and noticed the wood coating came off really quickly. So I figured why not try to brake kleen it off? I then proceeded to wipe all the "wood" off with a red shop rag and brake kleen. It came off pretty quickly and then I was able to buff the plastic out with some quick cut compound and my mini buffing wheel on the drill. I was surprised how slick it came out and with minimal effort. I think I ended up fixing the erratic speedo but Ill find out once I take it for a spin. I had a case of scope creep and ended up re wiring my Brantz and map light to relocate the Brantz below my radio in the console. 

     

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    Did you install another ground while you were in there?

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