BMW E30 325i - Rusty Rear End Restoration - Opening A Can Of Worms
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Rightfully so, I received some negative feedback from this video. This was more of a test for me as an amateur. This isn't the correct way to fix things. I will be replacing the tailgate with a solid one of any colour, and repaint it, but properly this time.
Thanks for watching. In this video/short film, I'm restoring the rear end of my BMW E30 325i wagon. The car is now 30 years old and starting to show it. As soon as I got to Spain, someone hit the rear end in a car park, smashing the rear light. That event motivated me to do spot repair and light change video. Well, this video is a lot more than that. I truly opened a can of worms on this one. The trunk came off and the glass comes out. It quickly turned into a FULL rear end restoration. Grab some snacks and enjoy!
Tools & equipment used:
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Base Coat Paint - goo.gl/mWhufG
Rust Remover - goo.gl/13gopW
Workbenches - arborgardensolutions.co.uk
Moldex Full Face Mask - goo.gl/NNYGrv
FGL 5 Spray gun - goo.gl/Acg5rd
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Colad Washable Overalls - goo.gl/3Css9E
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Mannesmann Socket Set - geni.us/HCDZ
Bumper filler - bit.ly/2XkAgRz
Bumper paint - bit.ly/2WhfR36
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Brillaint.org
00:06 - FCP Euro
00:14 - Sowing the car for the first time on the channel
01:35 - Degreasing the car
01:53 - Showing the extent of the rust
02:16 - Removing some parts
05:34 - Removing seen rust
06:38 - Removing the rest of the parts, including the trunk
07:47 - Stripping the trunk
08:09 - Removing the glass
08:48 - Cleaning the rear window
10:22 - Removing the rust from the trunk
12:35 - treating the rust
13:03 - Cutting and attaching the stainless steel
14:00 - Adding fiberglass filler
15:06 - Adding body filler
15:20 - sanding body filler
17:42 - Etch priming the trunk
18:41 - high-build priming the trunk
19:19 - Flattening the primer
19:51 - Non-sand priming the trunk
20:48 - Cleaning the trim
22:15 - Filling the trim
23:14 - Painting the trunk with the basecoat
24:24 - Clear coating the trunk
25:27 - Sanding the trim
26:01 - Priming the trim
26:17 - Painting the trim
26:52 - Fixing the clear coat
28:20 - Making the car
28:34 - Removing rust from the car
29:32 - Rust treating the rust
29:46 - Filling the car
30:31 - Etch priming the car
30:44 - Non-sand priming the car
31:17 - Base coating the car
31:42 - Clear coating the car
31:57 - Wire wheeling metal parts
32:26 - Licence plate light clean up
33:35 - Painting small trim pieces
33:47 - Zinc plating metal parts
35:13 - New parts
36:15 - Reattaching the glass
38:07 - Reattaching the trunk
39:24 - De-masking the car
39:35 - Showing the finished trim
39:51 - Cleaning the rear washer pump
40:09 - Cleaning the rear trim
40:28 - Polishing the rear emblem
40:39 - Reattaching everything
43:26 - Polishing the rear lights
44:22 - Reattaching the new trim
47:35 - Painting the rear bumper
48:23 - Before
48:26 - After
48:31 - Showing the final result
49:06 - Testing the trunk still works
49:14 - Final shots of the car
49:58 - Brillaint.org
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Few things to point out:
1. If you have a run in the clear coat, use bondo over the run then sand it with a flat block untill the bondo will disappear. Then polish et voila.
2. Never spray a car without propper masking. Buy a role of masking foil and mask the rest of the car. Overspray over windows and seals is a pain.
3. Never paint with the bumper on the car if you want top results and also never paint over areas that are not sanded. You may create hard lines in the paint or poor adhesion that will flake over time.
4. If you apply rust convertors and/or epoxy primer over metal don't sand through as you voided their point of sealing bare metal.
5. Try to wash as meany things as you can with water, soap and brushes. I managed to restor number plate lights with vinegar and hot water after. It will eat all the rust away.
6. If you want to polish orange peel use a flat block with 2000 or higher grid to wetsand and then polish.
Other than that is a great result for your first part. I love your channel and your work
I'm not judging you, i'm advising you based on experience as i wish to see the best result possible in the future.
Alexander Thanks for the pointers. It's great to have these kinds of comments - especially for the other people watching the channel.
Awesome feedback!
What is the best treatment for light surface rust spots on bodywork?
@@mercedeslove4291 you can get away with sanding to clean metal, etch primer and or epoxy primer then paint and clear coat. Its better to work with light rust spots than cutting and welding new metal.
@@The29041993 Thanks, I touched up some spots on my 190e five years ago ,that are returning. I did not use epoxy primer though.
This has quickly become my favorite project on TH-cam. Love the fact that it is 0% vloger bullshit and just you working on the car. Great work dude
This is the first time I have ever painted a car and car panel, go easy on me! I'm glad to get this one out. It's been my life for the past two weeks. Hunting down parts at the last minute, finding the right paints, finding more rust than I ever expected. It's been crazy. I finally got there, I can now sit down for a second. Enjoy! P.S Apologies for the typos in this video. I'm a one-man band, doing everything can take its toll.
Love watching the videos (never thought of using SS mesh to fill holes, always used f.glass). Lived in Spain for 8 years. What area are you in?
Awesome work and excellent attention to details as always.Bravo!
What a legend! I have the same thing to do on my Touring, this is the best DIY i've seen on this topic! Thanks so much from Bavaria :)
Overall a good restore - those touring trunks are the worst! ... Only thing I have to say - please re adjust your model lettering - it looks wrong, there are measurements all over the internet. alså E30 zone if I recall correctly. Keep up the good work! :)
1. Why didnt, you properly cover your car? Is it learning experience?
2. That kind of repair of rust holes isn't going to last long. Only metal patches. And you should check for replacement hatch.
3. You should spray paint those tail lights after polishing with UV resistant clear coat.
Still it's Your car you can do whatever you want. You are learning to make body repairs?
01:49 - Ha!! This is literally MY level of restoration skill lol. Gave me a chuckle. :)
Indicators are perfect though, never been used......
HAHA!
I'm sure they were used a few times. Once at the factory and once before they sold the car!
HAA!
That’s funny
Ur mum's used regulary tho
A wagon? Nice! I didn’t expect that. E30 wagon is ultra rare in here
And it's a manual!
A bucket o' rust posing as a can of worms? sounds like a charm...
Always protect your hearing and eyes. Both are REALLY essential for later life. Also on old rusty cars like this make sure your anti-tetanus is up to date.
Lungs are also important
@@koltinn Yes saw him sanding with no mask.
I was about to post about tetanus as well.
"Restoration complete, thanks for watching"
Hey! That's how much I clean my car!
Soo happy to see E30s being restored
Wow guy’s 29 likes. This is my most liked comment ever! Thank you soo much 🙏
Lmao I almost busted out laughing when I saw “restoration complete, thanks for watching.” 👌🏽
Your video broke my TH-cam
But it was worth it!
for the trunk body filler will not help cause its a structual part,its like bending a frame,does not worth it
i f it was my car a new trunkdoor was replaced
Hey, Steve! What a can of worms! The deeper you dug, the deeper you had to dig. I admire your determination to do the best you can with what you have. Awesome job! Take care, my friend.
Being a restorer or fixer is a blessing but a curse, that overwhelming joy of knowing your restoring or fixing the thing and the result that follows, but the curse of the fact you cant just do one damn spot...
This is such a true comment! When I saw the severity of the situation, all I could think is. Damn, I know I can't walk away from this, but my God when it's done! I can't stop looking at the rear of my car...
@@RestoreIt Haha, you did some good work though! turned out amazing! Im excited to see your E30 when its fully done and restored, Im a sucker for those old BMW's
"it was so messy i lost my shoes" what on earth happened 😂
Oh God, it was so bad. The stress, the mess, the stickiness of this stuff is unmatched 😂
although I would recommend cutting out and removing the old and replacing with new metal. This will probably hold up for a couple years. Personally I would metalwork and replace rust with new metal, then a GOOD epoxy primer. it last for a very, very long time. either way, it looks good in the end. Hopefully the flexing the window frame will do, wont break the filler.
The good old "Lachssilber"...nice project, greetings from germany.
Hi mate. Excellent end results, but one nitpick, that being those rusted areas on the boot lid should have been cut out and new metal welded in. Body filler isn't strong enough, even with stainless mesh underneath.
He mentions that in the video.
Rust is like a plague unless you cut it out completly is goimg to come back no matter what you do to it. But he did do a hell of a job
Hi Steve, this will be one of my all time favourites of you working on the rear end of car.
I agree you opened a can of worms alright, as a beater this can be a common sight especially if the owner neglects it, your good at what you do, in saying that I'm 100% certain upon completion this car will recover back to its best.
Keep up your good work lad, but more thank you for the great entertainment, no doubt I will re watch this one a few times.
Regards
James.🇦🇺💝
9:52 This is a Silverfish (Lepisma Saccharina) ;D
Pál Hankó I’ve never seen one that big before but yeah it looks like a silverfish.
No, this is BMW Spy Bug, (BMWissimma Spyina) ;-)
Don’t seem to see them these days. Used to get them a lot in the bathroom of the old farmhouse I grew up in (circa 1980)
@@mr.airgun6921 they are starting to come back in Norway sadly, alot of them where I live
@@knut5748 they are usually in the cellar or in bathrooms they love wet rooms
Каждый раз когда смотрю твои видео ,поражаюсь твоей аккуратности и мастерству.Успехов тебе в твоей не лёгкой работе.
еще б сваркой работать научился и перестал шпаклей в таких количествах пользоваться)
@@user-rz2ug3fc1b ага, я когда видел как он замазывал крышку багажника, аж сердце кровью обливалось
она дырку закрыл сеткой и замазал шпатлей. данная деталь просто не будет иметь никакой прочности. он голый метал кислотным грунтом не обработал....а на голый метал шпатлю положил, через 2 три года будут рыжики и розочки. это полная лажа а не реставрация. я даже так машины на продажу не делал. так только самые вшивые перекупы делают, только вместо мет сетки они ложат ткань и задувают шпатлей.
Он полюбому переведёт твой коммент)))
@@yarikkhotko4436 Техника перекупа
Man you are my hero. These videos make you rethink your whole purpose in life especially in this day of consumerism; use it, throw it away and buy new.
Hi Dear
I'm your follower from Iraq, You’re a genius. I mean it, A huge thank for you.
you are not alone 😉
saif yoyo , Hi my friend , where are you exactly 😉
@@candarescue9826 hello there my friend i'm from baghdad al rusafa side exactly 😘🖐🖐
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I didn't expected you to post such a long video but it's so awesome !
Keep it up !
wow, if you took that to any body shop here in the US, they would IMMEDIATELY tell you that the tailgate is beyond saving.
Because they charge by the hour and it's not worth billing 25 plus hours on an ancient rusted out tail gate... More than the car is worth.
Thats why i decided to be born in Spain
You did a good work. I remember doing this to my car (I'm at this level where I did even restore the wheel arches) but fortunately there was no rust :)
1:50 I was on fullsceen there! You got me, Good job!
Mate use ( POR 15 ) products !!!! On rust repair not bog /mud filler .you'll get the same issues again
He used another product. It won't come back. 12:36
I agree. His process is good.
@@redbug3485 i really doubt it, from personal experience i can say that same exact rust returned after 2 years. At this point best you can do is cut damaged parts out and weld in new metal. And obviously primer first, filler second, then primer again,.
@@909blablabla and por is expensive all resto guy use it . Best thing there is .
@@_i-kr6eg I used por prep and paint, been ok so far, only time will tell, in Scotland it rains a lot;(
Incredibile job.Wonderful.Thank you for the great video.Mitar
Great video, had to wait over an hour at the airport so this came at a perfect time!
Nice job dude. A lot of work there but looks 100 times better for it. You need to get that booth done and give the full car a blast over..👍
The tailgates are the worst! Mine is superrusted, I'm happy it doesn't show on the outside!
I'd donate to get this bloke a welder, only going to make his videos and skills better imo
I know this video is a few months old, but I have to say that watching it brought me back to my Auto Body days back in the mid-to-late 1990’s. Sanding, welding, bondo, primer, , masking, guide coat and some good old fashioned PPG paint in an ancient HVLP gun. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and considering what you were dealing with and what you had for tools and supplies, I think you did pretty damn well! Thank you for that trip down memory lane!
I love your videos. they show us something as human beings. it shows that attempting things, patience and being patient with the process does pay off in the long run. Thank You!
BMW E30 best ever classic 80's vehicle/ CLASSIC BMW ever made . FACT !!!!!
Love the AC Schnizer on the plateholder
I know this take alot of time to make it, but i am loving it when i see 1 video is online :) keep it up
I've been waiting so long to see the car running. You did a great job. I love how picky you are on every single detail of the car. This is a true restoration of a car.
The backside on that is looking cleaner than a baby's bottom! Big thumbs up! Keep up the fantastic work!
I wish the E30 wagons didn't have to be imported into the U.S., and that they made them here so they would be cheaper
Curtis Jones since 1994 most BMWs for sale in N America are built in Spartanburg SC.
I just spend just one german school lesson for this video and I fuckin learned 200% more than in any lessons Ive ever had.
Fantastic ! - can hardly wait to see the rest of the car done . Superb - love restoration
Thanks for the hard work, thanks for the long video in one part , and thanks for the nice montage .
Thanks for the comment Mojave! My pleasure.
You must have sprayed clear *caot* over the *gorund.* Good thing you caught it.
I think this is a really good home video of doing a short time repairs for anyone who doesn’t have access to a welder. Nice job mate Should be proud
Dayum man, good on you for giving this a go - brilliant effort really. Liking how your trying to salvage bits and bobs. Looking forward to how the rest will go!
Un largo camino tomas más sin embargo tu proyecto terminaste
Me gustan tus vídeos saludos desde México
Great job you do it Successfully. Cheers
It’s pure fun watching your videos! You are fun to watch and satisfy my OCD. :) seriously. Great job. Can’t wait to see more. Wish I had a BMW for you to work on. I’d ship it to you and wait for the Magic to happen!
As we keep watching this project unfold, it dawns on me (as a joke obviously), I'd heard of some guys having an intimate relationship with their cars... but you, my friend, can truly claim to know your car, inside and out...
Paint doesn't matter, what matters is the painter is he a professional or OK and you look like a professional paintor
What are you listening too? I have been smashing different podcasts especially like How Stuff Works, in between music while working. Also that came out looking mint as!
gaz south are you Australian
@@Leeoh949 close, a kiwi.
Must I’d admit when I saw how rusty that tailgate was I was into minds to how this will turn out but hey I have to say you did a cracking job mate well done!
Hi mate just watched your video I'll take my hat off to lad big job to tackle if you ain't done this kind of work before done a good job very proud of you 👍
The car is the same age as me, but luckily I've aged better.... I think 😉
It looks like right rear blinker flood is leaking.
That attention to detail is why I love watching your vids. Keep it up!!
Your sincerity and thoroughness in how you tackle the job is commendable. However I do hope you are spared the heartbreak of seeing the rust bubbling through all that hard work. I know you will be SO glad you learned how to weld in new sections of steel on your next job. Good luck.
I love your videos so much ❤👑
Great video, you're like the Primitive Technology of car videos. Really dig it. And a question. FCPeuro have touring specific parts?
As usual you outdid yourself!!!! Fantastic work mate!!!!!!!
I really enjoyed this video. Watched the entire thing with great intrigue. We're hopefully sending our e30 to the shop for rust and respray, and really thankful that this video gave me a foretaste of the full extent of the work needed. Greetings from South Africa, home of the 333i and the 325iS #Gusheshe
Seniorita very helpful :D
The perfect paint job is one big run.
Came out very nice. It really freshened the look of the whole car.
Thats great job! I have 36 years old car) And learning with your videos, how to restore it)) Thank you very much for all yours excellent videos)
I'd be on the lookout for another tailgate bud. While a good job, that will rust again. Should be able to find a rust free one in Spain?
Why in Spain? He can probably find one I England
@@alexstromberg7696 One in Spain would be in a lot better condition than a UK one. His own was in the state it was because that car spent all of its life in the UK until his recent relocation to Spain.
Just imagine after finish everything, you found 1 piece of screw from the rear end part.
51 minutes and I did not go forward one time, to be honest I re watched parts of the video. Great Job dude, looks awesome.
Perfect man. I folled in love for this touring.
Oh boy...
(Just want to clarify that I don't bash you for no reason, I like your other videos very much!)
#1: Ear protection! My dad told me to be careful about his ears, because he got tinnitus. Guess what? I didn't listen. Now I also have it.
#2: DO NOT USE STEEL MESH FOR A REPAIR!!! This is the equivalent of chicken wire and bondo. Guess what? No one appreciates having to fix that can of worms it creates, when it prematurely fails. If you're going through all the trouble to repair that trunk, why not do it the proper way? Not saying you're bad at what you do, you do a lot of things in impeccable condition, but this?
#3: Why no primer at all behind the bondo? It will rust really fast, sadly from inside out this time.
he wears the protection he finds convenient, thats his problem
the mesh looks aluminium...yes its not a proper repair, shoud have patched the rotted sections.....
you are not supposed to use primer before bondo....you apply filler(bondo) to the bare metal, then sand it down,then high buid primer, then wet sand it. then paint...dont comment if have never done bodywork, confusing people with potato logic
@@MrHBSoftware How nice of you to not assume I work in a dealership with the biggest bosyshop in the area. Bondo is like a sponge, if it gets any kind of moisture, it will draw in moisture and infect the bare metal. If you want Bondo to survive for decades, you put primer before Bondo, to encapsulate it.
Besides, how the fuck don't you know that aluminium and metal will corrode due to galvanic flow?
I live in a country with one of the highest rust rate in the world, so we know what we have to do to keep our cars on the road without having to redo repairs every 2 years.
@@Tobberobbe97 sure sure...what do you do there?clean the toilets?..first thing first there is no single serious workshop that uses bondo...bondo is a "supermarket brand". maybe if you named it filler , poly filler or polyester putty or something like that....mayyybeee i could take you serious...but no.. SECOND WHEN DID I SAID THAT THE part would not corrode because the mesh is aluminium? what matters if the mesh is steel, aluminium or even made out of wood? the cars trunk will corrode simply because filler cannot be used to cover holes, it cannot be left exposed to air...the mesh doesnt matter, galvanic flow of those 2 parts when incapsulated in filler will take a millenium to corrode the part, forget it....the problem is simply the filler being left exposed behind the repair... you never did professional bodywork that iam SURE
@@MrHBSoftware Neither did you. I'm a VW/Skoda/Audi tech at a dealership. Until you prove you're anything more than a little shit sitting at home with nothing better to do, then you can stay quiet. Speaking of bodywork, aside from working 10 meters away from the body shop, I spend my free time renovating my car.
And Bondo is just what I call it in English, so it's absolutely irrelevant, you're just fishing for things to argue about.
Pm me a picture of you in a body shop, and I'll pm you my shop. If you can't do that, you can fuck off.
Those rust converters usually say they work as primer also, never used it though, just what the bottle says.
Lol. Couple months late for april fools days. Haha
I'm a simple man. I see E30 in your title, I like.
I really love the restoration that people doesn’t notice but make huge difference to me, awesome job as usual. 👍🏻
Next time use fiberglass body filler on the parts you put the mesh. It
will be a lot stronger. Other than that really good job as always (edit again lol. I don’t know how to read apparently. Said fiber glass body filler right in the can he used)
I did!
Restore It looks like I don’t know how to read lol. Your fiberglass filler looks a lot different than what we use in the US. It looked like regular body filler to me. Well my mistake! Good job!
There was a lot of missing metal after you'd cleaned off the rust. Too much to just use filler
indeed.
He used fiberglass reinforced filler with SS mesh, that’s stuff is strong, if there’s enough material 1/8” or more. It is not the same as regular mud. I’ve used the stuff on a fiberglass boat that flexes and pounds all day long and it’s held up for three years and still going.
Working on getting a MIG and TIG as mentioned in the video. Just wanted to get this done as water was getting into the car.
Your videos are so helpful! Thanks to this and many others I've been able to rebuild so much of my Touring so thank you!
i love what you've done and I love the E30 touring
i think we can find common ground ^^
Alright, you got 50 minutes and 30 seconds out of me...Yeah I'm aware that this wasn't the full length of the video.
Buy a proper welding machine, cut out rusted areas and weld repairpieces. Rust is now still slowly eating your trunk lid away under the bondo.
If moisture and air isnt able to get to the metal it can't rust. I agree though its certainly a lot of work to go through to not just weld it and it definitely won't last as long.
@John Smith Rust is very tenacious. If it is only on one surface and you've removed all that you can and treated properly, you may have a chance, but on seams and places where you can't treat the other side (most of the rust seen here) it's going to come back in short time. But kudos for the effort
Excellent vid, well made, no shitty music, good length and a conclusion (as opposed to a part 2) all in all a very goodaddition to your site.
Keep doing this stuff , its awesome. Cant wait for another !!
Restoration good but you need to weld where is rusted out
I'm working on the welders!
@@RestoreIt always can go learn it but anyway - fantastic restoration. 👌🏻
Good job! The rear of the car really needed a re-freshing.
Herculean task with awesome results. Congrats!
It’s great seeing the progression of your tools and skills from this video to your more recent ones restoring the windshield panels on the Mercedes.
Is the move from Suffolk (it was Suffolk right?) to Spain permanent?
I wou.d have just walked away from it haha! as soon as you can see through the rust, into the car, I'm out!
how does someone work without talking to themselves and without music. you're a madman. love your work
Super Nice. Love the one side at a time.
@Restore It I thought you had a 325i saloon in beige? What happened to that one?
i'm also curious. because that one is way better.
I think he has two E30s because one of them took too long to repair so he had to get another one xD
I luv ur vids, but disagree with a few choices u made. Nice work tho, looks a lot better
Top job mate and despite your amateur status, it’s come out better than most “professional” jobs that I’ve seen. Guess it’s always different when it’s your own car and not a customer’s.
Can’t wait to see you do the rest of the car now 😃
That was a great video! Thank you for sharing your work and thank you for not playing any music! Great work!
There are two things I have learned to never to assume, the condition of an old car from the outside... and recently, a persons gender from the outside...
You are so right. People are doing themselves up so much now that you sometimes don't know whether they're a boy or girl. Girls, pink, dresses and long hair. Boys blue, jeans, and short hair. Now it's makeup everywhere, longhair all over the place it's mad.
Мы в свое время такую же халтуру делали для продажи. Я думал,что англичане делают качественно...
так он написал, что это первый раз для него... аж собрались мастера
@@ssenoaki какая разница,первый или пятый? сейчас есть интернет и можно,как минимум,посмотреть,как делать те или иные вещи. раз уж взялся что-то ремонтировать - то нужно делать качество,а не фуфел.
It's so satisfying to watch, man. Brand fucking new. Great job! Keep it up.
Literally a good restoration