EP. 12 My BMW E30 Restoration - Rear Valance Replacement (including rust repairs)

Hi and welcome to my channel,
In this video I will be replacing my rust damaged rear valance as well as completing many other repairs to the affected area.
I also took the opportunity to use the twin exit exhaust valance from the 320i-325i variants as I will be using a similar exhaust. The touring shape panel is NLA at BMW but luckily I only needed the lower half to complete my repair.
Time Codes:
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Marking out and cutting valance
2:47 - Removing rust affected pieces
7:00 - Making repair pieces
9:08 - Cutting new valance and mocking up
9:58 - Preparing area
10:51 - Welding in pieces
12:09 - Welding in valance
14:13 - Applying primer
14:35 - Outro
Products used include:
Repair panel: www.schmiedmann.com/en/produc...
DINITROL Converust RC 800
MIPA EP-Grundierfiller EPOXY PRIMER 2k
U-Pol Weld 2 Primer:

[@zackellis23]

What a great video! My e30 is heavily rusted in this area. I didn't really know what to expect until now. Unfortunately, I think my repair is gonna be a little harder than I originally anticipated... Thanks for the video and amazing work!

[@BadE30]

I was caught out too really, but lucky compared to some with serious boot pocket damage. Good luck with it! Thanks

[@zackellis23]

@@BadE30 I appreciate it. Im gonna have to keep an eye on your repairs so moving forward I know what im getting into lol

[@dhilankerai3585]

Amazing repair your welds have improved tremendously

[@BadE30]

Thanks Dhilian. Starting to get the hang of it, I’m sure I’ll master it by the time i finish! Haha

[@fastboy8315]

exellent work,well done :))

[@BadE30]

Thanks!!

[@h.e.9783]

Respekt!

[@BadE30]

Thanks!

[@tomsrensen3906]

Awesome work. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@BadE30]

Thank you!

[@thedownshiftchannel]

Great work man

[@BadE30]

Thanks my man. More to go, but I’m keeping the motivation up

[@xelad6159]

Great work as usual

[@BadE30]

Appreciate the comment😎

[@briangreen6602]

Lot of work, nicely done.
Valcas Garage or E30 Garage Norway are both reproducing a lot of repair panels, such as the two boxes on the underside for the jack and battery.

[@BadE30]

Thanks Brian. Yes I have seen their design, but I am not to prepared to pay their kind of prices when I didn’t need the whole piece! They have monopolised that sector making it quite hard for most people to do repair work.
I know they are looking to make the touring rear panel but luckily I don’t need the upper part

[@xelad6159]

@@BadE30 I agree they are totally overpriced

[@denguefever9489]

Welding getting much better. I'd be a tad worried about adhesion on the primer though. Have you performed a wetting test on any areas?

[@BadE30]

Thanks! No need to worry, this is a proven epoxy primer with great adhesion to bare metal. I used this paint from recommendation when I completed the underseal removal. Very happy with it

[@denguefever9489]

@@BadE30 Did you key the metal after wire wheeling? Wire wheeling polishes steel and lowers surface energy.

[@BadE30]

@@denguefever9489 yes it gets whizzed over with the flappy wheels or belt sander to key the area