E46 Cleaning & Paint - Underside Restoration pt.2
2023 ж. 18 Ақп.
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Time for a good clean and paint of the underside of the car before i start restoring all suspension etc
Subframe was indeed cracked once i got the dirt washed off
Time for a good clean and paint of the underside of the car before i start restoring all suspension etc
Subframe was indeed cracked once i got the dirt washed off
Great work from a home mechanic. Good to see the routing of brake lines and petrol which you never see on other videos👍
Thanks you for the kind words:)
Really thorough job, great work. I do recommend applying a lanolin based rust prevention, like Wool Wax, Fluid Film or Blaster Surface Shield. That way you won't have to worry about doing this again.
Thank you for the advice:) I agree it would help keep rust away. The conditions this car will see it wont make much of a difference. And i remove the dirt and rust prevention because it makes every job more tedious when its still there. Its a weird kink i have. The underside and suspension needs to be mint lol
@@OEMplusRESTO I live in what's considered the "Rust Belt" in the US. They heavily salt the roads here in the winter. Without rust prevention the cars look terrible after a few years. The rust prevention is definitely not pretty, but better than rusty.
@@skrsys they salt the roads where i live as well. So i never drive my “pretty” car in the winter and very rarely when theres rain too. But yeah.. cars quickly look like shit when exposed to that salt and winter mush
Where is tha cleaning subframe ?
Super godt arbejde min ven 👍
Im really impressed of the frame condition underneath. How its even possible for 20yr car? Looks like its never saw a winters. Good job Tim💪🏼
Thanks again my new friend:) this winter when i cant drive the car the rest of the underside will get the same treatment. I still need the front:)
Hey, found the video via your link on reddit today. I am doing something similar on mine at the moment. As for the bent jacking pad, no one jacked the car wrong, the jack did not slip, that is simply another design flaw in the E46, I see a lot of them that have it. The outer part of the jack pad structure is not strong enough to hold the weight of the car and bends upwards. You can fix it by cutting a hole around the jack pad area, pulling it back straight and reinforcing it with some kind of triangle structure so it is attached to the inner part of the jack pad structure, I hope that helps.
Thank you. I did not know it was a weak point. I will try and adress it with your approach then. I just need to attend to a few other things first:) what model are you restoring then?
@@OEMplusRESTO My Phoenix Yellow E46 M3.
@@bmwfnatic5899 super cool. Is there any place i can follow the build?
@@OEMplusRESTO Not really, never really have time for it, if you have instagram or something I could DM you some pictures if you are interested.
@@bmwfnatic5899 would very much like. Rare color. I’ll return later with my IG as i cant remember it in top of my head(im at work now lol)
What kind of paint is that?
Its called hammerite. Im a big fan of it. I use it both as a primer and a paint at the same time. 2 or 3 layers and ive never had issues with rust developing after that.