Flares revisited.

Ive gotten back to hacking up this classic automobile. Totally going to rice it out. After these flares are done, im thinking roof spoiler, trunk triple decker spoiler, and wings coming out of the doors, and lots of neon lighting.


Ive temporarily riveted one of the rear fenders on. Im kinda dissappointed with the fit as not all of the body lines are correct, and it was fiberglassed too thick in the rear, so I had to cut into the trunk. Also where it tapers off in the rear is not the correct boy shape at all. Luckily I have time and patience so it will look nice when done. I have about 8 rivets holding it on. I will drill a bunch more holes for future rivets. Drill these ones out then apply the epoxy resin. Reinstall the flare and put in lots of rivets. Im using a wide head rivet that i am going to try and countersink into the fender a bit.



Heres the shark looking thing. Its been welded to the inner fender and bent to shape to match the fiberglass fender flare. These tabs will be pushed out more to mate with the flare. I will epoxy them to the flare, then cover the surface with fiberglass for a clean, sealed look.

Suspension progress.

I've been trying to get all the suspension together but missing parts, wrong parts, and no money has been slowing me down. Front suspension is almost done. 300# H+R springs sitting on custom Carrera coilover sleeves. Bilstein sport shocks for a vw rabbit(shorter body) with a custom spacer in the strut tube to make it work. Collar nut that comes with the struts will not work, Bilstein factory is the only place i could find that would sell me the 2002 nut, so think about this ahead of time. Lee's Massive rotor hats cant wait for the rest of the brakes. I cant wait to be able to afford them. Havent completelt settled on camber plates, but I will most likely go with the KMAC stage two adj. camber plates for the front.



The rear suspension is starting to come together. Sway bar has been coated with aluminum color por15. Still waiting to hear back from Bilstein on their recommendations for shock valving. I will be running a small body bilstein strut with coilover sleeves. Waiting on 320i inner cv joints so the axles will bolt up to the differential. Also need to pick up some spacers.