The Project by edlocke

By diyauto
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6 minute(s) of a 34 minute read

1-18-2011

The Project 


Compliments of edlocke @ http://www.mye28.com


1-18-2011

So a few months back I purchased this M5, at first I thought the car had too much rust but after getting the car home and on the lift I was wrong...its very contained and fixable which I'm doing now. So here is my photo story of bringing a M5 back to life. 


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Typical rusty areas for Eastern cars. 


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The Tear down...

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A lot of man hours have gone into this project...more than I expected it would take to tear it down and get things ready for repair. 


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"To Punish and Enslave" sticker on the LR window?

Yeah, I never got around to asking the PO what that was all about....I think his ex-wife put that on the car  :laugh: 

It is a project for-sure...but I'm going at it one piece at a time....it helps not to look at the whole car [or mess]. Its not going to be an all out queen but rather a nice driver.

Also I've started to put it back together but the pics I have are from the new iPhone 4 and they are way to big is size....I'm working off iPhoto on my Mac and it doesn't give you a way to lessen the size. I'll take my trusty little digital up with me from now on and capture the build.  ;)


I'm trying to replace the needed items and along the way make it look decent. Rear subframe bushing are new. I bought trailing arm bushings but my mechanic friend said the old ones were like new so I didn't bother. He mentioned they seldom ever need replacing.

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I'm using the POR-15 product. Its a bit of a hassle when you apply all 3 steps that they recommend......but I figure if I'm gonna do it ....I'll do it right. Over the POR-15 I'm applying Rust-O-Leum Spray on Bed Liner...its tuff stuff.  


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