Over the weekend, we took care of the last major sheet metal work on our BMW 2002tii. We stripped the accumulated layers of crud off the backside of our front fenders, painted them with Eastwood’s Rust Encapsulator paint, and mounted them on the nose of the car. While these are mainly bolt-on fenders, they required some welding at the front upper corners. This was the last major bit of welding we needed to do to get the car ready for a fresh coat of paint.
We’ve also been looking over the original trunklid. Our conclusion: We simply need to replace it. There’s too much rust in the inner and outer skins to make it worthwhile to fix. We found a better trunklid at Import Carlisle that, oddly enough, is close to the color that we want to paint the entire car. Not that this matters much, as we’ll be sanding it down and respraying the car entirely.
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