BMW E46: Subframe Restoration. Part 6 - Final

[@999juice_e46]

looks absolutely beautiful!

[@mekanic3769]

Thanks man

[@TheXCobra11]

RESPECT!!!!

[@mekanic3769]

thanks)

[@АлёнаБубенко-о6ч]

I want a guy like you for my car 😅 Brilliant work! 👍🏻

[@mekanic3769]

😏

[@4nish1993]

Brilliant stuff. It’s never ending with these E46’s. I bet there is still so much left to change and restore lol

[@mekanic3769]

Hah)) true)

[@VectorBlandt]

Hey man, when can i see you on the road of the city of Mogilev ?😃

[@mekanic3769]

hehehe) already. near Kazimirovka Park City time to time)

[@silvanodrigo8024]

Quello che fai su quella e46 e perché ne sei innamorato un lavoro che in BMW rimangono stupiti

[@mekanic3769]

Thanks)

[@iain4853]

Looks great, keep doing more videos. It’s worth the effort. I’ll be working on my 330ci this weekend. Your example looks cool. Respect from England. ❤👍🏼🏁😊

[@mekanic3769]

Thanks for your warm words) good luck with your bimmer)

[@rensvanbreukelen3762]

Your channel is gonna be massive one day, amazing quality. I was super surprised you had so little subscribers!

[@mekanic3769]

it would be cool. thanks)

[@СавваМорозов-з2е]

Отличная работа, приятно посмотреть! 🛠️

[@mekanic3769]

Спасибо за приятный комент)

[@СавваМорозов-з2е]

@@mekanic3769 посмотрел все серии, с умом сделано! Сейчас те же самые манипуляции произвожу.

[@mekanic3769]

@@СавваМорозов-з2е Удачи вам с вашей машиной) Если есть драйв можете кинуть погляжу)

[@irelmo69]

My E85 is destined for this treatment. I'm buying everything second hand, then refurbishing, so I can replace the entire assembly in one. I don't have a garage and it's my main car for now so, this is the way 😊 Great work though man! Kudos to you 👌

[@mekanic3769]

Ohhh, it's hard without garage. Good luck with your car man)))

[@rafakondziela8656]

Awesome work and guideline! 👏I'm doing exactly the same work right now on my E46. A good hint would be to finish refurbished suspension parts with dry wax to make them last longer 😃.

[@mekanic3769]

Thanks) didn't think there is so much 46s under repair)

[@redimprezana008]

Do the rear subframe bolts just float? The holes in the rear subframe bushings are so much larger

[@TheSantisabe]

This is awesome man I am planning on doing same exact job on my e46 323ci

[@mekanic3769]

Thanks man) good luck with your car

[@mekanic3769]

awesome cars respects good care

[@stijn9957]

i had exactly the same thing when doing the parking brake cables, i couldnt get them out, couldnt get them in, and when i had them in, they had to be the other way around. I had to do it on the ground in the rain.

[@mekanic3769]

Ooooh fuck)) nightmare. Did you secceed after all?

[@stijn9957]

@@mekanic3769 yes but it did take longer than, i thought it would.

[@VladasZ]

Hello! What do you mean final? When part 7??

[@mekanic3769]

i need less relieble car for that)

[@VladasZ]

@@mekanic3769 hello, when car 2?

[@danyvanali2607]

Looks great! How many Newtonmeters for axle shaft tightening at 34:44 ? Thank you

[@mekanic3769]

Thanks. Ohh man, sorry i don't remember

[@davidkunas6932]

Beautiful 🙏👌🤩

[@mekanic3769]

Thanks)

[@MMoilane]

where did you get the zinc bolts

[@mekanic3769]

There is a company in Minsk which sendblasted and zink plated it(and all other metal). I bet in every big city is)

[@ivanfilipovic3296]

any fear / thoughts on e46 chassis cracking if that is a thing that might come to haunt someday?

[@mekanic3769]

It was one of the main reason to start this job. You can check chassis conditions on the video. It is ideal. Because of that i leave it as it is. Usually this disease comes for prefacelift cars

[@ivanfilipovic3296]

@@mekanic3769 i have may 2000 330ci and it was propper fooked, it had cracks then someone welded plates on it, few years later close to 40 spotwelds holding RACP were blown off and detached. I cut up most of the car from inside like onion and repair all cracks, spotwelds and build crossmenber / strutbar from 60x40 and 50x30 steel tubes connecting mounting points to framerails and re done plates on under. Bit angry at myself i was sucker for PFL coupes and deemed FL ones not pretty enough

[@mekanic3769]

the same opinion about FL vs PFL. because of that i bought prefacelift headlights and fenders) still not installed though.

[@tcmalfredo]

Excellent, but how long did the whole project take, please answer, thank you.

[@mekanic3769]

Year. But it was in suspended state because of the life status. Actual work time i think around 6 months.

[@fabiang6095]

Nice 👍🏻

[@mekanic3769]

☺️

[@swifticy117]

What size compressor do you use.

[@mekanic3769]

It's 100L size with 680L performance. But it's overkill for this job.

[@swifticy117]

@@mekanic3769 what size would you recommend for sandblasting?

[@mekanic3769]

400+ performance with 100 volume. If you planning sand blasting maybe that's not an overkill then. I mean in video it was one time job with not much of a rust.

[@Alecsx1]

I see you haven’t welded reinforcements plates on the chassis, the poly bushings will rip the crap out of your chassis without reinforcement…

[@mekanic3769]

First. Not. Second. I did not install poly bushings. Third. Learn subject before leave a comment

[@Alecsx1]

@@mekanic3769 my bad, tought you installed poly bushings, but still you shoul ve welded some reinforcement plates while there

[@mekanic3769]

again, check PFL FL differencies. They fixed weak subframe mount point on FL chassis. And check how metal looks on my video. You would do more bad than good by trying to reinforce it.

[@relique2841]

So, what's next?

[@mekanic3769]

Did you watched all the series?)

[@jaiharman1]

One week later......... Timing chain snaps.....

[@mekanic3769]

good content event

[@eastsideofthetracks8311]

Wow those colors are ugly