I must admit, I haven't watched your videos in a while, but that's entirely because I'm petrified of what I'll be getting myself into when I eventually move my E30 inside to do similarly extensive rust repair. When that time comes though, this series is going to be priceless for me, so expect a thank you comment on every video lol.
@Filippulya5 күн бұрын
I like the moment when you show the before and after. It allows us to appreciate the scale of the work done at the end of the episode.
@ShaneSemler5 күн бұрын
I think anyone who has taken on a large project can empathise with the various setbacks, incomplete knowledge, inexperience, etc. Repairing the repairs, head-slapping moments of of realising you should have caught that oversight, but through it all, you keep pushing ahead. I love this series because you’re up front with the struggles. In the end, I think it will be beautiful, and I look forward to seeing it all come together.
@vmoutsop4 күн бұрын
I'm sure if a video goes for upwards of an hour, especially for this channel, I don't think many people would complain. It's always a good to watch the work even if the video is long. The longer the better, in this case.
@Watchyn_Yarwood3 күн бұрын
Don't be embarrassed! Be proud of how far you have come and all you have learned and accomplished along the way!
@dan7253 күн бұрын
Oh man I’m glad you’ve fully recovered from your injury. Do be careful going forward! Yet another wonderful episode full of satisfying metal work!!! I just love seeing how your skills have progressed over the years! I subbed when you only had like 5 videos on your channel haha! What a ride it’s been!
@javbw5 күн бұрын
“Flap Disc to the bone” make all my fingers reflexively curl up. Every project has a little blood spilt for it. Keep up the great welding work!
@rickfulton23535 күн бұрын
well done Sir. This has been a great journey since 2018
@M1LAD815 күн бұрын
Fantastic work, Steve. I've been waiting patiently for your next video. Your welding has come a long way been watching from near the beginning of your channel. I hope your finger get better soon. When you described the accident I felt physically sick! Looking forward for many more vids at your own pace of course! Great stuff!
@bobfrankish88836 күн бұрын
Always nice to see a Restore It video pop up. You're doing really well. It shows that you can do a good job without a bead roller and shrinker/stretcher. I have done a lot of very similar work, and to be honest, it is quicker to make complex shapes by welding a few pieces together than spending hours making hammer forms and messing about trying to get it out of one piece.
@jacobmay75943 күн бұрын
When doing such short welds like spots. It can help to hold the weld for a full second, youll get better welds that sit more flush with the metal and require less welding. The video seems to show the tack for a split second, try holding for double that time. Additionally, making sure your welding cable is as straight as possible, this makes the spot welding more consistent and predictable. When your learning its best to remove as many variables as possible to make it easier on yourself. Great work thus far!
@nealnaz5 күн бұрын
You've come a long way. It's amazing how well you have incorporated Tony's techniques and Welding Repair of rust. I think this might have been one of your best videos with the narration and editing and showing what you really had to go through to get these areas dressed. Very impressive.
@neillee17924 күн бұрын
Your doing a brilliant job mate
@williamlee73713 күн бұрын
Fitzie would be proud of your panels
@jeffhammond89695 күн бұрын
It's never embarrassing to show a progression of skills learned. You have taken on a huge project and I believe you are doing wonderfully. Maybe get someone or company to provide you with a bead roller and shrinker/stretcher?
@mix1806Күн бұрын
I think he should get one, because for some such simple piece 20:30 should be done as one with few cuts for bending and then being tacked and smoothed out, and not with 100 welds at bend i might sound mean but that's just giving yourself more work
@Devastator05 күн бұрын
Always a good day when a Restore It video gets uploaded! Love the work that you're doing Steve, even though you need to shed some blood and endure the pain to bring us content lol. Keep up the great work that you do & can't wait for the next one!
@13cbt135 күн бұрын
When I first started watching you, we were both living in different countries. Now we seem to be both living in the same city! I just bought 20 tickets for the raffle. If I win, it'll mean so much to me since I've been watching you ever since the beginning (and watching the progress on this as well!)
@joe_ferreira5 күн бұрын
E30 welding asmr. This video is amazing!
@spyderman19645 күн бұрын
You're doing good work. Keep it up!!
@someguy45765 күн бұрын
Man, what an amazing bunch or repairs! This thing will be mint once it's done!
@michaelskinner8965 күн бұрын
Wow, nice long episode! This was well done and included a "sh*t-ton" of work. Loved watching the progress on this and looking forward to the next episode.
@Aaronmcgrattan5 күн бұрын
Excellent progress. It's been great getting to watch you improve over the course of the videos
@Trainwreck11235 күн бұрын
I really enjoy the videos where you voice-over your work. I guess I'm in the minority on that but thank you for doing it this way sometimes :)
@DrMJJr5 күн бұрын
HALLELUJAH ANOTHER EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!
@dhes28095 күн бұрын
A lot of work tackled there mate. Great job.
@nicksimadis20865 күн бұрын
Fantastic work!
@llloyd45 күн бұрын
"...should be the last welding video, I am sure of it." Famous last words. :D Great work so far. This BMD will be a right beauty when your done with her. :D
@Zka914 күн бұрын
Great Job!
@angrymannumber15 күн бұрын
Don't be afraid to hold that trigger just a tad bit longer, even on your tacks.
@spencereagle11185 күн бұрын
Whilst the application of seam sealer on 24 hour old epoxy was fine in terms of adhesion, if leaving more than a couple of days max (look at the epoxy spec sheet) you will need to scuff up the epoxy areas with a scotch brite pad before applying spray underseal, otherwise it will peel off in sheets. Love watching the progress.
@dr.hermancarter48695 күн бұрын
Man you are awesome👍 good repair
@arnhemseptember20095 күн бұрын
Big job again, but well done!
@1leggeddog5 күн бұрын
Bang up job mate. But you're going a bit overboard with some stuff. No one is gonna notice brushmarks for the seam sealer 😂
@rabnawazkhan18375 күн бұрын
You are doing great .👌👌.one thing you didn't put any weld through primer between two joins might cause corrosion later
@amdstrollo3074Күн бұрын
I've seen vehcor use an air chisel to remove old panels, I feel like it would save you a lot of time splitting apart old panels and spot welds.
@nathanwright85985 күн бұрын
I feel your pain. I recently took half the skin off my left index finger with the wire wheel while restoring an old two post lift. Not an enjoyable experience.
@AutoMotivate4 күн бұрын
Bruh, your luck will come through. Keep on chugging bro
@christopherwright17955 күн бұрын
Great video , the repairs you did could have used folded repair patches , so you didn’t have to weld an edge all the way down , it is difficult especially if not straight but makes for more of an authentic repair , it does take a lot of skill , time , and waisted pieces but is very satisfying when you get it bang on
@barthanes15 күн бұрын
So you take out the rust and put the metal back exactly like it was before so it can rust out again in exactly the same way. You plug weld it to simulate the spot welding done at the factory, but the discontinuous weld lets the salt between the panels. The only reason the factory spot welds the panels together is because it's the cheapest way to do it. If you made a continuous weld or removed the panel overlap, it would be much less likely to rust out again. If you had removed the panel overlap on the front left engine covering plate you could have made the patch in two pieces, maybe saved yourself some welding, and greatly reduced the chance of rust in the future. But it wouldn't look exactly like factory.
@barthanes15 күн бұрын
Don't get me wrong, you did a great job putting it back exactly like factory. But BMW payed a whole army of engineers for years to design in those failure points which you perfectly recreated.
@ThaMythbuster4 күн бұрын
What you're forgetting is that back in the 80s, the products they used for rust protection were of totally different quality compared to today. They didn't use weld-through primer in between panels, Epoxy primers have come a LONG way, and so has seam sealer and cavity wax. On top of that, when this car was new, it was just a regular car, it was driven year-round in all weather and still lasted 30+ years. There's only very few people that would do that with a completely restored rust-free E30 nowadays, it's very likely it'll be someone's "nice weather car", so it will likely only see very little salt again. So even though he did create rusttraps like the factory did, his work will outlast the rest of the car very easily, and it should easily hit 30+ years again. By that time, traffic might be very different from what it is now, sadly. I don't think he should worry about what happens beyond that time, and if he does want it to last beyond that, simply getting the shell dipped and galvanized will do the trick...
@a-091-l2j5 күн бұрын
Finger accident sounds horrible, hope it's healed well🤞. Why did you remove the zinc primer? Wouldn't the zinc content be handy?Does it not stick as well as epoxy primer?
@H.A.L-90005 күн бұрын
I really appreciate your meticulousness and I always follow your videos with great interest, but if I may give you some advice, you absolutely must get a sheet metal bender and a shrinker/stretcher machine. You should not continue to create edges with two flat sheets to weld and grind, it is an extremely long job and presents obvious critical issues. My two cents
@nemanjazivaljevic16565 күн бұрын
It looks nice. But what about the hollow part? You could remove surface rust but how do you know if rust is inside?
@antesabic97284 күн бұрын
Hi steve,did you try to weld it With little bit higher settings,those welds looks little bit cold,and you have a lot to grind ,with hotter weld,you have a nice puddle ,and less pinholes to cover later,and it is easyer to grind away,and maybe you dont need to weld it from both sides...
@vampalan6 күн бұрын
get well soon! good to see you're not soaking your whole chassis in evapo rust, that would be silly.
@ilDek4 күн бұрын
"the new compressor for example, won't turn on if it's close to 0° as means of protection, which is nice, but a pain in the bottom if you're trying to get things done" 😁
@vietnammodeling6 күн бұрын
If your weld doesn't have to be structually strong, as on the cover plate, it's better to weld vertically downward. You can weld faster thus reducing the temperature of the weld.
@nitt3rz5 күн бұрын
If you think ordinary welding gloves are too thick, try TIG gloves; they're a lot thinner.
@reichartsworkshop3 күн бұрын
The sheet you're cutting your replacement pieces from, what thickness is that?
@RadekChlud4 күн бұрын
Hello, I think you are running the welder on low amps. It still seems like welds are too high. I started my welding process almost the same time as you, so I'm still a newbie, but I think when a welder is run on higher amps, less heat is put into the material (less time the trigger is pulled), and the penetration is better, but of course, you can't run it that high you would burn it through.
@briangreen66025 күн бұрын
Did you put any weld thru primer when joining the panels ?
@TylorSwain126 күн бұрын
Great video mate. What epoxy primer do you use?
@lancet-kinzhal-sarmat-su575 күн бұрын
I interesting restore land cruiser 100
@matthewnewsome92215 күн бұрын
Those gloves look like they've survived 2 world wars.
@donwilk75885 күн бұрын
So this might be a dumb question: If you spray the bare metal with an aerosol, what is the point of adding two part epoxy, as the paint from the aerosol is the adhesion film all the other paint will be dependent on and will be the weakest point in the bonding? Thanks.
@onogrirwin5 күн бұрын
"Sharpened" wood chisel... I feel like you meant "Dull to the point of worthlessness", at least from the point of a woodworker.
@tomipop85704 күн бұрын
Hello steve .i like how you work especialy the metal work And the welding its very clean I would like to join the lotery for the e30 What do i do?
@QuitProcrastinating4 күн бұрын
Jeeesus, get a freaking TIG already.
@DrMJJr5 күн бұрын
NGL Steven...after all these years, you've become fucking GANDALF OF WELDING lol
@vmoutsop5 күн бұрын
Wow, restoration from Hell. What a nightmare this has become and I can't imagine all the extra expense. Yikes!
@Сергей-ч1в8и5 күн бұрын
👍🏻😁
@ced64k6 күн бұрын
Nice video :) English is not my mother tongue and I didn't quite understand when you said *the techniques I learned from “Fixie Fabrication”?* Fissy ? Fexea ? Physi ? 😆 Thanks :)
@biryaniofbodyhair6 күн бұрын
Fitzies fabrications, it's a KZbin channel made by a great teacher whose techniques are probably the easiest to learn as he almost only uses very basic tools 💪🏼
@ced64k5 күн бұрын
@@biryaniofbodyhair thanks :)
@vannyboxadventures73276 сағат бұрын
I haven’t heard anything from the raffle team, I had bought tickets when it first went live not sure if they are still valid or what to do?
@tinman75516 күн бұрын
Oh wow Man 😮 I’m sorry to hear about your hand 🥴 I have two !! Tickets to win the car. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 I’ll be able to transfer them to the next raffle. I can’t say I’m surprised that there’s even more rust than you originally had planned for, isn’t that always the way though ? Remember the Mercedes w123 😱😱🤬 chin up mate. You’ll get there eventually and it will all be worth it. I have to say when you started talking about the cold, I had real pangs of regret for the garage in Spain 🇪🇸 🥰 Slàn Léath Anois.
@Cleveland.Ironman5 күн бұрын
Doesn’t the epoxy primer bond to the zinc rich primer?
@spencereagle11185 күн бұрын
It would, but you'd be defeating the object of epoxy, it gets far better adhesion direct to metal.
@Cleveland.Ironman5 күн бұрын
@ Thank you for answering my question. Does the epoxy have some acid in it to slightly etch the surface so the epoxy adheres better to the metal?
@spencereagle11185 күн бұрын
@@Cleveland.Ironman No acid, expoxy achieves its adhesion through a molecular bond to the metal surface, this is why your metal surface has to be super clean. It is also the reason epoxy resists moisture creep beneath its surface. If you chip powder coat rust will migrate beneath the surface, with epoxy it can't. Hope this helps.
@Cleveland.Ironman5 күн бұрын
@ Yes, it does help men to understand. Thank you.
@vampalan6 күн бұрын
Is this the same car that got sand blasted? Also wondering is this car bad enough to warrant a dip?
@freedomwriter19954 күн бұрын
You say you hate your current welding tool and yet you keep using it. Why?