by "Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
Published 11/21/2017 at 13:49
by "Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
Published 11/21/2017 at 13:49
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While I admire this guy’s dedication and workmanship, I still think that the world would be a better place if this car had just been crushed. Also, his “donor part” eerily looks like some half or quarter cut from a stolen vehicle that got stripped. Pretty sure BMW doesn’t sell them like this.
Saw a news item a couple weeks ago that BMWs, Audis etc. that got crashed and written off in the US sometimes make their way to these Lithuanian body shops and then end up on the German used car market. They had some guy with an A4 he had bought a few weeks prior which was such a repaired US write off. Scary shit.
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
11/21/2017 at 13:58, STARS: 0
Oh my, the 7 Series uncrashed is already one of the most unreliable cars out there...
"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
11/21/2017 at 14:00, STARS: 0
Hey, Mr. N53B30! Don’t speak badly of our Bavarian overloads.
"swaptastic" (swaptastic)
11/21/2017 at 14:20, STARS: 0
This video and the one showing an entire outer door skin made from body filler gave me a new level of fear for valuable used vehicles.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
11/21/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 2
I’d be willing to bet that car actually came from the US, I think I spotted a “Copart” sticker on the windshield early in the video.
I didn’t watch the entire video, skipped through some parts of it, but to be fair, he’s doing the repairs right. I’m more fond of digital/laser measuring than tram measuring for structural alignment, but it can be done that way. He’s replacing panels and sectioning at proper locations, as opposed to just pouring body filler on roughed in metal and sanding to shape (I looked at an Abarth Punto when I was living in Europe for awhile that must’ve been 500lbs heavier than normal with all the body filler...)
The used quarter panel wasn’t necessarily from a stolen car, either. That’s how a used quarter from a salvage yard comes, cut through the rocker at the rear door opening, through the sail panel, and with about a foot of floor/inner structure. He got both quarters as opposed to one, but if he requested the rear body, or the right quarter was damaged, it may have been easier to clip the donor car that way.
"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
11/21/2017 at 14:41, STARS: 0
He is doing great work, but I still doubt that the car regained it’s full structural integrity in case of another crash. There’s an awful lot of bending inner panels back to shape with hydraulic presses going on.
"Jagvar" (Jagvar)
11/21/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 0
As others have mentioned, it seems like he actually took the time to do everything right. That being said, would I buy it? Gosh no.
"sony1492" (sony1492)
11/21/2017 at 14:54, STARS: 0
Junk yards will cut out large sections of a chassis for this kind of repair
"sony1492" (sony1492)
11/21/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
Junkyards will cut out large sections of a chassis for this kind of repair
"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
11/21/2017 at 18:17, STARS: 0
Yes but the issue is, would you know that all of this was done if not for the video? Some shady seller could simply say “repaired from minor accident”. If the car ended up with a salvage/rebuilt title, it would look the same on paper with this much rebuild the same as a frontal collision that just deployed airbags that were too expensive to fix under insurance. A REALLY shady seller could find a way to clean up the title and then you would never know at all.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
11/22/2017 at 07:10, STARS: 0
that was a good video.
"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
11/22/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 0
You have to agree.
"dannyzabolotny" (dannyzabolotny)
12/06/2017 at 18:28, STARS: 0
This guy must have insanely cheap labor rates for it to be worth doing so much work...