Cut out everything i need to

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock) 07/20/2016 at 05:08 • Filed to: None

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Time to weld up the e36. The rust isnt all too bad for a 20 year old car that lived its life near the coast. (The primer will be getting cleaned off, i did some of the cutting last week and needed to protect it in the mean time.)

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 07/20/2016 at 05:16

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Is there any rust around the filler cap?.

kanadanmajava1 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 07/20/2016 at 05:55

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I haven’t noticed that E36s have so weird sills. But it should be quite easy to fix with a decent MIG welder. Is the right side better?

One week ago I got nearly free ‘96 Laguna with some rust damage in the left sill. I decided fix it with my workplace’s pulse MIG instead of the regular that I have using at my car club. That was a really bad idea. I did the most horrible weld job that I have made in years.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 07/20/2016 at 06:04

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Na nice and clean thankfully.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > kanadanmajava1 07/20/2016 at 06:05

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I have a pretty cheap MIG so the welds arent at all pretty but they are strong. Since its only the underneath portion of the sill im not too worried about it.

kanadanmajava1 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 07/20/2016 at 06:29

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Strong is better than pretty in those places.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 07/20/2016 at 06:33

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That’s always a good sign. Some E36s I see have rust around the filler cap.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 07/20/2016 at 06:59

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Coming along nicely! It’s a good idea to stick some weld-through primer on both sides of the metal prior to welding in patches. A lot of people weld a patch in, paint the outside then wonder why it rusts through again (bare metal on the inside).

Waxoyl would be a good addition as well, provided you don't need to do any more welding to that area!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/20/2016 at 08:22

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I sprayed primer up through and theres actually a small opening at the front i can use to put a spray nozzle in to coat it. Even weld through primer just seems to burn off for me and ends up being not all that useful.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 07/20/2016 at 08:59

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Yeah seems to have been looked after. This rust was hidden under the front panels so hard to blame the PO for not catching it.