Rebuilding A BMW E30 325i Sport | Part 1 - Making The Chassis Great Again

Video Sponsored by Ridge Wallet: https://www.ridge.com/RESTOREIT Use Code “RESTOREIT” for 10% off your order In this episode, episode one of the chassis restoration. We drag the rotisserie into the workshop and blast it to remove all of the surface rust. I also show you a brief history of how the car got to its current state. Once most of the rust was gone form the areas I wanted to work, I cut a few bad bits out thinking I would quickly go back around welding them all up. This was not the case! Each piece was a challenge for me as this is my second time welding a car chassis. I decided to focus on one area. That just so happened to be the front left tricky jacking point. Four different panels meet at this point. The jacking plate was missing because it rusted right off. I remove a lot of material and replace it piece by piece until the hole was gone and the weld was watertight. I still want to go back over all of the welds I have done and make the whole thing more flush, and I will. This episode took a lot longer than I thought it was going to which is why I left it where I did. Join me next time when make and add the jacking plate and move onto another area on the chassis. *AFTER I POSTED THE VIDEO* Just to clear a few things up for those who want to know. I am now using 0.8mm solid copper with C25 gas. I'm going to start running bigger beads along the seams and I will take on all the advice that I've been given in the comments, thanks to everyone for that. I'm also grinding back the galvanization off of the sheet metal before welding it. So don't worry about me dying just yet. I'm going to try making as big of a piece as I can and stop doing these small bits. I will be bracing the chassis with some metal bar so to keep everything where it is. I have another grinder on the way with some wire wheel bits to save time as well as a few metal forming tools like a shrinker stretcher etc... Thanks, everyone for the help its really appreciated. Thanks for watching! Subscribe with the bell on to see this car back to factory condition! #restoration #BMWE30 #carproject Thanks to FCP Euro for supplying parts for this restoration and supporting the channel. Get a lifetime guarantee on all parts here - https://hubs.ly/H0kPPZW0 Get a Shop Manual for Your Car: http://shrsl.com/1rdef (Available for Most Makes and Models) #Engine #BMWE30 #Restoration Tools & equipment used: Rohr 250Mi-11 Welder - https://bit.ly/33mkOGP Quartz Lacquer - https://goo.gl/8PTVKM Base Coat Paint - https://goo.gl/mWhufG Rust Remover - https://goo.gl/13gopW Rohr 250 Welder - https://bit.ly/33mkOGP U-Pol Weld Through Primer #2 - https://bit.ly/2qL38ak Fast Mover 1kW Infrared Paint Dryer, Stand, Timer - https://bit.ly/2WYR9jJ Workbenches - https://arborgardensolutions.co.uk Moldex Full Face Mask - https://goo.gl/NNYGrv FGL 5 Spray gun - https://goo.gl/Acg5rd A.N.I. R150-T Mini Spray gun - https://goo.gl/cHTJS2 Colad Washable Overalls - https://goo.gl/3Css9E Colad Mixing Cups - https://goo.gl/8DYmE8 Colad TurboMix Sticks - https://goo.gl/cYZfks Colad Synthetic Paint Strainers - https://goo.gl/H79ZgL Steel wire bits - http://geni.us/keyaD Blasting Cabinet - https://bit.ly/2GxvKJ7 Blasting pot - https://bit.ly/32TMnrU Cordless Ratchet - https://bit.ly/30YNlkG Parts Wahser - https://bit.ly/2K5G9wA Rotary Tool - http://geni.us/HGed Concentrate Degreaser - http://geni.us/yUn9 Mannesmann Socket Set - http://geni.us/HCDZ Time Stamps: 00:00 – Moving the car into the workshop 00:43 – A brife history of the car 02:13 – The Chassis as it is before I have done any work on it 02:33 – Removing the surface rust 04:13 – Sponsor – Ridge 05:06 – Properly blasting the chassis 06:38 – Cutting out some of the rust 08:43 – Removing some of the undercoating 09:13 – Doing some plasma cutting 09:53 – Starting the welding on the side piece 11:58 – Adding in a piece of floor 13:15 – A visit from the boss 13:44 – Measuring a piece of the firewall 14:05 – Cutting that piece in two and welding it in 15:03 – Forcing the piece into place and welding the corner 17:23 – Persuading the piece into place 17:48 – Adding the last piece of floor 18:09 – Drilling holes to plug weld through 18:28 – Welding in the last piece 20:44 – My welding gas problem 21:04 – Cutting and welding a few thin areas 22:02 – Adding U-Pol zinc primer to protect it for now 22:05 – Showing the progress so far 22:37 – Thanks for watching Follow me on Social media to keep up to date with videos and behind the scenes. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/RestoreIt My Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Restore__It My Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RestoreItCha... My Instagram Page: @RestoreItChannel PayPal Donations: Restoreitchannel@gmail.com Discord I now also have a discord server if you want to chill with like-minded people and maybe learn something new. https://discord.gg/vNmCBk9

Added 6 May 2026