BERYLLIUM BMW 323ci.

[robola 46]

This will be the piece that comes between the exhaust pipes.

First I made a model out of wood.

After that I covered it with a couple (4) of layers polystercloth. Once this was dry, I had a weird design.

I managed to delude some friends by telling I was making a glove-compartment to hang under the rear bumper.

You must admit, it really looks like one

These are 2 hockeysticks I made out of MDF. If you can see what’s underneath them, it’s not hard to figure out what’s next…

[masterbarber]

Sick job..... you are a god pro. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

[robola 46]

These are the 2 hockey-sticks I sawed out of 12mm thick aluminium.

Afterwards I taped them on to the MDF model, and milled them out with the copy-mill.

You can see the lines in the aluminium, which indicates that the mill has had it's best time.

Mounted-in another mill, to round up the piece.

Once this was done, I polished it all with some sanding paper.

[robola 46]

Then I started milling the other piece.

Stretched it all nicely, and let the mill do her job

Here you see I left some of the aluminum there.

I did this on purpose, so that when the piece cools down, it won't bend. Once this was cooled of, I milled the rest away, and tucked the rest away with the wood graver.

Then I sawed out an aluminium slat from 4mm, and gave it the same rounding of the bumper.

This slat will get underneath the frame.

[devil4u2c]

I need a new note book. lol Very inspiring build.

[killallblue]

i bow down to u

[robola 46]

I took the bimmer to the technical control today. I was really curious about their reaction on the exhausts, you never know.

The CO-test, which I feared the most, was OK. After checking the lights, they checked the bottom of the car.

They were checking out the exhausts, with 3 people. 2 were looking at it from underneath the car, and one was looking at it from the back.

I kept myself quiet and cool, and moved myself to the background.

When I had to take the car outside again, I asked my questions. They told me that I got around the law perfectly since I mounted everything onto the original exhaust. So everything was OK, and my car got a green card! So I did a victory dance…

Now what’s left to do is to put back the dust covers on the wheels, and glue my front windows, and we are good for another year.

The piece that comes between the mufflers is aldready covered in carbon fibre, with the needed amount of epoxylayers.

Now this should be abraded firmly, and then it’s ready to get some layers of clear coat;

The hockey-sticks, and the fine strip, are gone to get chromed. These parts will come back Friday !

The end is near…

[sphinxbccp]

The end is near…

ive been fearing those words coming from you... I DONT WANT THIS TO END!!!!

[robola 46]

Here a peek behind the scenes about how the quad’s are mounted on the car. You see I took my time to isolate it all against the high temperatures of the exhausts.

You see the tubes are mounted on the original exhaust. On the upperside, and underneath I fastened a little M6 screw.

That’s it, and it’s locked tight.

You can see that I sprayed the blue heat-wrap black on the exhausts.

So the left-side looks a bit more clean when you’re looking from underneath it.

The tube on the foreground is the one that goes to the right.

On the rightside, you can see I fixed a rubber where the exhaust hangs.

I made a sloth in there, so I can arrange the height when necessary.

The is the inside of the bumper. I cleaned and degreased this properly.

Then I glued in some heat-resisting cloth.

I tested this cloth First. I heated it till a temperature of 660 degrees (celcius) during 10 minutes, and you almost didn’t see it.

[ptcary]

I check in on this post every few weeks and it gets even more amazing each and every update. You have a true gift/talent and every detail is incredible.