From a free pile of rust comes a complete build - Now with 100% more VR30DDTT!

[brndck]

Originally Posted by projectsupra

I'm pretty proud, first time TIG welding anything and I'm feeling pretty good about the results, definitely cooked a few spots and blew a hole or two.
Had to sharpen my tungsten at least a hundred times, guess we'll see how long it holds up.

THIS was your first time tig welding??? holy shit i suck.

ALSO who made that carbon bumper bar???

[projectsupra]

Originally Posted by Snilssson

Absolutely wild build, I am always in awe of people that have the skills and time to do something like this. Cant wait to see it rolling!

Thanks! Skills maybe, but time is basically nonexistent now that we have twins.

Originally Posted by brndck

THIS was your first time tig welding??? holy shit i suck.

ALSO who made that carbon bumper bar???

I doubt I'm any better than anyone else with the torch, but I have been MIG welding for near 20 years so it's not like I'm unfamiliar behind a hood.
My first few TIG welds were truly awful though, luckily I had a few tube cutoffs to practice on first.

Bumper is an E46 M3 rear that I split in the middle and widened a little.
I almost put an E63 M6 support on instead, they look really cool but the shape isn't right.
I planned to carbon reinforce the whole thing but now that I have a gas tank covering the suspension I'll probably just throw an original support and rear bumper on.

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by projectsupra

Thanks! Skills maybe, but time is basically nonexistent now that we have twins.

It only gets worse? I wake up at 5:30 am on the weekends if I want to get any decent amount of time in on the car before my twins wake up?