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The following information discusses certain restoration suggestions based on how the car came from the factory and based on "bmw2002faq" member suggestions that they made while restoring their cars. All parts of this are open to discussion in hopes of coming up with a reasonable budget to get all body parts painted. This is the best way for me to communicate where the car is at the moment and where I hope it will go.





Pictured above is a 1976 BMW 2002 with the color I would like, Malaga, color code 021.



The hood and the trunk lid are similar in how they have a skin on top with a framework underneath. To stop the skin from "drumming" against the framework, flexible urethane foam is used to fill any gaps. I have removed most of that from the hood while the trunk lid retains most of its foam. Both pieces will need to be addressed before painting.


There are some areas on the hood which have surface rust that needs to be addressed.


The doors have considerable rust on the inner sides and framework. Most of the outer skin seems okay except the driver door lower, back corner. I need to know if the doors can be repaired and what it would cost so I can make a decision. Should I look for new doors or not?


An area for concern is the underneath of the car from the differential mounts (See "Underneath and Rockers" section) to the rear taillight panel (at bottom). Between the driver rear quarter and the spare tire well also needs attention. There is a lot of surface rust that needs to be treated.


As seen in the introductory picture of this website, the car has no suspension. 1.5-inch square, 1/8th inch channel was used to make rectangular frames with locking wheels and then attached to the sub frame. For transporting and extra support, one long piece of channel (not seen in picture) connects the front and rear carts.


Schutz. What is it and where does it go? Unterbodenschutz is German for undercoating. See pics below. I will use "schutz" to mean undercoating.



The following six pictures show examples of where schutz was applied to the car from the factory. These are older pics and the schutz has already been removed.





Rockers had schutz in black



driver Back, Schutz Stops here just to right of bumper support



Driver side back corner



Passenger side rear quarter shows schutz to the lip of the fender



Passenger side back



Where chin spoiler meets body, schutz starts



sides of the trunk get schutz as well as the inner wheel well and shock tower



Gas hole side, inner wheel well and shock tower get schutz.



The trunk firewall gets schutz as well as the floor in front of the spare tire well and gas tank cavity.



schutz on outside, bottom back of fender. Click pic to enlarge.



schutz from the nose AREA INTO the wheel arch back to the "A" pillar. Click to enlarge.



Where there is POR15 and seam sealer in this pic of the rear wheel well also requires schutz.



The inner side of the outer front fenders get some schutz. The vertical part is an attachment point so it gets a thin gasket.



The schutz on the rocker panels was black while the remaining panels were painted over with the body color. I would prefer that after schutz is applied, all panels (including the rockers) be painted the body color (Malaga). Where else is it applied?


Schutz starts at the transmission tunnel and underneath the floors at the bottom edge of the firewall and continues to the back of the car. See pics above for schutz in the trunk area. The inner wheel wells and shock towers get schutz as well as the trunk firewall. The rear taillight panel, the spare tire well, and the support for the gas tank do NOT get any schutz. As seen in the above pics, old schutz has not been removed from the side of the trunk yet. All the wheel wells (wheel arches?) get the schutz treatment (see pic for example on the front wheel well).




Joining front fenders to the nose



See the driver side front fender below. At the factory, the seam between the top part of the fender and the nose was filled in with lead. It won't be necessary on this build as body filler will be okay. The bottom seam has (shown in yellow) no requirement for filler since most of it sits behind the front bumper. See also the pic of the front of a finished car.





Left front fender showing (in red) where body fill is APPLIED AFTER being attached to the car.



Join at top of fender (circled in red) has body fill.The seam at the bottom remains visible as there is no body filler.



WHere do we need paint and what kind



Body color will be applied in the interior based on body shop recommendations. At the factory, the wheel wells were sprayed with the final color. The underneath of the car from the firewall back received only overspray from the wheel wells and the bottom parts of the car like the rockers.


What you see in these pictures is what you will get from me. Parts not seen in these pictures will include brackets and other pieces used to attach doors, hood and trunk lid that will require paint.

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What paint should we use? I am open to suggestions on whether to use two stage or single stage paint. I plan to drive this car a lot once I am finished. I may show up at some local "Show and Shines" as well as BMW club meetings and outings.