# Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [December 25, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123 "2006-12-25T20:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 54
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1061 "2007-05-16T06:57:19Z")
oh, good shit. so wiring and finally assembly when u get it back?? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1062 "2007-05-16T06:58:53Z")
[quote=“boardjnky4,post:1061,topic:22123"”] oh, good shit. so wiring and finally assembly when u get it back?? [/quote] no. radiator mounting. then bodywork and paint. THEN worong + assembly. Also need to mount my seats and shit. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1063 "2007-05-16T07:03:24Z")
yeah, ur better off getting the body work done first. a lot of work to go still. any ideas on how ur gonna tackle body work? what do u need to get done on the body? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1064 "2007-05-16T07:09:20Z")
[quote=“boardjnky4,post:1063,topic:22123"”] yeah, ur better off getting the body work done first. a lot of work to go still. any ideas on how ur gonna tackle body work? what do u need to get done on the body? [/quote] Some small dents and a small bit of rust. The underbody needs to be soada blasted, then painted. The antenna needs to be shaved and the sunroof needs to be glassed. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1065 "2007-05-21T11:17:09Z")
Just kinda thinking out loud here: The car can’t go in to soda blasting until the end of next week. This means that during this next week and a half i need to accomplish the following: - Mount new radiator. - Fix the two rust holes on the rocker panel - Shave the antenna hole - Glass up the sunroof opening If time permits, i can also: - Fit the dash/cut around the cage - Mount new seats - Building a surge tank While the car is at the blaster, I plan on - painting the valve covers - Installing the new timing belt - Building a fuel rail - Installing new water pump, thermo, etc. - Machining the manifold Then, once the car is back from the blaster, I need to: - Paint the underbody w/ a rattle can - Primer the engine bay - Remove front and rear glass - Minor bodywork - Install new fenders and fit fender flares - Paint suspension components and install new suspension - Paint roll cage Then the car has to go to paint. After paint It needs to be finished. This includes things like: - Mount fuel pump - Fuel lines, etc - WIRING (big task) - Carpet - a whole bunch of other shit that’s too far out to think about… I’m sure i’m missing a ton… ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1066 "2007-05-21T11:31:22Z")
thats alotta shit. …but just think of where you were in december. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1067 "2007-05-21T11:32:23Z")
[quote=“cky89,post:1066,topic:22123"”] thats alotta shit. …but just think of where you were in december. [/quote] yeah… it’s really not a lot. It is, but i’d like to think that a lot of the hard shit is out of the way. Most of this shit is just labor. ---
**Author:** ![FiftyCheven](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fiftycheven/32/4950_2.png) [@FiftyCheven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FiftyCheven)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1068 "2007-05-21T11:37:12Z")
[quote=“newman,post:1065,topic:22123"”] Just kinda thinking out loud here: The car can’t go in to soda blasting until the end of next week. This means that during this next week and a half i need to accomplish the following: - Mount new radiator. - **Fix the two rust holes on the rocker panel** - **Shave the antenna hole** - **Glass up the sunroof opening** [/quote] I havent read through this entire thread yet, so i dont know your whole game plan, but out of curiosity, wouldn’t it make more sense to do the above things _after_ the car gets soda blasted?? So far, everything is turning out great though. ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1069 "2007-05-21T11:38:13Z")
yeah i hear ya. that wiring is gonna be a shit mess the whole time. good luck with the remainder of the project. really cant wait to see the finished product. :tup: to someone actually having an idea and completely going thru with it! ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1070 "2007-05-21T11:39:40Z")
[quote=“JuicedGT,post:1068,topic:22123"”] I havent read through this entire thread yet, so i dont know your whole game plan, but out of curiosity, wouldn’t it make more sense to do the above things _after_ the car gets soda blasted?? [/quote] Well, i am only having the underbody/engine bay soda blasted. The paint on the rest of the car just needs to be roughed. I just want to get it out of the way. i won’t apply bondo before the blasting though. just welding in the metal and putting the glass in the cracks [quote=“JuicedGT,post:1068,topic:22123"”] So far, everything is turning out great though. [/quote] Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![FiftyCheven](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fiftycheven/32/4950_2.png) [@FiftyCheven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FiftyCheven)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1071 "2007-05-21T11:44:35Z")
ahh ok…thats why i asked…i assumed you were getting the whole car blasted. all makes sense now. gl with it. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1072 "2007-05-21T11:45:19Z")
any pics of the car as it came back from the chassis shop? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1073 "2007-05-21T11:46:12Z")
not yet. ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1074 "2007-05-21T11:57:17Z")
this thing is going to be such a pile of rice ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1075 "2007-05-21T18:36:33Z")
Quick pics. Built the lower radiator supports, but a bad call on a bleeder screw location is going to require a minor change. The cage needs to be changed. The door bars hit the shoulder bolsters on the seats and the harness bar needs to be moved back a bit, but Vito said he will make the changes for free. Holla. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01829.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01829.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01828.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01828.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01827.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01827.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01826.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01826.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01825.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01825.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01824.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01824.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01823.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/ctnewman2/DSC01823.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1076 "2007-05-21T19:12:19Z")
not complicated enough 😛 ---
**Author:** ![antosh87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@antosh87](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/antosh87)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1077 "2007-05-22T14:07:15Z")
sick role cage!!! ---
**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1078 "2007-05-22T14:32:49Z")
how come you didn’t run your two rear roll bars into the node you have by the top of the B pillar? not enough room to slide them over with the rear shock towers? ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1079 "2007-05-22T14:42:51Z")
are you keeping the awd??? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/1080 "2007-05-22T14:46:44Z")
[quote=“turbociv,post:1079,topic:22123"”] are you keeping the awd??? [/quote] well played. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=53) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123.md?page=55)