by fistfullofV5's » Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:52 pm
Hi,and welcome. It's always nice to see another Firenza on the forum. The question of whether or not you should tackle the job yourself is a difficult one to answer as only you know your welding skills. What I can say is that the a post is made up from several overlapping panels. You will maybe have noticed that some areas are double skinned,and it's likely that you will have to cut away good metal to get to the rot. You sort of have to work from the inside out to replicate how it was originally made. You'll need to make templates and to be able to picture in your minds eye how the individual sections go together. I've done similar repairs on my 2000sl,and it took time and patience to get right. It's not a job that I'd like to undertake without a garage to work in either. I would recommend you to Google Tony BMW to get a brilliant example of how it should be done. If you believe that you can do it, you'll save a lot of labour costs,and learn a lot about your car along the way. It is very rewarding to restore your own car,but you have to be honest with yourself about what you can and cannot do. Apologies for babbling on and I hope I've been of some assistance. Whichever way you go, good luck. That's a great looking Firenza.
Dave.