M5 Wicker Bill Project

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In this video I work through the process of building a Wicker Bill to fit on my 2002 E39 M5. This car has undergone a transformation into a track only racer. For this project I used 1/4” Lexan readily found at Home Depot or Lowes. I had this sheet left over from cutting a windshield for my Can Am. I used adjustable splitter rods from Amazon mounted with rivnuts in the trunk sheet metal. On the rear I cut up pieces from the sheet metal removed from the hood to fit my louvers. I bent this sheet metal to the shape of the upper trunk lid and drilled holes to mount again into rivnuts. The Lexan was sanded with 320 grit to give it an opaque look. If you notice at the end of the video there's a small crack on the passenger side. I think the washers I used were too small and caused a stress crack. I replaced those with larger washers on both sides and will test it as is and report with another video down the road.

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Tools/Hardware I use

Hydraulic Crimper—https://amzn.to/3NEuMMe
Rivnut Tool— https://amzn.to/3E8yIlv
Rivnuts— https://amzn.to/3hioDcs
M8 Hardware—https://amzn.to/3t1G3Nl
Welding Lead—15ft Stinger replace original lead on the Omnipro—https://amzn.to/3T92bzR
#2 Gauge Welding cable used to make custom ground— https://amzn.to/3zOqBb4
Welder https://sovrn.co/18v3bjr
Hood https://sovrn.co/w3zomq7
Welding Pliers https://sovrn.co/1dveocp
Welding Wire, 0.030 in. ER70S6 MIG Solid—https://sovrn.co/5u1iezz
Angle Grinder https://sovrn.co/111vc6jFlap Discs https://sovrn.co/11a3eus
Cut Off Wheels https://sovrn.co/0sp9unl


Car Parts
Truck Latch— https://amzn.to/3UqFLf2
Adjustable Splitter Rods—https://amzn.to/3UQXz2N
Aerocatch Hood Latch— https://amzn.to/3A5d4Mz
Splash Panels— Head to Ebay
Lower Grille assembly with aluminum duct openings
https://www.ecstuning.com/becsparts...
Brake ducts—
Left https://www.ecstuning.com/bgenuineb...
Right https://www.ecstuning.com/bgenuineb...
Fog light bezel with duct port—https://amzn.to/3FMM3Rt


Video Equipment
Canon T3i— Link to newer version— https://amzn.to/3G3LV03
Sigma 1020 45.6 Lens— https://amzn.to/3DWRaMn
10 year old tripod and mount.
Go Pro HERO7
Microphone Insignia NSDLMIC10P—

Editing Software
Adobe Premier Elements 2019
Adobe Express
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Apple Motion 5

Editing Talent—
Almost none. Hope to build that with time :)




TAGS
#BMW, #splitter, #Wickerbill, #wickerbill, #Wingdownforce, #aerodynamics, #M5, #E39M5, #E39540i, #E46, #e46m3 .



Side note— This DIY is not intended as instructional content. It is merely entertainment for you to do what you wish with. I’m just a guy with an awesome beard playing in his garage.