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FwordM3
Club Member Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 309 |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2012 at 7:40pm |
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As I am changing my little motor and have finally plucked up the courage to spend some money on it, I thought I'd start this. There are a few rust issues on the passenger door and inner arches - these will all be done before the summer. In the sound department I have just bought a stainless back box - which is still in the box, I haven't even had a chance to take it out and have a look yet. My mate is coming back from Australia and on the 8th Feb and hopefully he will be able to fit it then. The wheels are MV2's which i don't like at all - new wheels have been purchased and were delivered on Thursday. They are also still in the box - haven't had a chance to look at them either!!! I will put a new steering wheel on at some point as i don't like the feel of the HGV style i have at the moment. I have added new discs and pads all round, engine brace, front corner splitters and mechanically it is sweet (touch wood). Some more little bits I have in mind but not sure about them yet - I will post pics up as and when the work starts. This is how the machine looks now..... A friend and myself put an exhaust on today, it took a good few hours but all went smoothly.... I reversed the car on to some ramps so we could assess all the good, bad and the ugly This is the exhaust we were fitting, T304 Stainless steel with DTM pipes These clever Germans - there detail is very good. In this picture you can just make out some rusty bolt heads that we would use, there are 2 different fixing points on the car!?! The 2 exhausts side by side We had to extend the thread on the bolts as they were too long - then we cut the bolts down to the correct size as the nuts have washers built in You can see the difference in thread length needed The bolts were to hang the exhaust and we needed to work out which holes on the exhaust to use - so we had a trial fitting The fit was spot on so now to get rid of the DTM rear. I wanted it to look similar to an M3 box so we taped up where to cut and off we went It was a little rough in places so a bit of fine tuning File off any burrs and ready to fit... Job done!!!! To me the exhaust sounds awesome on full throttle but it is loud in low revs.
fitted some LED number plate lights Pictures from tonight: Should have turned wheels the other way I know :roll:
this is the wiper i have on the rear, looks SOOOO much better! :)
Not the best picture unfortunately....
A fantastic and worthwhile change, great feel and got a brilliant punch to the face for my troubles when pulling the old one off
Just a selection of very basic photos to give you the idea, hope to get some better ones at some point. Booked in on Saturday morning for allignmemt. Any comments welcome. :thumbs-up: M3 Diffuser: M3 mirrors: As she stands now excuse the quality of the pics. Raid airbag steering wheel, brilliant to drive with!
As they were :disgust: Huge difference! Giving it a good clean Both in: All in and gave it a good wax before I put them in to protect the paint. A few rust patches were visible which i will get sorted. Cant stand that flakey brown crap!
Got these from Fes and put them on for gaydon, colour coded BBS centre caps to replace the Gold ones. They look really good in the flesh and compliment the car well I think.
Cracking picture!
I need to pick them up, get them sprayed and fitted but I'm in no rush. Chuffed to bits, genuine m3 side skirts
Goodbye fried eggs - they even work. I'll be a mechanic soon... :lol:
Leaving Players some dude took a picture of my car and Dips sent it to me, well done love it! So thought I'd share...
"] All bits for the Feb make over have been bought - I haven't looked forward to work being done on my car this much since I had my 5GTT!!! :D
Rear Spoiler
before: Short shift New head unit to play DVD’s
The inspiration and thought process for the mods and how I wanted it to look came from 2 cars – one was an e30 and an e36 tourer.
Strut brace ends colour coded:
There are still a few little jobs to do but the main parts are completed.
Here are some of the pics from the change over... Old disk set up Needed new brakes anyway :oops: The reason why the strut brace ends needed spraying: Changed the FSR ie; hedgehog: New bolts for the wheels: Close up: I did take a half decent picture of the spoiler I think:
had a little clean up of the engine bay today, bearing in mind that I didn't spend too long on it and it will need re-doing I think it has come out quite well. Original: A bit of this: and a bit of that: I think for a 1st attempt not too bad...
And finished with a coat of Poorboys, as I was applying this my little boy came over and said 'Daddy does that make your car go faster?'
As said, she went on the ramp today to find the rattle that was driving me insane... Going up ^^^^^^, the ramp is awesome - there are no issues with driving on to it as it sits level with the floor!!!! Having a prod and a push underneath it was very clear where the issue was. Had them spot welded to put them back in place, so when cruising along our lovely britsh roads I can't hear a rusty tin can going along. There are a few more issues to sort: I luckily found one on e-bay for £20
They don't look good at all, some may say that you can't really notice it but if you're not happy with something - get it sorted! So I will buy a rattle can and do the best job I can, but this may take some time I feel. People seem to have changed the look from the white to Ambers but I have never been a fan. It's all about the 'OEM' look. VIN Standard equipment
With getting the wheels coloured gold I had black valve caps so wanted a more colour coded theme and found some for a really good price that (I think) match quite well. I also tried to sort out my wheel nuts with limited success as they look crap again so I will have to spend a little more time on them. Wanting to get the car looking as good as possible for Gaydon the following needs to be done:
Not being happy with the paintwork as I find little scratches etc I looked into getting a very low cutting compound that I could get used to. Found it really good and has given the finish I was looking for. The paint is in no way perfect but now I can start understanding what differences in cutting there are. I did clay the car before hand to see what's what (perfect timing Dips!!! :D) Not having the Camera with charged batteries I had to use my phone - it is very difficult to show the difference but this is prep work for Gaydon! Also I like to keep the wheels clean and have been unimpressed with the bottles i have purchased so got what I thought would be a good product. These are the best bottles I have ever used for sheer quality output without leaks or parts breaking - seriously impressed!!! All in all quite a productive day...
As I said in an earlier post I wanted to clean the bottom of the headlights and the surround as it was looking grubby. To do this properly I had to take the lights out, which meant a bit of DIY – I’m not the best!
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DJ Syxx
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One of my favourite tourers. Great how this car has changed over the years and has gotten better and better
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FwordM3
Club Member Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 309 |
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Thanks man, the big work starts....soon - ish???
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DJ Syxx
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And that I am very much looking forward to |
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dips
Club Member Joined: 15 Jul 2009 Status: Offline Points: 85 |
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not me lol
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FwordM3
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Don't be like that...
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ACarmichael
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is a great looking car. Mind you I don't want to hear of any fisticuffs between you and dips at next years Gaydon
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FwordM3
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Thank you very much, and there's no danger of that! Is there Dips...
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dips
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never mate ................ |
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