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  • 3 months later...

Well it's been almost 4 months since anything on here...had the MOT recently though.

She passed and came back with no advisories :) well pleased considering her age

 

There has been progress and I have been uploading photos to my OneDrive since December so pictures are on the way, just need to get them on here in one big chunk! hopefully tonight stays free :thumbs:

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As promised...it's been a while so to start, last December saw myself digging around in the garage for the bro's 2 salvaged XXR wheels, this was just a test fit so I could picture some aftermarket alloys on the car and decide on a look...

 

 

 

 

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They look nice but will definietely need lowering if I was to go ahead with any sort of nice alloys. To be honest these definitely looked good but they are not to my taste, I prefer thicker style spokes

 

 

 

Nismo sticker for the oil cooler

 

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Package from Tarmac turned up :)

 

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...hood dampeners and a Tomei Clutch Line

 

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D1 spec oil cap in purple B)

 

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Back on smarting up the interior I decided to attack the reflcectors in the doors for a nice little touch

 

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These turned out really nice back on the car, much better than the red :)

 

 

 

Side repeaters were already black but I had used plasti-dip on them, this gave a matte look. Decided to strip them back and buy some e-tech tint spray for a more black and gloss finish

 

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Before:

 

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After:

 

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Z badge came off the rear pillar, stripped the chrome off (absolute pain!), in primer...

 

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Sprayed anthractite :thumbs:

 

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Package from Clarke Motorsport had also arrived

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LED rear facelifts - these went straight on!

 

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Needless to say they look miles better and take years of the cars rear end :cloud9: plus as a bonus when I brake reversing safely onto the sloped drive at night the front end of the house it illuminted! Visibility is much improved :lol:

 

 

 

 

More rubber with new tyres - Falken 523s. Fitted on the rears to match the fronts

 

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Finally got round to getting another aluminium template cut for the centre blank button :boxing:

 

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A mod wich some may not like but it cost me no more £15 and completely smartens up the interior...footwell illumination.

Everything was connected up, insulted and the tapped in behind the ciggy lighter.

 

I cannot for the life of me get a good picture with my phone, so this is as good as it gets. Slight blur and major exxateration of brightness evn though it's on the lowest setting, you get the idea:

 

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In regards to its operation, rather than wiring a switch and potentially having to drill into the dash somewhere I simply bought a wireless transmitter with remote. Surprisingly considering how cheap it was, the remote works perfeclty with plenty of adjustments for brightness levels. The lowest setting is perfect for being always 'on' and does not distract at night at all.

 

 

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More stuff turned up...engine bay conduit, cadburys spray and a spray gun attachment. I think I have a problem with just spraying anything that can come off! :unsure:

 

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Continued...

 

Something I had my eye on for quite some time was soon ordered and recieved. Again I wasn't wanting to pay top dollar for a GoPro as this is solely for acting as an in-car dash cam, it just happens to rate very well on the dashcam forums. Reviews are very good, quality is on par with the GoPro3...but it costs 3x less, more functionality with it's settings, smaller and lighter :)

 

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'Wide angle lens' version of the Mobius Action Cam :thumbs:

 

 

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Got to say I'm blown away at how small it is and how good it is! The wide angle lens is perfect inside the Zed, records sound very well all in 1080p or 720p. The customisation on it is endless and developers are always adding more as time goes on.

It currently mounted inside the car, set to record when it detects power (ignition), will record continously and then when power is stopped (igntion off) it will continue to record on battery for about 1hr 30 mins.

 

 

 

 

and to finish just some random pictures :)

 

 

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Been busy! good to be back up to date on here though :) Hope you guys like it

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Well last weekend I was down Kaizer for her P3 service, all good and well :thumbs: faultless service as usual, old girl needed a new battery though.

 

 

Today I found half a can of VHT aluminium spray lying around in the garage, so thought right, lets tart up the grey faded looking plenum :lol:

A full can would of been better but half just about did it, it's no pro job but looks so much better than it did (no before shot!)

 

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Coffee in hand waiting for it to dry in the sun :snack:

 

 

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All done :) Engine cover since put back on

 

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Not a bad afternoon :thumbs:

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What did you do prep wise before spraying? Kinda want to tart mine up now :lol:

 

Used what I had lying about buddy...so probably not the best method.

Wet soapy rag to clean any surface grime off, then used some light sandpaper all over quickly. Cleaned with a damp cloth after and let that dry.

Warmed the can up and got to work with light coats all over :)

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So after lots of looking around and curiosity, Zeditus brutally kicked in and made me get the last two considerable things to pretty much finish the car off...hopefully that's the end of it :lol:

 

It's been a 'live on the 'essentials' type of month, that said, I'm far too excited :cloud9:

 

 

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Had this lot sat in my room for over a week, finally fitting it all this weekend :thumbs:

- and many thanks to the guys who chipped in on the wheel advice thread I posted!

 

more pics to follow...

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Long weekend but managed to get the new wheels and coilovers fitted :thumbs:

 

Completely transformed the car and given it a new look. Lost some un-sprung weight with the new wheels and she handles great :) on top of the fact it looks so much better than before...

 

New wheels were fitted and balanced Saturday, along with the new wheel bolts

 

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Sunday came. Waiting outside the workshop at 9am, maccies breakfast, ready for a long day B)

Standard ride height:

 

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Mate turned, opened up shop and we got to work for the day!

 

Ramps make life so much easier...

 

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Not many action pics on progress as we had our hands dirty cracking on with it :) First attempts on the front and rear took quite some time however once we had done it and knew what was coming the other side took less than half the time (plus they had more time with WD40 soaking into all the bolts we had to remove)

 

 

Rears done with anti-corrosion spray and copper grease on the rings applied:

 

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Fronts in progress...

 

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Let him crack on for a bit :snack:

 

 

 

All done and car lowered back down

 

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Car was then washed whilst the BMW was in for a test fit of it's new wheels :thumbs:

 

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All done, closing up shop, ready to go home :wiggle:

 

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Coilovers set to full soft for first 100 miles, rear height set to a safe level, arches being rolled next month.

 

A productive and hectic weekend, very happy with the end result, transformed the car!

Just the semi-smooth oem bumper I have in the garage to be sprayed and fitted and I'm happy to consider it done (bar the little bits of modifying here and there) :)

 

Hope you guys like it

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