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Been fine tuning the body gaps over recent days, chuffed with the final result: I then ordered some new exhaust rubbers in preparation for fitting the exhaust sometime soon: The old ones looked in good order, but when you compare them to the new ones the difference is tremendous! You can...

My best man Jez bought my headlights back today after giving them the full on refurbishment, they looked bloody brand new!!! So I could make a start in getting the front of the car back together: Just the grille and bumper to go back on at the front of the car now... :cool: Thanks for...

Simply Lovleh! 👌

Dug out the Gay-Tec exhaust today I'm going to fit to the car. It's a used item so It needs a bit of TLC before I fit it. I got hold of a 4" Polishing wheel set some time ago, that you can use with a small grinder: You can see that after a few minutes work, the exhaust looks a lot better for...

Im not going full bone stock on this one, but wouldn’t take much to switch back if needed sailor

get the car Geo checked after it’s all back together, then you can check everything is tickety-boo..? If not, they can adjust it then

Not really, only say 2-4mm looks more than that when you’re wiggling it..

Made a start in prepping the wheels for the refurbishment tonight. A few hours rubbing / wet sanding down and I went from a wheel that looked a little grotty, to a wheel that continued to look grotty 🤷🏼‍♂️?? I’m holding out hope that the filler primer should fill any more perfections...? 😬...

Hi @DomP182 , Interesting you ask that question, I measured the positions bushes in the rear beam accurately before I removed them, and gave the accurate dimensions to the garage who pressed the new bushes in for reference. When it came to fitting the rear beam back onto the car, I did all of...

Got the calipers refurbished by BiggRed some time ago.. If anyone reading this has a CLIP system I can get the lend of to bleed the brakes with the ABS system that would be excellent!! 🙏

Now the rear Axle is in, It was time to get the brakes fitted. Rear Axle first: Then finished off the front Axle, fitting the DS2500 brake pads: Thanks for reading :)

🤦🏼‍♂️ #poxycs Any better??

@Big_Steve_T - 1 : Poxy OE Renault Rear Axle Bushes - 0 Rear Axle going back on this weekend!! If anyone needs this bush in the future.. HERE'S THE LINK TO THE EBAY AUCTION WHERE YOU CAN BUY A PAIR NOW Thanks for sharing my moment in the sun! :)

yea I gave it a rub down with the emery cloth, and treated it for rust 👍

Yeah... theres me thinking the OE stuff is the best... but not this time!!

Thanks, i usually use regular stands, but as I want the car higher in the air whilst I'm groping around underneath, I called the old blocks of wood into action. They're great! Surprisingly no, behind the tank was fairly good. The worst areas where the fuel & brake line clip locations, and the...

Finished off the under-sealing today... until I find the next bit of rust! 🤦‍♂️ Front Nearside Arch: Front Offside arch: And I also did the bits at the back of the car, but didn't take any pictures. 😲 I then put the petrol tank back in, and installed the fuel feed and return lines: The...

Fight with front slam panel won!! It’s FAR from perfect... but I think it will be ok. If I’m not happy with it when the cars fully assembled I’ll replace it. Meanwhile.... When will it end!!!??? 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ Thanks for reading 🙂

Wow @RustyMojo thats looks fabulous sir!!! Great inspiration to keep up the grind (literally) on mine!! 👍👍 It’s amazing how crusty they get isn’t it!??

Been fighting with the front cross-member/radiator support for a few weeks now. Bloody thing was in shocking condition for a 2003 car! Looked like it had been at the bottom of the sea!! I've not showed pictures of the back of it, to hide it's embarrassment! Stripped the paint off around the...

My mate Jez finished polishing up the Grey insert headlights, and saw that the adjusters in one of the headlights had broken: Thankfully he managed to fish out all of the bits, and get hold of one of the BMW Adjusters: New BMW adjusters all re-fitted to the headlights: Headlights now ready...

I think that's going to be a problem... because the Petrol Blue is a Pearl from what I know... so it's not going to come out of a rattle can and match like the Racing Blue does....? Maybe someone else who knows more can put me right here? Yes the cans of clear lacquer from Paints4U are great...

This gives you an idea. 7701207588 7701207589 But I didn't pay that, I've got a "good" relationship with my local Renault Dealership. I'm sure the chaps at Renault Parts Direct will give you a better price.

I bought a tin of pre-mixed paint from Paints4u off eBay and the colour match is terrific!!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221132238483

The best way I can describe it is with a crappy iPhone drawing below: if the edge of the part you want to paint is the black part, and the right angle is the edge you are trying to mask. Typically you would mask the part to the edge with the masking tape (The red line). However To feather the...

Now the fuel filler neck is cleaned up, the fuel flap is the part that looks gritty... Knowing I will be using a pair of M6 Flanged stainless bolts to hold it back onto the car, I don’t need the previous moulded-in bolt head securing pockets, so I carefully cut the buggers off with a junior...

Whipped all the masking off today after letting it dry overnight... and chuffed with the results! :cool: I tried an old trick I learnt when I was painting R/C Car body-shells back in the day of leaving the masking tape proud of the edge so as not to create a "HARD" line between what I've...

Thank you @cliocollins 👍👍 Yes I did buy new window seals for this car. I managed to get hold of one brand new seal off eBay, and then had to buy the other side from my local stealership.. Near/Passenger Side: 77 01 207 588 Off/Drivers Side: 77 01 207 589

Scrape, treat, prime, repeat... also got a couple of coats on the fuel neck area: Thanks for reading 🙂