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The build is nearly at the point of starting full steam ahead now. Both the Cup and Black Gold have remained static for months, however, all should change in the next 6 weeks so. We've started stripping the engines so I can send a few things off for machining and blasting. So far the 23k bottom...

If you plug in into clip codes will be showing if the light is on. Lots of possible areas of fault.

That’s what ended up happening to me too, full respirated apart from the roof. Could have been avoided if the painter had got the base coat correct though

They should match well if the shade is well matched, spray out cards are used and it’s blended into the next panel. Often shops don’t mix their own paint and order without checking the shade. Had it a couple of times sadly. New vs old paint is sometimes very obvious though so a machine polish on...

Hammerite is awesome. Use it loads on the undercarriage and it takes tons of salty abuse before going bad.

Thanks for the reply. Previous one I did with hammerite, took forever! I did something very similar to the prep you list last time, just didn't spray it. Looking to speed up the process this time. No specific need for clear, would just like to have it looking good.

That's what I want to hear! Did you clear coat over the top of the base, how long between your coats and how many coats? Learnt from my current white one! Won't be doing that again. Looked amazing when I did it. Awful to live with.

As part of my new track car build I'm planning to spray the inside of my car. I did it with a brush last time and vowed to never do it again. Whilst I've done body work in the past it's always been with other peoples equipment instead of my own so this will be a first. I don't want to spend much...

Sounds like your engine mounts are making the engine sit a bit crooked. The v band flanges were flat against one another when it was loosened off as we did come across that issue earlier before the replacement link pipe. The exhaust sits at the normal height on this, parallel to the floor.

Flames it is then 🔥 Loosen the v band, rotate it to the right angle and then do up the cat gasket. The ED pipe sits at the same location as the 182 manifold did so no issues with the exhaust for us. Sounds very odd what you’re describing as we had absolutely no lateral or vertical tension when...

Use some gloves man! That filter is vile, although slightly better when I read it was K&N. I originally thought it was a paper one. 69 mpg is mental, I think we have different driving styles and I’m getting 60.

I do tons of car wiring and there isn't much you can't do with 3mm heat shrink, solder and decent wire strippers. I got something similar to the Knipex one but from lidl for a few quid and it's been a brilliant tool. My soldering iron is also from there, 48W and it does some pretty meaty cables...

Thank you sir, I could most certainly say the same about your summer!

Graham’s little add on. The end is definitely in sight now, praise the lord, and we’ve made some brilliant progress over the past few weeks. As Mart mentioned the engine is now up and running well, making great oil pressure and sounding sweet. We primed the engine thoroughly by turning it...

Get a Neet, they do bluetooth or wifi (airplay)

Get recommendations from someone else who has had it done locally. As others have said PDR can be flawless if you get a skilled professional. It's absolutely crucial you don't try and do anything your self. Without proper equipment you will 100% make it worse and risk permanently deforming the...

I think that's a realistic pricey. They certainly aren't cheap to run, tax is insane and rod bearings are inevitable. You should see the e90 m3 group on facebook, full of dreamers about the price of their car. The only place in the world where a modification is worth more on the car than it...

Have you changed the coolant temperature sensor? That's where I'd start as you need to be strapping a turbo to one of these and going racing to see it over heat.

for a mk2? I can't say I know of the nut you've circled above. There's a very think 17mm nut which goes over the strut.

Does it come through the window? I would otherwise check the three skuttle drains? Do you have a sunroof? If so, has the seal been repaired?

Head gaskets never go on these so was always going to be something different. They must have taken it to a rather inexperienced garage! An injector is the best result by a mile!

Gates is good with fail safe instructions. I went for a valeo water pump which also was very good quality. Make sure you have a degree gauge for doing the crank bolt as it's a floating set up, 120nm plus 95 degress + or - 15. That's extremely tight! The rest is very easy. Something like the...

Too much spannering for me now! Definitely a one off now though :) Cheers dude. I went through all the motions of whether it was was worth it or not. If I’d bought a new car the maintenance on it would have been more and anything newer would get a blocked DPF with the short daily trips to the...

IT WORKS! We started nice and early yesterday with the aim of getting it up and running. The main task was swapping over the tank for a clean one with no metal filings in. To get the tank out isn't the most fun of tasks and at minimum involves removing the exhaust and brake lines from under...

For the dash loom there is one behind the airbag. Depending on the loom spec there are some next to the side impact sensors but I’ve only seen that on dcis

It already had a decat but I’ve left the EGR alone. I’ve never had too many problems with them blocking and prefer the buttery smooth cold starts with them. That said I’ve given the hard pipe and housing a bloody good scrub as I hadn’t done it for over 10k. The biggest mod is that it’s going...

Indeed! ABS works correctly. This thing was enormous but working with it on the crane wasn't as bad as I originally thought it would be! Yesterday I took the day off to make some more progress on the car. This is now day 4 and admittedly a much longer job than I anticipated but reassuringly...

Made a bit of progress over the past couple of days. @Martin. has been a huge help putting my sanity back in check and making a horrific task a laugh. The garage looked like a K9K bomb had hit it after Friday so needed some serious re-arranging which we spent most of Saturday doing. Today saw a...

A few weeks back we headed to wales for our summer hol and whilst it would have been nice to take the BMW the economy of the Red Shed couldn't be ignored. I had a couple of Rainsport 3s put on the back and now the car feels awful! The steering is all over the place and it seems to veer on...