gettin' ma tan onn....

[KI11Z]

no pics since woody says no, haha, but the paint is just about laid in the bay. Had a late change in direction with the scheme so it's taken a little longer than expected....

Hopefully thursday i'll try firing it up...

In the meantime, I threw it up on facebook but anyone in here driven their mk3 without power steering?? either by looping the lines or swapping in the mk2 stuff? Hayden chimed in on fb and has advised me not to but i'm keen to hear a few more opinions since the boys on the tex seem to talk it down like it aint no worries....

[anthony--t]

Dudeee!!! Killin it!

[KI11Z]

also bought some more interesting parts today; If I get these wheels i've been eyeing off it'll work in nicely!

[KI11Z]

picked up the new wheels today! So I may be returning to 16's and small rubber.... just another thing to do now since they need a minor refurb and re-drill.... Not over my current setup yet though so not sure what i'll run, see how the new ones sit and go from there

[KI11Z]

started the heater core replacement/aircon evap removal yesterday..... looking at it now makes me wonder why I started it :/ fml it's one hell of a job....

[KI11Z]

Made some measurements yesterday for the new wheels, suffice to say i'm keen! they've been dropped off for a redrill, then onto paint... i'll be trying something different again with this setup. steping it up for GAD!

Also I laid the clear on the bay yesterday so now I can start piecing it back together

Having issues with the immobiliser at the moment however... going off the schematics i've sourced for this, they differ from the loom that came with the engine; So i'm not sure whether to rewire it all via the schematics or .... well I don't know what else... haha, fml

[KI11Z]

and a pic of the successful removal of the aircon avap/heater core replacement! glad that's done....

[anthony--t]

Oh man, I hope you make GAD! Keen to see all the surprises! and here I am struggling to get a set of wheels organised... lol

[Alfred]

Can't wait to see this done Alex, been waiting awhile

Also, do you still have that VR lip you offered way back in summer when I looked at the seats in the mk3 you were wrecking? I know that was ages ago but just wanted to ask haha

[dylan8]

...
I'll also use this thread to post up the little things I do to the cabrio instead of dumping in the pic whoring thread...
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See what it started as, now look at you! Can't wait to see it, fingers crossed at gad too in the flesh. We better start booking accom

[KI11Z]

Oh man, I hope you make GAD! Keen to see all the surprises! and here I am struggling to get a set of wheels organised... lol

Should do :/ haha, fml, need to stop getting distracted!

Can't wait to see this done Alex, been waiting awhile

Also, do you still have that VR lip you offered way back in summer when I looked at the seats in the mk3 you were wrecking? I know that was ages ago but just wanted to ask haha

Come on mannnnn, ease up on a brother, haha....... But yeah, I think so? Somewhere.....

See what it started as, now look at you! Can't wait to see it, fingers crossed at gad too in the flesh. We better start booking accom

Funny you quote that, I was just thinking that the other day... One of my first Facebook posts was regarding wheels and how I don't want it stiff, low or illegal...... Haha, where's the fun in that though right??

[KI11Z]

So I tried starting the car today with barely anything attached or in place; It turned over but that's about it, haha.... I have a few immobilisor boxes and readers here and I don't know which combination was for this ecu, haha, fml. and so with me switching boxes and readers, my battery died (((((((( Was a brand new odyssey ffs. I had it disconnected so I have no idea why it's died on me

anyway, bought some new seat runner clips for the new low seat bases that Ben crafted up for me (now everyone won't look like giants). The stealers lived up to their name..... $14.25ea not sure how that's remotely justified....







Then as I was about to re-install my dash I thought that i'd source some suede and cover it. it's something i've always wanted with previous projects and so here it is..... it's not "perfect" but i'm more then happy with its outcome









By the way, if you ever need to remove the dash windscreen vent/s, you can't. unless you drill holes into the fan ducts to allow access to the nuts and unscrew them :/ why couldn't they have just clipped them in?!? so i'll have to dismantal another dash to recover some "new" vents.... this pic is of the little nuts, there was like six or so...






In other news, the wheels should be redrilled by the end of this week so I can start prepping them for paint!

[HaydEn]

Always wanted a suede dash. Looks sweet.





Good luck sire!

[Ben J]

I'm going to place all of your things on e30 parts and take photos to sneak as much BMW in here as possible

Dash looks awesome dude.

Can you bypass the immobiliser and just run a sneaky kill switch or something? This thing needs to run!

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[anthony--t]

WOOOO! Killing it!