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Brilliant idea and they look awesome! (but they're not my templates!)

Fantastic!

Good morning thank you for all the replies , right how hard can it be to remove the dash from a Z3! as anybody would , first check Google and i used the following link
http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38747&f=5 .

I pretty much followed this although i did not move the steering column switches and where it states that the 2 small bolts below the centre vents are difficult to remove (that is an understatement) , 3 hours later it looked like this ,




The Brother label maker that work paid for came in useful for a change, the door cards are out as the window frames are currently being dipped and stove enameled , so will my BMW/Smiths gauges work ? Geoff .

Dash looking better already!

I do hope your hybrid gauges work as I've a mind to do the same with a set of Ford Puma gauges for my 356 project.

I finished off the removal at 8 this morning after seeing the weather forecast and as Paul would say "rain stops play" , Geoff .

Wow. You're a braver man than me. That looks like some job. Good luck putting it back together.

Now wish I had 'liberated' the work label maker when I left. But saying that it be inappropriate so I didn't even type this thought out loud.

Wow Geoff thats committment for sure! Goodluck with all the wiring, sounds like you have it planned out.

Geoff - That is some scary looking stuff going on!

However, you've already done a great jobs on the dials, so I am sure the end result will look great too.

Good luck, Paul.

PS
Don't talk to me about the weather!

Good evening i have recently had the window frames on my car dipped and the stove enameled by a company on the Wrexham Industrial Estate they looked so much better afterwards that i decided to have the Chrome Wing Mirrors and the rear number plate lights done with the same process , although they had only been on the car for a year they were rusty . I have no doubt that if you spent plenty it would be possible to buy newly chromed parts that would last . I dont have a decent photo of "before" but they look a hell of a lot better and hopefully will last , Geoff .

I've had to replace 3 pairs of headlight rims due to rust and the car hasn't been used yet. They were listed and priced as stainless steel.

Any more pictures/progress on the dash?

Not all stainless steel is stainless. The lesser grades will corrode or show at the very least to have specs and imperfections The better grade A4 / 316 / food standard will never go rusty.

Evening all , i don`t know if any of the following is true but i am sure it was on the net somewhere! Back when Enzo was getting the first pre-production SWB ready , it was the day it was planned to work on the dashboard , but the Italian version of the Metal-Workers Union decided to have a days strike/holiday . So as not to slow down the work on the SWB Enzo decided to ask the guy who had been fitting Kitchen Units in his Villa to nip down to the Italian equivalent of B+Q get some ply and knock up something for the car , any way i have copied as best i can please see photos







Instruments next , Geoff .

Good morning i have know finished and installed the 4 BMW/Smiths/Jaeger instruments , not the easiest task really fiddly , but all 4 are working , Geoff .

Good to know the hybrid instruments work

The approach behind the dash is elegant in its simplicity. Don't know if it is just the angle of the photographs, but the cowl above the main instruments does seem a little taller than ideal.

Bravery was rewarded in this case

Geoff – Nice work on the dash so far.

Good luck finishing it off, Paul.

Quick question about seatbelts...

Did you use the Z3 seatbelt bit that attaches to the seat frame?
If so did your new seats come with somewhere to attach this to or is it a new mount to the tunnel?

Currently toying between using the existing seatbelts - which is practical, or harnesses which look good but arent that practical.

Good afternoon , when i replaced the seats in mine i ended up buying a set of long seat belt arms and bolting them down to the floor using the existing seat bolts , the actual arms were quite difficult to find in the length i wanted but also where they fit into the existing BMW buckle they are a unusual size ,

2 of Rigid 28cm Seat Belt Extender - Black, E4 Safety Certified, Type B (25mm wide metal tongue) - Clicks Right In! Sold by: Seat Belt Extender Pros III , i bought them from Amazon but that company no longer offer them . Hope that helps , Geoff .

Evening have just checked on Ebay and the sort of extender i was trying to describe is as follows ,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL-CAR-AUTO-SEAT-BELT-EXTENDER-EXTENSION-BUCKLE-SAFETY-CLIP-31CM-x-24MM-/221540684440?hash=item3394da9298:g:QZMAAOSwIBBUZf47

Do you check the dimensions carefully , thanks Geoff .

Thanks Geoff - that makes perfect sense.

Good morning i am sure that the following has been resolved with ref to the SWB , it is in ref to installing splash guards within the front wheel arches , i could do with seeing any pics and if possible the plastic sheet used and where purchased from? thanks Geoff .

There are pictures on Eric's thread. His pictures are all still there as he is on flicker

Thanks Jag for that , i have know found it , and thank you Richard for the info , Geoff .

Hi Geoff or anyone else,

I have lots of that sheeting left, didn't use much of it at all, free to anyone who wants to collect it! just PM me.

Cheers

PM sent

Thanks for the offer MK is a bit far from Chester , Geoff .