MadaboutKitcars

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Thanks!

Door mechanics work fine, door opening still issue, although MobileRobbie came up with a good suggestion.

Door gaps to front section still huge however car will be going to specialist who will resolve it all and prep/paint during start of Winter. Lets see how they get on!

Thanks Paul L!

No reaction that I have observed, however not really looking too much, a few nice comments from friends and neighbors, etc.

I am sure the finish will be great, lets see as its a few months away from that at the moment.

Cheers.

Yep you are right as currently can't adjust the headlights enough to get them set correctly.

Hi,

Nope gaps are still huge, it will go to garage at end on month for the people who know how to do it, to do it.

The problems not about having to have a gap for the bonnet to open, but to open the door to get in the car, without it rubbing/touching.

The problem with the bonnet is height alignment with the door panels, and opening it is impeded by the wheels unless they are turned, oh and not being able to fit the air con fan at the front, other than that it's fine!

Thanks Richard,

Really pleased you will be prep'ing and finishing my car! Thanks for the photos, here they are:

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Rear Adjustable suspension fitted and adjusted for correct ride height to rear. Also modified the inner wheel arch panels to fit and secured in place.

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I'll do the fronts another day and also reduce the ride height on the front suspension as well

Front inner wheel arch liner cut and shaped and fitted, after lowering front suspension a little.

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Defrosting

Hi all,

You may have noticed I went off air for a while, as my work contract came to an end but now I am back secured with another role so financially able to continue the build. Thanks to those on the forum who provided support an encouragement during that time, not that I wanted it widely known.

Any how all is good now and back on with the show.

Firstly I planned a visit to see Richard at Nubodi as he has done some excellent work with the Kali and I want him and his great team to prep an paint my car. I agreed to drive down and see Richard last week so he could see the car first hand and talk through some of the requirements, etc.

Before I drove down I needed to get the front 2 tyres changed as at full lock the 235/55/17 are just rubbing on the inner wheel arch. So got them swapped for 235/50/17 and they now don't touch and also have the added advantage of being able to lift the front bonnet section without turning the wheels to allow the arches to pass. This means I have now settled on my tyre choices, 235/55/17 on rear and 235/50/17 on front.

Whilst I was changing the tyres I took the liberty of getting the wheel alignment adjusted with the laser alignment system the tyre fitters had. The toe had to be adjusted on the front by about 1 degree but other than that the setup was fine. The chap had to get the oxi welding gas nozzle thingy out to uncease the adjustment bolts!

So with this all completed I drove the 1.5hr drive down to Nubodi, Milton Keynes to just beyond Reading.

Richard and his team had a good look around my car, we agreed a price for the work needed and now am awaiting a 'go' slot, hopefully I can be squeezed in in a few weeks time, however I know Richard is a busy chap currently, and rightly so.

It was great to meet Smash from the forum as well and see his car in progress, I took some pictures and will add them to the thread soon.

One interesting slightly off topic info was that on the web site howmanyareleft the z3 3.0 indicates only 126 were registered in the Uk. I have 1 and Richard said he knows of another 10. I didn't realise that we are converting from such a small pool of cars if anyone is looking to get a 3.0 then I don't think many will be around for long.

Cheers Bob!

I'm looking forward to getting this project completed to enjoy it, also looking forward to see what everyone finishes their swb like, I think it's going to be an interesting next 4/6 months!

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Richard and his expert team have been preparing my car for paint, I dropped it off a few weeks ago and its now ready for the spray booth.

Thanks to the nubodi team for keeping me updated with pictures and progress. The gaps on the doors were really really bad, like 3 fingers bad, however the team have worked some magic and the result looks excellent.

I can't praise ray2: these guys enough, I am sure they will be really successful and the Stoneleigh event will be mega for them.

I want a really shiny silver and decided to go for brushed aluminium for a different effect. Can't wait to see the result!

Also the door fixing has been modified so the outer-skin can be removed after paint, so really pleased with that. Here's some pictures:

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One more pic for completeness:

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All thanks to great team work and also your car coming out of paint so mine can go in!

That's awesome, but as I have 4 weeks to wait, it's also like showing me a Xmas present I can't have until 28 sleeps!

Hoping it looks that good.no pressure Richard

Ha ha, Father Christmas has been delayed a little, needs some more elves to help, 7 more sleeps at least I reckon if not 14. or 28....

Thanks for the comments and welcome to the forum!

Well its been a while, I promise to post an update when it is back with me. For sure. The elves are hard at work and I am sure it will be worth the wait.

Patience please.......good things come to those who wait.

Thanks.

Z3 parts sales

Hi all,

I planned to put up some cost info at the end of the build but would be happy to share the following with you now. It might help others.

The Z3 I bought was a 2002 3.0i msport and the body work was in fair/good condition (see pictures below). The car had very little use in the 2 years before I bought it and had 75k miles on the clock. The car was metallic blue. I paid £3,280.00 for the car (May 2015).

After stripping it I had a big pile of unwanted parts so used ebay to list and sell them. Here is a list of all the parts I sold and the amount I cleared on each after all fees (ebay, P&P and paypal where applicable).

BMW Fire ex £28.67
Steering wheel £40.00
Mirror Mount £7.58
Stereo £39.20
Passenger wing, rear bumper, boot £135.00
OSF wing front £39.99
NSF wing front £10.00
3rd brake light £47.86
Door handle surrounds £7.35
Sills £43.10
Drivers side rear wing £45.00
Onboard CPU £34.54
Bonnet (had some big scratches) £100.00
Side grills £29.93
Wing mirrors £225.00
Front bumper £225.00
Wheels and tyres (excellent condition with lots of tread) £500.00
Grills front £30.52
Rear lamps £160.04
Front lamps £154.00
Hoops £75.00
Wind deflector £60.00

So I recouped around £2k of the original cost of the car! which was much more than I expected

I mainly listed the parts on ebay as collection only and cash on collection. When people came to pick up I did the 'up-sell' (I am a saleman by trade!) and most people went away with other parts that I had listed, which made it much easier to get rid of everything

I hope it helps those who are stripping this year!eace:

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No worries, your thread prompted me to stick this info up!, want to help others where I can as I got lots of help from this forum during my build lane:

Ha ha I had lots of inquiries from Italy, in fact my hoops went there and cost a fortune to dispatch due to the weight, but the buyer was happy to pay for shipping.

Goodluck!