First BMW E86 3.0si

[Chrisd928]

Hi all, thanks for all the positive comments!
It is definitely blue, but looks black in the dark, a bit like the father Ted joke about the priest socks if anyone's old enough to remember that one

[Dave 2 dogs]

Welcome to the forum
Nice coupe ( that’s from a pram owner) happy driving

[Trav]

No messing about whatsoever. Enjoy your hard labour.

[Zedtastic]

You can't beat a Coupe
Looks great, and with all the work done should be good for 100K more miles.

[mr wilks]

Nice example Chris , i currently have a midnight blue/black Si 86 & loving the colour too

[Chrisd928]

Thanks all! Really impressed how active and positive this forum is, I was just wondering the best way to ask for some help.
I could do with some advice on rebuilding the back end (I.e. worth doing myself or take it an indy), looking at replacing every bush including subframe and diff bushes (standard Febi Bilstein not poweflex poly etc), rear camber arms, droplinks, guebo (or whatever the driveshaft damper is called), prop mount, gearbox mounts. Then both gearbox and diff fluids and give it all a wire brushing and hammerite.
I've done the brakes (discs, pads, calipers, slide pins, bolts & spring clips), rear shocks (including bump stops, covers, Meyle HD top mounts and new bottom bolts), rear springs and pads. as well as the full front suspension and steering system.

I have a pickup for work and another car so I can leave the Z off the road for a few weeks or so, but I don't have a garage big enough to house the car (Hot tub and sauna taking up almost the whole thing).

Reading the tis manual it seems a lot of special tools are needed, has anyone done this or are there any guides etc on here? TIA