E86 Monaco Coupe Progress Thread

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:30 pm

This is true ^
Gear shifting is night and day with the SM unit. I think it’s about £75 these days. They do the matching handbrake units too and also in a rather lovely titanium finish.

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:19 pm

Sunny day here is south London, so decided to take a few pictures of a very dirty looking Monaco Blue coupe

sjj84 · Post by **sjj84** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:38 pm

Looks fantastic in that colour

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:01 pm

sjj84 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:38 pm Looks fantastic in that colour

Thanks. Yes, its a lovely colour - but - horrific to try and keep even slightly clean

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 1:53 pm

New cubby door arrived today. Shoutout to kis for helping me figure out how to remove the old door lugs that were left in the cubby hinges...
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=126355

New door cost me £75 posted from Sopers (took about two weeks from Germany), and standard door replaces the old and broken phone prep unit (phone prep and OEM BT electronics still doing well in my makeshoft LEGO container in lower cubby slot). Forgotten how good the door springs open when it works too, so a nice little interior repair.

flimper · Post by **flimper** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:26 pm

Looking good Inkey

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:31 pm

flimper wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:26 pm Looking good Inkey

Thanks Flimper. She’s slowly coming together

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:23 pm

Christmas present, installed. Engraved 6-speed Storm Motorwerks V1. Think it works well with the light interior. Does get a bit cold though

Worcester_spoon · Post by **Worcester_spoon** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:59 pm

^ proper knob!

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:02 pm

Worcester_spoon wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:59 pm ^ proper knob!

Always!

Z4hid · Post by **Z4hid** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:20 pm

My favourite colour for the Z and enjoying this thread and your photos!

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:34 am

Z4hid wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:20 pm My favourite colour for the Z and enjoying this thread and your photos!

Appreciate it, Z4hid. Next up; discs and pads.
Likewise on the spec of yours too. One day I’ll have Amerone in something!

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:24 pm

Last drive of the year and a new years eve hack out into the frosty south London and Surrey countryside, today.

God I love this car. Needs new brakes (and tyres soon), plus my washer jet replaced next week (to save me stopping and tipping water over the windscreen every hour), but I’m really enjoying life with the coupe and this engine.

Pictured with my friends ‘new’ 323i coupe (one owner and just 43k miles) for a socially distanced hello at Ryka’s Cafe.

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:06 pm

Replaced both rear boot struts today with SGS units, What a difference proper gas levels make.

https://www.sgs-engineering.com/gsc3052 ... boot-strut

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:00 pm

Brodit clip arrived today. Install took a few minutes longer than planned as I hadn't pushed the 2 x gap wedges in far enough and the end snapped off of one

Still managed to get them both in far enough though and inserted the clip itself. Quite a tight fit of course and required a little shifting towards the middle slightly in order to ‘latch’ into the trim gaps on the underside of the dash.

Just need the holder now and then wire in hidden USB power source - which I think is going to be placed next to the glove box, along with a very short USB power cable.

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