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Typical!
- LawrenceW
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Typical!
So, I’ve always been a bit neardy over my cars and always liked a clean car incl the oily bits too. So over the winter months I’ve taken my time to clean, refurb or replace the underside of my Z4MC, and working in a smallish garage at home was never going to be easy….Anyway 6 months later, all done and given I’ve only had the car 8 months I wanted the car to be given a proper look over too so I’d booked in for a level 2 insp service at Redish motorsport down in Bristol as I know the quality of their work incl restorations is leading standard IMO.
Now to the kicker, the plan is to use the car as a high days and drys days car, again a bit neardy. Now to the typical bit - the car was in for its service yesterday and the weather forecast was dry for getting the 100 miles down to Bristol as per the return journey - happy days I thought!
But o no, 15 miles into my journey the heavens opened up and upon arriving at Redish it looked like I’d been rallying and that clean underside looked like the men’s toilets at the Red Lion, 10pm on a Friday night!!!
Anyway the guys at Redish were awesome, the car was given a clean bill of health so that was a big sigh of relief.
For the drive home I skipped over the bridge into Newport and then drove back up to the Midlands through Monmouthshire which has some awesome driving roads.
Anyway, here’s some pics of what the car DID look like pre the weather gods having a laugh at my expense.
O yeh, happy Easter everyone
Now to the kicker, the plan is to use the car as a high days and drys days car, again a bit neardy. Now to the typical bit - the car was in for its service yesterday and the weather forecast was dry for getting the 100 miles down to Bristol as per the return journey - happy days I thought!
But o no, 15 miles into my journey the heavens opened up and upon arriving at Redish it looked like I’d been rallying and that clean underside looked like the men’s toilets at the Red Lion, 10pm on a Friday night!!!
Anyway the guys at Redish were awesome, the car was given a clean bill of health so that was a big sigh of relief.
For the drive home I skipped over the bridge into Newport and then drove back up to the Midlands through Monmouthshire which has some awesome driving roads.
Anyway, here’s some pics of what the car DID look like pre the weather gods having a laugh at my expense.
O yeh, happy Easter everyone
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- Lifer
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Looks fabulous underneath...! Excellent work.
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
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MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
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- LawrenceW
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Typical!
Cheers John.
A few more pics…
Also, yep the delicate underside front covers were all toast so I replaced those. And the front panel had started to go scabby by the bonnet catch so did a refurb job on that too
A few more pics…
Also, yep the delicate underside front covers were all toast so I replaced those. And the front panel had started to go scabby by the bonnet catch so did a refurb job on that too
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- Lifer
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Typical!
Looks like we’re on the same page Lawrence….just done my Imola roady…
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M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
- LawrenceW
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Typical!
Loving your work John. I had read with interest about you dry icing your car, and thought the results were spot on. I’d seen this for for the first time at last years classic car show at the NEC last year and thought what a game changer.
Btw another imola red ZM too
Btw another imola red ZM too
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- Lifer
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Typical!
Many thanks Lawrence, it's half done really, next winter it's going to get more detailing underneath but right now i want to use it over summer so it'll have to wait for now. Yours is better finished than mine right now, looks fantastic. Would be great to get both of them in the same pic...!LawrenceW wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:30 pm Loving your work John. I had read with interest about you dry icing your car, and thought the results were spot on. I’d seen this for for the first time at last years classic car show at the NEC last year and thought what a game changer.
Btw another imola red ZM too
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
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- Lifer
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Typical!
Now I would buy a car from either of those two!
Cars are the second most expensive asset that most people own, so why would you not look after them? I will bet everybody has a vacuum cleaner for their house, so why would a car be different?
Cars are the second most expensive asset that most people own, so why would you not look after them? I will bet everybody has a vacuum cleaner for their house, so why would a car be different?
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
- pvr
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Typical!
Really good looking
Current:
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
- Mr Tidy
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Typical!
Mine doesn't look like that underneath. My excuse is it isn't Imola Red.
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black