E86 Monaco Coupe Progress Thread

[tomscott]

Really coming together love the wheels!

 

[inkey$]

Oh man I need that phone holder solution badly! Once you have finished it, how many beers would it take to get you to make me one as well?

:lol: Its quite easy to sort. You just need the bits (obvs) and remove the right hand vent. The rest is positioning and a little hole cutting for the USB port wherever you need it before piggy-backing into the fuse box for ignition power.

 

[inkey$]

Really coming together love the wheels!

Thanks Tom. Its turning into what i wanted thats for sure.

 

[inkey$]

Another day, another arrival for the coupe. Thsi time a rather lovely set of Machine Monkey exhaust tips, courtesy of Simon 3.2M
These will be going on at the weekend

 

[Flyingfifer]

Loving this thread

What are you doing with your old tips? Would take them off your hands

 

[Probocop]

Do they just slip over the standard tips? I think my car used to have a set of those but they get removed at some point before I bought it.

 

[Flyingfifer]

Do they just slip over the standard tips? I think my car used to have a set of those but they get removed at some point before I bought it.

Correct

 

[inkey$]

Do they just slip over the standard tips? I think my car used to have a set of those but they get removed at some point before I bought it.

Correct

So leave the old tips on and just insert over the top and do up the grub screws to tighten? Or do you mean remove the old tips and insert over the standard exhaust exit pipes?

 

[Flyingfifer]

Do they just slip over the standard tips? I think my car used to have a set of those but they get removed at some point before I bought it.

Correct

Ah, is that how they work? So leave the old tips on and just insert over the top and do up the grub screws to tighten?

Your new ones might not be the same but the originals just slide off (with some encouragement lol)

 

[inkey$]

Correct

Ah, is that how they work? So leave the old tips on and just insert over the top and do up the grub screws to tighten?

Your new ones might not be the same but the originals just slide off (with some encouragement lol)

So slide the old tips off and replace with the MM ones? I'll get my rubber mallet ready :lol:

 

[Flyingfifer]

So slide the old tips off and replace with the MM ones? I'll get my rubber mallet ready :lol:

Yes thats the ticket, iirc there is a small clip to hold them on but it should just pop off

 

[Zedebee]

So slide the old tips off and replace with the MM ones? I'll get my rubber mallet ready :lol:

Yes thats the ticket, iirc there is a small clip to hold them on but it should just pop off

The original tips can be a right bu**er to get off, there’s not much to hold on to. You just have to pull really hard. They’re easy enough to put back on (as you say, with a rubber mallet) and I wouldn’t expect the MM tips to be any different.

Looking forward to seeing a fitted pic.

 

[inkey$]

Thanks to Zebedee for helping me decide and helping me spend money :lol:

Swapped the white front wing reflectors today to US spec orange ones (ordered from the US). Think they work much better with the Monaco Blue paintwork and bronze wheels.

 

[Zedebee]

Definitely. I’ll be swapping my clear side indicators for ambers on the weekend if they arrive in time. I’d do the orange hockey sticks as well, but I don’t think there’s a bi-xenon version.

 

[inkey$]

Definitely. I’ll be swapping my clear side indicators for ambers on the weekend if they arrive in time. I’d do the orange hockey sticks as well, but I don’t think there’s a bi-xenon version.

I’m on the lookout for orange side indicators too - so if anyone is reading this and wants to swap for a set of clears, PM me

 

[Mr Tidy]

The orange reflectors are a bit improvement - I never liked the clear ones.

Although it's a shame they fitted any to non-US cars!

 

[Zedebee]

Definitely. I’ll be swapping my clear side indicators for ambers on the weekend if they arrive in time. I’d do the orange hockey sticks as well, but I don’t think there’s a bi-xenon version.

I’m on the lookout for orange side indicators too - so if anyone is reading this and wants to swap for a set of clears, PM me

See my thread https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=130728
Timmyboybunter and Stuartt said they may have some. Oldgitdave doesn’t any more.

Your car is looking very nice.

 

[inkey$]

Definitely. I’ll be swapping my clear side indicators for ambers on the weekend if they arrive in time. I’d do the orange hockey sticks as well, but I don’t think there’s a bi-xenon version.

I’m on the lookout for orange side indicators too - so if anyone is reading this and wants to swap for a set of clears, PM me

See my thread https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=130728
Timmyboybunter and Stuartt said they may have some. Oldgitdave doesn’t any more.

Your car is looking very nice.

I’ve messaged them both.

 

[inkey$]

The orange reflectors are a bit improvement - I never liked the clear ones.

Although it's a shame they fitted any to non-US cars!

Yes, I think it works pretty well. Now I look at the clear ones and they seem a bit fussy,

 

[inkey$]

Not a lot of progress beyond my quest to ‘Amberfy’ the coupe, but I did take her out for a quick blast yesterday and every time I go to drive this thing I forget how much fun it is