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My Winter Project - That got out of Hand!

Bing said:
Yep, I've been zooming in on Mr Wilks' sig pic to try and see how it looks as my car is the same colour as his... Not too handy at this sort of stuff though. I guess there's a first time for everything :D
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Here you go Allan , , save you squinting :D

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john-z4 said:
jimbo1958 said:
Seen this in the flesh today and it's a beaut.
Superb attention to detail including the custom cutouts in the rear bumper with all the work carried out by John.
If you Zoom in on the interior pic you'll see that all the stitching to the interior components have all been redone in Orange, again all done by John.
Also the back of the RX8 seats have been sprayed to match the body.
This truly is a one off Zed that has been built, not bought and the workmanship is a credit to you John.
It was great meeting up with you and the wife again today John and look forward to seeing you both at the National. :thumbsup:
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Thanks for the comments Jimbo.
I did try putting pics of the interior, but they didn't come out for some reason. I'll trying putting some more pics on. I'm better with cars than computers!
If we don't see you anywhere before, see you at the National.
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Cheers John......glad you decided to post some pics. Deserves to be seen and appreciated. :thumbsup:
 
mr wilks said:
Bing said:
Yep, I've been zooming in on Mr Wilks' sig pic to try and see how it looks as my car is the same colour as his... Not too handy at this sort of stuff though. I guess there's a first time for everything :D
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Here you go Allan , , save you squinting :D
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Cheers Andy :thumbsup:

I like that. Might be asking advice sometime :D
 
Seen this car today too ,really good work and the paint job is excellent couldn't believe it was done at home ,Also the stitching on the seats ,gear lever gator etc are excellent .Well done :thumbsup:
 
I saw this zed yesterday too and the quality of the work inside and out is excellent :thumbsup:

Is there anything that you are actually not very good at? :idunno:
 
Wow that's some winter project :thumbsup: the Z looks amazing top job
Where have you been hiding!! don't think there is anything I don't like about your Z has to be one of my top 5 Zs on the forum superb work and a real credit to you :thumbsup:
 
To answer a couple of questions, the battery box is still in situ. Did look at fitting an M3 back box but its physically too big to fit under, so used a smaller Magnaflow silencer & then a cross pipe behind the bumper to the right-hand exhaust tips.

Yeah, there are plenty of things I can't do......ask the wife, she'll give you a long list!!

Thanks guys, really appreciate everyone's comments. I've been lurking in the background, & gathering ideas to do my own Z.
 
Saw this at Duxford and told John to get done pictures up.

This is a unique Z4, and it gets driven.

Simple things like re stitching the door cards and gaiters with contrasting thread is so simple but so brilliant.
 
Unbelievable job very well done, any idea number of manhours (days) you spent over the winter?
Like the Perspex rear screen, is that one you have made?
Just need the soft top covers to finish off the open top look.
 
That is a stunning looking car

I'm really interested in the stitching - what kind of machine is that done on?

Hope to see you at the National - really want to see this in reality
 
I am with everyone else :thumbsup: cracking job that's a lot of work!! And it all looks very well executed :thumbsup:

I am planning on doing similar but being boring and keeping the same colour. But I will be painting it myself in a garage. Well barn!!
 
ekimj10 said:
Unbelievable job very well done, any idea number of manhours (days) you spent over the winter?
Like the Perspex rear screen, is that one you have made?
Just need the soft top covers to finish off the open top look.
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It was off the road anyway over winter, not being used. So I thought I'd give it a tidy up and got carried away. Majority of the work was done over Xmas. Sprayed & finishing touches took about a month or so during nice weather in March/April. In total, probably about 2-3 mths work. That's not working on it every day.

The Perspex screen, I made about 3 years ago when I first got the car. Its actually a smoked acrylic sheet from ebay, cut & shaped. Done the Z4 logo with a Dremmel. It also has an outline of a Z4 on it (not sure how clear this has come out in the pics), this was done with a scalpel, just etching the acrylic.
 
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