Phoenix Yellow Coupe project.

[STC_Zed]

You could make those seats look new by leather dying those. Easy but time consuming job. I did a full colour change last year.
From champagne to Cinnamon IMG_9608.jpeg

They look great. Cinnamon is a great colour to.

 

[STC_Zed]

I had a bad experience with an Eibach Pro lowered coupe.
Especially with ET37 fronts.

I suffered 2 problems.
Rubbing arch liner on both front sides, and it was just too low.
The underside would catch on roads that had a hump or raise in the middle of the lane, the front bumper would hit curbs, too.
Not that I ever park front in, but the missus tried once and caught the front.
It ruined the experience.

Swapping to a more conservative wheel offset solved the arch liner rub, but it was still too low.
I went back to OEM spec Suplex springs at the front. Problems solved.

Some folk say they can get away with the Eibach Pro, without suffering either of my problems, others experience the same.
Maybe some Eibach Pros are saggy?

I’ve not had mine long, but the Eibachs are ok (to date). I’ve rubbed the underside once on a particularly viscous speed bump, but it’s been better than my old 335i which Eibachs plus M3 arms and was super low at the front, it did look well though.

 

[STC_Zed]

The car looks great OP, especially considering how unloved it was when you started. Phoenix Yellow is a great colour, shame it’s so rare.

 

[MonsterZ4]

Hello folks.
Took the Zed to Oulton Park today, it was fantastic.
Lots of positive comments about the Zed, especially my backstory with it.
Saw some beautiful cars, nothing BMW flavored but did see this utter beast of a car. A Lister Le Mans, 7L V12, twin Supercharger, 600bhp and reported 200mph. It was a proper poster car from my youth. What a thing.

 

[STC_Zed]

Looks like a good day out. Your coupe looks great in Phoenix Yellow.

 

[MonsterZ4]

Looks like a good day out. Your coupe looks great in Phoenix Yellow.

Thank you.

 

[MonsterZ4]

The car looks great OP, especially considering how unloved it was when you started. Phoenix Yellow is a great colour, shame it’s so rare.

Thank you.

 

[True-Blue]

Hello folks.
Took the Zed to Oulton Park today, it was fantastic.
Lots of positive comments about the Zed, especially my backstory with it.
Saw some beautiful cars, nothing BMW flavored but did see this utter beast of a car. A Lister Le Mans, 7L V12, twin Supercharger, 600bhp and reported 200mph. It was a proper poster car from my youth. What a thing.

I like the way your race suit picks out the yellow in the car, a bit much for a meet but each to their own…. Anyone ever mentioned you look a bit like Richard Hammond? :scratchhead:

 

[Fred Smith]

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[MonsterZ4]

I like the way your race suit picks out the yellow in the car, a bit much for a meet but each to their own…. Anyone ever mentioned you look a bit like Richard Hammond? :scratchhead:

What a silly thing to say, he's clearly the young man stood next to Mr Hammond, though I have to say he looks quite young to be driving.

This little blue rocket was just about the right size for my boy.

 

[Hut man]

Good photo of the wee man and your lad

 

[Fred Smith]

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[MonsterZ4]

Good photo of the wee man and your lad

Nice work!

What car is that little blue rocket, Monster?

It’s a Mini Marcos. Pretty sure it’s loosely based on Mini running gear, but given its pace, it can’t have been an A-series engine.

 

[Fred Smith]

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[MonsterZ4]

Today I finally did some work on ‘Zeds not dead’. There was damage to the front N/S wing when I bought it and the underside of the sill cover.
A few weeks ago I bought 2 doors, 2 wings and 2 sill covers along with a bumper, all in Phoenix Yellow. So today I replaced the passenger wing.
It was pretty straight forward bar one Star Drive bolt that wouldn’t budge, so had to be cut.
Colour wise it’s a pretty good match I think.
Sill cover will go on soon, but first I want to give the sills a once over. There is a tiny bit of surface rust by the front jacking point, so that has been rubbed down and anti-rust primer applied. Probably not necessary, but having had a Jag STR with sill that rott for fun under there covers, I didn’t think it would do it any harm. I need to buy various fasteners and then get it back together. I’ll most likely replace the right wing as well whilst I’m in the mood.

I’m properly enjoying getting the car nice again, it’ll never be a minter, but hopefully very night.

 

[MonsterZ4]

For some reasons yesterday’s pictures didn’t upload. Try again or the work didn’t happen.

 

[Zedebee]

With only 20 PY coupes registered in the UK, you were exceptionally lucky to be able to find panels. Great progress.

 

[True-Blue]

Looks a good match as far as I can tell :wink:

 

[STC_Zed]

Looks like a good match in the photos.

It may never be a minter, but it’s a rare colour so it’s definitely worth putting the work in. Mine will never be a mint car, but it’s my daily and I wanted something that I can use, put miles on and not worry too much about destroying the value.

 

[Big Bad Boris]

What animal let it get this bad. Keep them updates coming

A train driver :lol:

You think he’d have had plenty of time to look after it….as they are always on f**king strike !