What have you done to your car today?

[MikeyH]

Newbie

Agree, fantastic photo.

 

[Barty]

This photo should be posted immediately into the sept. photo competition mate.

Done, good call

 

[colb]

Replaced the battery clamp fixing to replace the one that snapped the other day

 

[Barty]

Took it to Villa D’Este for a lovely dinner

 

[Scott Naylor]

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Took it to Villa D’Este for a lovely dinner

Quite beautiful setting and car, totally love the colour too. What a stunning photo, one to be framed at home in the study

 

[tug]

Also, another stunner for the competition. You've got some fantastic views over there mate. And the background aint arf bad as well.

 

[grannyknot]

Barty, I think the -What have you done to your car today?- thread should be re-named -Barty's build thread-
Seriously though, in the past year you have done some exquisite work to your coupe, it has been a pleasure to watch.
She's a beautiful thing.

 

[Barty]

Barty, I think the -What have you done to your car today?- thread should be re-named -Barty's build thread-
Seriously though, in the past year you have done some exquisite work to your coupe, it has been a pleasure to watch.
She's a beautiful thing.

Sorry about that, it’s been a bit of a hijack now you mention it :? Thanks for the compliment, much appreciated! I’ll keep the build a bit more centralised to my build-thread

 

[spammy]

Had a trip to Beaulieu yesterday ,have to say ok for old English cars but not for BMW s all the was was a few books that was it , and got the Lords crap on the under side of the car so a clean was in order .now safe and clean back in the garage wont be going again.

 

[True-Blue]

Progress update on my E89, should be getting it back tomorrow.

Front end refresh, 74k miles takes it’s toll in terms of stonechips and as much as I love ‘correcting’ paint you can’t polish chips away.

Bonnet striped fully back to bare metal, plus front bumper, genuine new badges from BMW. Going to leave the model designation off and just stick with the three roundels on the front… just had a couple of ‘flatting/polishing’ stage pics come through…. Really looking forward to tomorrow now.

If PPF wasn’t so bloody expensive I’d definitely get it done… have to mull it over.

 

[jock156]

WOW!

 

[enuff_zed]

Decided to have a go at relocating the roof motor. It's still the original motor with all the tape and tie wraps still in place so it put up a little bit of a fight. It's in very good condition for 18 years old, just a little surface rust.

Good work, did you tie it down and conceal it? I plan to do this over the winter.

I've had 2 of my previous cars done by the famous Durham Dave and I was going to take this one to him as well but thought I'd have a go myself. I definitely wasn't as quick as Dave but he's had a lot more practice than me. I'm happy with the results though SAM_0120.JPG

That is a very neat looking job, well done.
Just checking, did you cut away a little of the trim and the parcel shelf support?
If not then it is possible to pinch the pipes when it all goes back together. I cut a section out and as added insurance I usually use a piece of the original insulation to wedge between the pipes and the plastic edges too.

 

[jamesdi]

Finished off replacing my offside rear wheel bearing. Took about 9 hours all in including have to do a round trip of 90 miles to get a hydraulic puller from work to push out the drive shaft. Needed heat and the puller to shift it. Later found out the BMW use adhesive on these when they originally assembled the car. No wonder it was difficult to get out. Here’s a couple of pic’s
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One major mishap I had was somehow dislodging the handbrake cable at the handbrake end when re installing the brake shoes
Does anyone know if the cables can be accessed from inside the car? Don’t fancy taking the exhaust and prop shaft out to get to the mechanism below.

Good news is that the noise I could hear was the wheel bearing and not the diff. Nice and quiet now.

Which bearings did you replace with? How is the car feeling now? I'll be doing the same job soon...

 

[Special Kay]

Progress update on my E89, should be getting it back tomorrow.

Front end refresh, 74k miles takes it’s toll in terms of stonechips and as much as I love ‘correcting’ paint you can’t polish chips away.

Bonnet striped fully back to bare metal, plus front bumper, genuine new badges from BMW. Going to leave the model designation off and just stick with the three roundels on the front… just had a couple of ‘flatting/polishing’ stage pics come through…. Really looking forward to tomorrow now.

If PPF wasn’t so bloody expensive I’d definitely get it done… have to mull it over.

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Wow, mate you are seriously good at this detailing malarkey.

 

[True-Blue]

Progress update on my E89, should be getting it back tomorrow.

Front end refresh, 74k miles takes it’s toll in terms of stonechips and as much as I love ‘correcting’ paint you can’t polish chips away.

Bonnet striped fully back to bare metal, plus front bumper, genuine new badges from BMW. Going to leave the model designation off and just stick with the three roundels on the front… just had a couple of ‘flatting/polishing’ stage pics come through…. Really looking forward to tomorrow now.

If PPF wasn’t so bloody expensive I’d definitely get it done… have to mull it over.

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Wow, mate you are seriously good at this detailing malarkey.

This is my friends work, I’ve built up a decent skill set with paint correction and detailing…. But I’d be a liability with a paint gun and an oven.

He’s taken all the paint off of the bonnet back to bare metal, before painting, to get the best possible finish… it was a little disconcerting seeing ‘stage one’ naked metal

 

[Special Kay]

the result looks flawless

 

[Scott Naylor]

Progress update on my E89, should be getting it back tomorrow.

Front end refresh, 74k miles takes it’s toll in terms of stonechips and as much as I love ‘correcting’ paint you can’t polish chips away.

Bonnet striped fully back to bare metal, plus front bumper, genuine new badges from BMW. Going to leave the model designation off and just stick with the three roundels on the front… just had a couple of ‘flatting/polishing’ stage pics come through…. Really looking forward to tomorrow now.

If PPF wasn’t so bloody expensive I’d definitely get it done… have to mull it over.

54D3259C-E4DF-4A02-B9F4-B2978BBE8625.jpeg

33A23266-A22E-47C6-A033-C79A7A83419A.jpeg

Wow, mate you are seriously good at this detailing malarkey.

This is my friends work, I’ve built up a decent skill set with paint correction and detailing…. But I’d be a liability with a paint gun and an oven.

He’s taken all the paint off of the bonnet back to bare metal, before painting, to get the best possible finish… it was a little disconcerting seeing ‘stage one’ naked metal

Totally agree, and all that blue dust

 

[Dave1971]

Good work, did you tie it down and conceal it? I plan to do this over the winter.

I've had 2 of my previous cars done by the famous Durham Dave and I was going to take this one to him as well but thought I'd have a go myself. I definitely wasn't as quick as Dave but he's had a lot more practice than me. I'm happy with the results though SAM_0120.JPG

That is a very neat looking job, well done.
Just checking, did you cut away a little of the trim and the parcel shelf support?
If not then it is possible to pinch the pipes when it all goes back together. I cut a section out and as added insurance I usually use a piece of the original insulation to wedge between the pipes and the plastic edges too.

Yes I trimmed a a grap for the pipes. Good suggestion about the original insulation, cheers.

 

[True-Blue]

Wow, mate you are seriously good at this detailing malarkey.

This is my friends work, I’ve built up a decent skill set with paint correction and detailing…. But I’d be a liability with a paint gun and an oven.

He’s taken all the paint off of the bonnet back to bare metal, before painting, to get the best possible finish… it was a little disconcerting seeing ‘stage one’ naked metal

Totally agree, and all that blue dust

Yep, ….a lot of dust

 

[TheDan]

Completed our road trip to Italy and back through some amazing roads and scenery (and less amazing roads and scenery - looking at you French tolls). Will post more pics and discussion on my thread in the next few days.