Z3 project...no going back now!
- Thread starter Pondrew
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Have you been bored Andy? Joking apart. It looks to be going well.Pondrew said:Bit of an update for anyone still interested............
Paint booked for 27th March.
Interior trim all cut and trial fitted (PITA that was). Dash cut to tie-in to the original. Gauges trial fitted to make sure there is room behind the new dash! Luckily there is.
Upholsterers contacted to give a price for the 'finishing pretty bits'.
Just got a million things left to do and then we are done.
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Spaldingski
When you go down to Boston to pick up your 'Hand shandy', I could take you for a spin around the local sights (it won't take long. Five minutes tops). That's presuming your new motor ain't gonna be delivered for a while, of course! :wink:sars said:Good going, just get it finished already so I can drool in envy
Not likely unfortunately. I am struggling to find a trimmer who can do anything soon (ish).TitanTim said:Looking really good, would be great to have it on the road for the summer
Tim.
It would be tempting to get it on the road unfinished, but I have waited this long and really want it 100% done before letting it out in the wild!
Special Kay
Active member
There's a good trimmer in Wolverhampton called Aldridge Trimming, they specialise in doing bespoke work for prestige classic cars. They're also famously used by the guys on the TV programme Car SOS.
I know of Aldridge. They are too far away. I need a trimmer who is nearby, as I will be taking the stuff to them and will probably be watching them do it!Special Kay said:
I have a very exclusive classic trimmers in a nearby village, but they are soooo expensive so won't be using them. They also won't do anything without the car being with them, which is not possible ATM.
Should be around 4 weeks (but this is the Lincs fens so could be 4 years as no-one is in a rush around here)!True-Blue said:
Double-edged sword with it being painted. I want it painted and looking great ('paint' is the last of what they are going to do to it), but I will be shite-scared to go near it for fear of damaging the paintwork. I still have an awful lot to do once it is painted; not least put everything back on that is now coming off: bumpers, lights, mirrors, handles, etc, etc. I really need to tidy my garage and give it a good clean while the car is away or I will be even more scared.
I haven't had the conversation as to colour yet, either. I know what colour I want, but I have no idea how to find a code (if one still exists).
Starting to dismantle the car in readiness to be taken away to the bodyshop. I have a mountain of bubble wrap to keep all the precious bits safe.
I also bought a new supply of tape to label and insulate every wire on the car otherwise I will forget where everything goes; same as I've forgotten where most of the interior trim that is to be re-used goes back! I am not the best at taking pictures or writing things down, which doesn't help.
I also bought a new supply of tape to label and insulate every wire on the car otherwise I will forget where everything goes; same as I've forgotten where most of the interior trim that is to be re-used goes back! I am not the best at taking pictures or writing things down, which doesn't help.
I spent an hour totting up costs today and it scared me:
£15,000 for the body and interior parts, wheels and bits and bobs
£6,000 for the Z3 (which was actually a bit of a bargain as it is much better than the seller thought).
£1,200 on a major service, vanos refresh, etc (thanks to Stuart Bigwinn) and new discs and pads all round (yet to be fitted). It hasn't turned a wheel since!
£6,000 (ish) on bumpers, instruments, switchgear, wiring, steering wheel, steering wheel boss, consumables, etc
Over £150 of that was PU adhesive! That's a lot of glue.
£2,000 (ish) on various other bits and pieces, tools I didn't have, etc, etc
£200 on two new yaw sensors (these were used. New items were nearly £900). These were fried in water when I got the car and showed up as a DSC fault. It still passed an MOT the day before which is highly irregular! :x
Yet to spend:
£9,000 on prep and paint
£4,000 interior trimming in leather and vinyl.
£500 on new tyres
£2,000 (ish) on a bespoke exhaust.
£1,000 (ish) on other bits and bobs no doubt.
£700 on new springs and shocks (Mr Stuart Winn again hopefully) as it needs lowering and the suspension is not the best
I have sold a few bits from the car; seats, body panels, interior bits which add up to around £2,000.
So I make that around £45,000. That is a lot of money for a 'fake'. It needs to be good. It really does! No pressure then.
£15,000 for the body and interior parts, wheels and bits and bobs
£6,000 for the Z3 (which was actually a bit of a bargain as it is much better than the seller thought).
£1,200 on a major service, vanos refresh, etc (thanks to Stuart Bigwinn) and new discs and pads all round (yet to be fitted). It hasn't turned a wheel since!
£6,000 (ish) on bumpers, instruments, switchgear, wiring, steering wheel, steering wheel boss, consumables, etc
Over £150 of that was PU adhesive! That's a lot of glue.
£2,000 (ish) on various other bits and pieces, tools I didn't have, etc, etc
£200 on two new yaw sensors (these were used. New items were nearly £900). These were fried in water when I got the car and showed up as a DSC fault. It still passed an MOT the day before which is highly irregular! :x
Yet to spend:
£9,000 on prep and paint
£4,000 interior trimming in leather and vinyl.
£500 on new tyres
£2,000 (ish) on a bespoke exhaust.
£1,000 (ish) on other bits and bobs no doubt.
£700 on new springs and shocks (Mr Stuart Winn again hopefully) as it needs lowering and the suspension is not the best
I have sold a few bits from the car; seats, body panels, interior bits which add up to around £2,000.
So I make that around £45,000. That is a lot of money for a 'fake'. It needs to be good. It really does! No pressure then.
Special Kay
Active member
Pondrew said:I spent an hour totting up costs today and it scared me:
£15,000 for the body and interior parts, wheels and bits and bobs
£6,000 for the Z3 (which was actually a bit of a bargain as it is much better than the seller thought).
£1,200 on a major service, vanos refresh, etc (thanks to Stuart Bigwinn) and new discs and pads all round (yet to be fitted). It hasn't turned a wheel since!
£6,000 (ish) on bumpers, instruments, switchgear, wiring, steering wheel, steering wheel boss, consumables, etc
Over £150 of that was PU adhesive! That's a lot of glue.
£2,000 (ish) on various other bits and pieces, tools I didn't have, etc, etc
£200 on two new yaw sensors (these were used. New items were nearly £900). These were fried in water when I got the car and showed up as a DSC fault. It still passed an MOT the day before which is highly irregular! :x
Yet to spend:
£9,000 on prep and paint
£4,000 interior trimming in leather and vinyl.
£500 on new tyres
£2,000 (ish) on a bespoke exhaust.
£1,000 (ish) on other bits and bobs no doubt.
£700 on new springs and shocks (Mr Stuart Winn again hopefully) as it needs lowering and the suspension is not the best
I have sold a few bits from the car; seats, body panels, interior bits which add up to around £2,000.
So I make that around £45,000. That is a lot of money for a 'fake'. It needs to be good. It really does! No pressure then.
Kudos to you for sticking with it, the amount of commitment required to complete this project to the required level, whilst doing it alone and in your garage is commendable. You deserve a pat on the back, but not before you pass the stress test when refitting all the parts back onto a freshly painted car.
