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Thanks guys, the sunroof seal came today so thats one more thing to tick off the list


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Is that the seal around the roofpanel? From the dealers?
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yes thats the one
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expensive small piece off rubber :screwy
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more good bmw things have happened

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found a nice hardtop for the survivor
and even better put a new cambelt on my 1991 e36 1.8 after the old one snapped
and it fired right up no damage :banana :banana
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the poor thing has sat there for nearly 2 years waiting to be fixed
the only thing wrong with it is the clutch cylinders have gone
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Update time.
Things are moving along now, the windscreen surround has been replaced.
The new wiper hole cut out and the extra one welded up

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The sunroof has gone.

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Then it was primer

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Ive got a new job working nights so i havent had time to do anything on the e21.
It wont be long till i get it back now and i can start putting it all together.

first glimpse of colour

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The inside painted too with some new floor plugs

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Some great progress, thanks for the update. When are you planning to have the outside painted?
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Hopefully within the next two weeks. Theyre going to sand and reprime where needed and then start the colour
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Great work so far!! Loving it!
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:thumbsup
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found this poor thing not far from my house while walking the dogs

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a free rear caliper upgrade if ever i saw one :smoke
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Just laying around in someones garden?
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No about a half a mile from any road. God knows how it ended up in there
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Perhaps you'll even discover a LSD down there hahaha
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it looks like E30 to me
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
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