Got my 316 finally

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how heavy is your cat? :mrgreen:


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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harleytrike wrote:is your car cypess green
Im not sure exactly what colour. But i remember seeing the colour name on one of the paint code threads on here.
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Mihajlo wrote:how heavy is your cat? :mrgreen:

Haha. Hes a heavy boy. Quite a big cat. Acts more like a dog than a cat.
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Your cars color called Pustagrün. :wink:
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Sorry for the disappearance guys. Funds have been low recently due to my new toy

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Today i took the rear suspension out to give it a good clean and finally check the bottom of the car.... Found good things... And some bery bad things... Ill let the pictures do the talking.....

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I went at it with a wire brush and some degreaser to get all the gunk off....
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frame has alittle rust on it but nothing major.
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Give the rear frame a good knocking over with a hammer to see if there are any holes. If not, you could send the entire frame to media blasting, then paint it. Bushes will be just as worn as the rest propably so this would be a thing i´d take a closer look at.
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ok so. had a proper look, and its nowhere near as bad as i initially thought. as the summer arrives i will take it off... have it blasted and then paint the frame. however... to pass my MOT i am in need of a reverse light switch.... anyone got a spare?
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I don't think its needed for mot
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really? i thought that would be a fail of some sort. i might just go to my local mot garage tomorrow and just ask them and see what they say.

cheers fella.
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Considering its an e21 and its age, there is very little rust there. :thumbsup
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I second that, pretty clean floor you have!
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Oh yes very nice floor, bit jelous :)
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Haha. Thanks guys. That actually puts me at easy a little :thumbsup

Just figured out that the passanger side jacking point has cracked through the floor :wtf so that will be sorted too.

Cheers guys
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