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More progress, although slow due to the cold.
Had to get the fire going for a few hours.



Got a set of brembo 300mm rear discs to fit now as well so brackets will be made next weekend along with braided lines back to the T piece.

painted the night before, and dried in front of the fire, but need a bit of heat again.
80DegC for 1.5hrs



more trim fitted












still need to straighten up the doors, passenger side is worst, then waxoyl inside, plastic film and door trim can go back on.

Rear strut brace on its way, to be modified to include battery tray and diff support like Marks.

Still to order new window chrome, but might take the glass back out, when the painter put them in he didnt remove all the putty and so some bits sit high.
might try and flatten it down with the hair dryer and white spirit.

also 2 cloudy bits have appeared in the front screen corners, I presume due to moisture, any one know if this can be dried out? a bit of warm air??

The layers of the laminated windscreen are separating from each other. most of the time it starts in the corners.

I think a little damage while mounting is the reason for this.

I don't thing drying up will help, mine has a cloudy spot in the right lower corner for years which stays the same size, and 2 other spots where the two layers are separating:



these are actualy growing !

Gets better and better!

very small amount of progress:











No spigot ring required for the 305mm disc on the rears, 75mm perfect fit, just need to trim the dust shield.

Shoe inner diameter is bigger so will be going with hidden Hydraulic hand brake I have on the shelf.

Front strut brace, battery tray for boot, center steering rod, clutch master kit and some more braided line and fittings all on order.

hopefully have more soon.

will probably need an adjustable bias valve as well.

That may be a good plan indeed. Nice stuff!

Old Diff out



M535i lsd unit in



3.07 vs 3.64 for the old 525 unit

more trim and bumpers installed



New h4/h1 lights installed with new reflectors and lenses.




extended diff mount bolts ready for plate and to tie in with rear strut brace.


next weekend will hopefully get the rear strut brace finished and start the manual dogleg conversion

Also looking to make an uprated rear diff mount of some sort.

Had to repair the rear light units, sadly 6 out of 8 captive bolts broke off on removal.
Bonded stainless units in place using epibond epoxy and has worked a treat.

lots of silicone spray and waxoyle used every where as well.
Still to do the inner sills tho.

Progress! Looks real shiny and fresh!

this is very close to finished now! bet your well excited.

looking forward to the summer and getting on the road.

rear strut brace made and installed.






the small square cutout in the rear fire wall will be perfect to run the rear battery cables and nitrous line.

trim installed








wing mirrors are retrofit, and the door frames are actually the newer model. but still turned out o.k. it can be done by changing the forward wndow runned for the correct one. bugger that.

started the hydraulic handbrake




will be bolted to the side of the hydraulic handbrake.

new toy



pedal box for direct mounted master

auto and manual e12 cars have slightly different sized master cylinders so there is an option if required.
pedal ratio works out to 6-1 as standard.