nothing set in stone yet, there will be a GB on these when i get the first one in my hands!

as these are not about any more, im planing to stock up!

fist batch ive ordered of 30 has been ordered... just waiting now..
the guy making them said they should out last the car!!
which is nice to know!

Oh also Joe, Stop telling mario to remove more stuff... your giving me more work to do!!!!

Its starting to shape up nice now Mario. Its all dedicated hard work at a price,but you are getting job satisfaction i bet.
Also nice to have the lads round to help.
Did you get the oil cooler pipes from AA also ?

i would be getting job satisfaction if i just stood there watch people work on my car for free...

HAHAHA

and now i wait for mario's bitchy comment abusing me!! lol

It is, you get to a point when you think what have i started but as soon as you start putting it all back together it all makes sense.

Nope the oil pipes were a cheeky bargain off ebay about two weeks ago. They cost me £100 inc delivery (won an auction). I will get a new oil cooler from wannapart which will be around £80 so all in all not a bad price

Really enjoying your posts Mario

What did you spray the heat shield with? Paint won't last, powdercoating turns yellow.. the best looking and most durable method i've found is to chrome it. Do it in brushed chrome so it doesn't look too bling!

Powder coated


Brush-chromed

Mario, are coupe's are going to look stunning when there back!

im going to say it!

why not make is a better shade of red?

like... metalic Red?

give it some thing special!
after all, your only ever going to do this once! do it brilliantly!

i cant wait to see these when there out!

i wounder whos will be back first??

Nah I love proper speed red and once its freshly sprayed it will look lush

Kelv! That looks quality, I ended up using some VHT paint, I didnt think it would last to be honest where and how much did it cost to get yours done in brushed chrome? I need to remove it again and tighten up my manifold bolts!

Cheers

VHT will look ok for awhile but gets dirty and scrapes way too easily.

My chroming was done by RS Chroming. Its not cheap..around 60 quid but i think its worth every penny. Don't think you should cut corners with your LE refurbishment and just get it done!

Contact Mark at markbc@rschrome.co.uk

I will get a spare heatshield and get it done
Cheers mate! I also agree the vht scrtched so easily, it was very very hard to get it back in without scracthing it even with no rad in the way

the brush crome will look stunning!

im thinking about re-sitting my heat sheild as Joe said, there is going to alot of heat coming from the turbo...

think i will do it once ive change the turbo for the RS!

Will it fit over the RS? You may have to get a custom shield made no?

yer, it will fit!

many people have the RS with a cover!

The brush chroming does look very smart........

any update on the re-spray???

I have some photos of the car looking sad
will upload them later

Slam plannel / front cross member came back from the sand blasters today WOO

hahaha

all that hard work for nothing!

p-off

wow shes coming on nicely Mario , will she be ready for the ace cafe meet this month ?

i really really hope so

Nice work Mario, i havent checked up on your thread for a while, bit of a shock to see you are now going for a full respray!

But, it will look so much better, the paint fade thing is a PITA to be honest.

i had this exact problem when i got my Broomer colour coded, the guy has done an amazing job really at getting a 'close as' match, and unless you look too close you cant see the difference... i can though

Looking forward to seeing your coupe at Spa though matey.

Looking good Mario!!!

I can only pray Joe has taken photos of mine too!!!

It's only a few weeks for you now!
Lucky man!

Oh well, I only have to wait till Monday!!

Brooklands will be a great place to shop the cars off!!!

Photos are now working again!

The front Billies look great. If money was no object I'd have a set tommorow. I always remember them on the BMW 328i Sport when I worked on BMWs.

Lovely to see a good restoration.

you will be there.

all of your turbo ect will be done in one go.

the only thing i can see being a bitch is the FMIC.

its all plug and play stuff

if i come to help you lets hope i dont get rear ended when i leave yours again

Yep, barely an afternoons work there!

Good stuff!