good going looking good so far

mate, you cant leave your car anywhere now! some one stole your wheels

have you sourced a new header tank mario?

i cant find one anywhere!!

looks like a good effort so far though, my 20vt is also going to be played with before spa...

Thats what happens when you live in watford mate

I left it in Joes hands to find me one...
Will let you know if he finds one

Joking aside, good work, its nice to be able to take your time with these things and have the car off the road for more than a weekend to get it all done!

nice work marco, why not get one of the stainless pro-alloy headers? look good when you uprate to fmic etc

Do you have a link proccy? I may have to if it proves i cant get hold of a FIAT OE header tank

only if you've got £200 for a pro alloy one!

they are expensive, but they look absolute mint

have a look at this mate >> http://www.proalloy.co.uk/cgi-bin/sitewise.pl?act=det&pt=&p=620&id=proalloy

£200!!!!!

Have you seen how big my list above is of things i need to do You going to buy it for me

Good work Mario

new expansion tanks are only £29.95 from AA
well worth it considering the hassle I had making my £10 look "as new"

Paul

AA dont have any!!

;(

Good stuff Mario.. can't wait to see the rest!

Now I understand why forget about my request Good luck and trouble-free repair!

Good going Mario.

Thoughts and comments here

Welldone Mario,good to see you're keeping busy.I put the Konis and Eibachs on her and found them much better in corners than the Billi/Eibach combo I have on my plus. I dont think the ride is any better than the Konis either.Just a thought.

To be honest I do like the Konis but I got a good deal on the Eibacs and Billies, it made sense to change everything in one go rather than bit by bit. There is still a fair bit of life left in the old shocks and springs to be honest with you.

Will let you know how i find them once they are on

ooo question... while you owned her were any of the windows smashed in? When i took all of the interior out I found quite a bit of glass under the seats?

Also...

How long ago did you fit the Konis and Springs... Did you get new top mounts? Im giving that old setup to Marco as a thanks for all the work he has helped me with. So just wanted to guage how old it is, and if the top mounts need to be changed. Im guessing 3/4 years max?

No windows smashed when I had it but I think Dave had a door replaced so maybe then?
The I think i did have new top mounts at about 58K when I put the FKs on but I am getting old and the grey matter is suffering.

Thats probably what it was. The car has done around 100k now... so they have probably done a good 40 odd

Cheers for the heads up

any additional stuff for this thread mario? new bulbs for the indicators, for the corners ar Spa?

Lmfao!!!!

He better order the Extra bright orange ones!!

Nice work going on the Mario.
When you get the Rad out,remove the bottom rad support bar and give it a good de rust and hammerite.
Pay attention to anything you can see and give it some paint.Including those Galvanised oil pipes.
I took the turbo heat sheild off also when doing the rad and gave that some paint.
I am sure you know, but leave the fans fixed to the old rad when removeing it and lift the left side out first. Its all in the rad removal how to do anyway mate.

Cheers for the heads up!
Im planning on doing the rad support, mine is currently caked in about a cm of spray grease to stop it getting any worse.
Heatshield is on the cards... how hard is the lambda sensor to remove?

Will have a good look through the rad removal guide

Lamba sensor is easy to remove!

Also, wait a bit, the new type rad support bar will be arriving to me
Soon!!!!
Then they will be up for sale!!

How much Marco?

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!