The Diddler's Resto ** NEW PICCIES** 10/10/12

[DanThe]

Ratch is just making excuses for being a tight coont, he knows the parts are still available

[B7]

F*cking hell Paul. Those parts are biblical mate! I'm not parking mine anywhere near this at any shows!!!!!

Big "up" respect mate.

[Royalratch]

Ratch is just making excuses for being a tight coont, he knows the parts are still available

Simon13 was banging on about these being NLA - I suspect things are will get sinister now that parts are drying up!

I have just ordered some more tasty bit myself but I'm insured and taxed soon so I'm done!

[DanThe]

A lot of parts come back into production, I know a few years ago a lot of E21 stuff was drying up and then all of a sudden you could buy it again

[Rav335uk]

A lot of parts come back into production, I know a few years ago a lot of E21 stuff was drying up and then all of a sudden you could buy it again

That is good news

[Simon13]

Well i shall have to follow suit!

[Rory_O]

very nice!! That rear beam is sexy!!! along with all the other new goodies

[The_Diddler]

A litlle more done today, big thanks to Dan "DanThe" for popping over with his tin of Waxoyl and for installing the rear beam ( i helped by passing him some parts !!) and removing a stubborn old snapped lug.

I wouldnt have got this far without Dan's help, seems a hot cup of coffee goes a long way, will have to beaak out the biscuits next time, mind he will have to earn those

I managed to get the Diff on myself after Dan left, oh how much fun was that , they are quite heavy balanced on your chest whilst you fumble about trying to get the bolts started to hold the blo*dy thing up!!

Applied waxoyl to the new shiny parts and to the beam and diff, in all the important places.

A few nice new parts!!!

ARB links:



Diff mounting bolts:



The beam, diff and rear ARB ready for the trailing arms, these will go on early next week, still waiting for a couple of rear brake parts from the dealers to arrive, so they can't be fitted yet.

So the pictures:







So by the end of next week it will be a rolling shell ready for its trip to Sheffield

[Alex]

VVV nice

new light clusters £80 each arnt they

[Kedge]

This is looking great, liking the quick progress!!

[hennabm]

Your garage must be warmer than mine!

[E30BeemerLad]

Loving this refurb Paul

[bss325i]

Nice dif!

[The_Diddler]

VVV nice

new light clusters £80 each arnt they

About £85 inc Vat at 15% thou, each one of my old ones were either had a deep scratch or the lense chipped, they would ahve let the car down when finished

[The_Diddler]

Your garage must be warmer than mine!

Nope, i'm just stupid, and wear plenty of layers and drink lots of hot coffee

[Rav335uk]

Where's the ones we got from our outing gone then??
Were they not in good nick?

[The_Diddler]

Nice dif!

No welded nonsense here

[Simon13]

VVV nice

new light clusters £80 each arnt they

About £85 inc Vat at 15% thou, each one of my old ones were either than a deep scratch or the lense chipped, they would ahve let the car down when finished

Shame that as if you had some good ones a bit of T-cut brings them up a treat. Thats all i've done on my 2door and they came up like new imo

[Rav335uk]

Your garage must be warmer than mine!

Nope, i'm just stupid, and wear plenty of layers and drink lots of hot coffee

I thought you had plenty of "Layers"

[The_Diddler]

VVV nice

new light clusters £80 each arnt they

About £85 inc Vat at 15% thou, each one of my old ones were either than a deep scratch or the lense chipped, they would ahve let the car down when finished

Shame that as if you had some good ones a bit of T-cut brings them up a treat. Thats all i've done on my 2door and they came up like new imo

I used a rotary polisher on them, it removed 95% of the scratches but unfortunatley could'nt hide the deep ones,the damaged on eis obvious when you look at it

[The_Diddler]

Where's the ones we got from our outing gone then??
Were they not in good nick?

Not bad in good condition really, but not minty enough for this project, will have to get them sold

[sweep]

Trip to sheffield?bodyshop?

[The_Diddler]

Trip to sheffield?bodyshop?

Oh yes, Mr Beardymat's place, so he can work his magic on it!!

[sweep]

Thought so i no matt.

[Alex]

About £85 inc Vat at 15% thou, each one of my old ones were either than a deep scratch or the lense chipped, they would ahve let the car down when finished

Shame that as if you had some good ones a bit of T-cut brings them up a treat. Thats all i've done on my 2door and they came up like new imo

I used a rotary polisher on them, it removed 95% of the scratches but unfortunatley could'nt hide the deep ones,the damaged on eis obvious when you look at it

might give mine a go with some t cut, i think mine look a little cloudy

[The_Diddler]

Thought so i no matt.

Always wanted him to do thebodywork, you can't fault his work from what i can see, hope he doesnt see this, or the price will be going up

[e30topless]

A litlle more done today, big thanks to Dan "DanThe" for popping over with his tin of Waxoyl and for installing the rear beam ( i helped by passing him some parts !!) and removing a stubborn old snapped lug.

I wouldnt have got this far without Dan's help, seems a hot cup of coffee goes a long way, will have to beaak out the biscuits next time, mind he will have to earn those

I managed to get the Diff on myself after Dan left, oh how much fun was that , they are quite heavy balanced on your chest whilst you fumble about trying to get the bolts started to hold the blo*dy thing up!!

Applied waxoyl to the new shiny parts and to the beam and diff, in all the important places.



So by the end of next week it will be a rolling shell ready for its trip to Sheffield

Paul you Hero,
that looks good enough to eat your dinner off !

that diif looks great, your setting the standard here fella !

can you not get it rolling on some 'old' suspension ? I doubt matt will,but it would be terrible to see it covered in overspray

[B7]

A litlle more done today, big thanks to Dan "DanThe" for popping over with his tin of Waxoyl and for installing the rear beam ( i helped by passing him some parts !!) and removing a stubborn old snapped lug.

I wouldnt have got this far without Dan's help, seems a hot cup of coffee goes a long way, will have to beaak out the biscuits next time, mind he will have to earn those

I managed to get the Diff on myself after Dan left, oh how much fun was that , they are quite heavy balanced on your chest whilst you fumble about trying to get the bolts started to hold the blo*dy thing up!!

Applied waxoyl to the new shiny parts and to the beam and diff, in all the important places.



So by the end of next week it will be a rolling shell ready for its trip to Sheffield

Paul you Hero,
that looks good enough to eat your dinner off !

that diif looks great, your setting the standard here fella !

can you not get it rolling on some 'old' suspension ? I doubt matt will,but it would be terrible to see it covered in overspray

Thats a really good point. It's not the overspray, it's the dust.

[DanThe]

He wouldnt dare get over spray on it! Easy enough to mask from the sills down to the floor, even better if the booth pulls the air down through the floor to filter it

When I had my wing done everything inside the wheel arch was masked up, takes literally minutes

[Alex]

A litlle more done today, big thanks to Dan "DanThe" for popping over with his tin of Waxoyl and for installing the rear beam ( i helped by passing him some parts !!) and removing a stubborn old snapped lug.

I wouldnt have got this far without Dan's help, seems a hot cup of coffee goes a long way, will have to beaak out the biscuits next time, mind he will have to earn those

I managed to get the Diff on myself after Dan left, oh how much fun was that , they are quite heavy balanced on your chest whilst you fumble about trying to get the bolts started to hold the blo*dy thing up!!

Applied waxoyl to the new shiny parts and to the beam and diff, in all the important places.



So by the end of next week it will be a rolling shell ready for its trip to Sheffield

Paul you Hero,
that looks good enough to eat your dinner off !

that diif looks great, your setting the standard here fella !

can you not get it rolling on some 'old' suspension ? I doubt matt will,but it would be terrible to see it covered in overspray

Thats a really good point. It's not the overspray, it's the dust.

Come on now, you dont want your car to get dusty underneith

[beardymat]

Too late paul ive seen it,lol

I must admit it had crossed my mind that overspray would be a pain, particularly red and particularly on that lovely rear axle but we will take every care to make sure it doesnt get on there. my booth extracts through a 3 foot wide pit which the car straddles which will actually draw the paint overspray towards the underside but a bit of carefull and possibly fiddly masking should sort that.

[town325i]

paul your a fooking legend all that work and shiney new parts will this car ever see the rain though?

[The_Diddler]

paul your a fooking legend all that work and shiney new parts will this car ever see the rain though?

I will admit if its raining and i fancy a spin out i will think about it

However if its all arranged/going to a meet/show etc and its wet, its going out, and i'm going, plus if it rains whilst out i aint got no choice.

I decided early on to have a stab at his resto lark in a amateur fashion, but the whole point for me is to appreciate driving the thing as well, i dont just want to open the garage door have a look and a quick polish and shut the door again, that would be criminal, plus a little mad.

[town325i]

paul your a fooking legend all that work and shiney new parts will this car ever see the rain though?

I will admit if its raining and i fancy a spin out i will think about it

However if its all arranged/going to a meet/show etc and its wet, its going out, and i'm going, plus if it rains whilst out i aint got no choice.

I decided early on to have a stab at his resto lark in a amateur fashion, but the whole point for me is to appreciate driving the thing as well, i dont just want to open the garage door have a look and a quick polish and shut the door again, that would be criminal, plus a little mad.

thats what i like to see it would be pointless spending all that money to just have it sat in the garage

[The_Diddler]

Along with a shed load of other new shiny parts, including all new A/C pipes and R134 conversion kit, this little beauty came home with me as well.



Any guesses, box will be opened by 10:30, if anybody can be bothered to check back

Little clue in the tape used...........