Warning and a BIG Thank you.

[ImysE30]

Looking good Rob, i too did notice the door colour

Will be awesome when finished

Orange indicators if you are not smoking the lights

Smoked otherwise

[gooner1]

The lights are being changed to Bullseyes with Hids, and are deffo staying unsmoked.
They will however be getting covered with a clear film for protection.
Also, will be changing the Fogs, for the better ones on my Touring.
Just think the smoked indicators/side repeaters would compliment the Imola better
than Orange tbh.

[ImysE30]

I think an all smoked upfront would look nice IMO, black and red look

[djk]

Not a fan of smoked indies in general, but they might just work on this car - try a photoshop once you've got the kit on?

[Rav335uk]

It,s in me shed, Mick, my Garden shed that is
It will be back.
Steve, spook and I felt it was our duty, to keep Rav away from the unwary
citizens of the S/W coast as much as possible.
Rav, how,s you starter motor mate ?

@ Rob and Chris.
Thanks lads for the Help over the weekend, got the car back today, cut 1 day short from the weekend break. and cars now outside the house awaiting operation in the morning for the starter motor

Steve, mate really, next time , bring some I.D

[spook]

No problem Rav.

Next time your down Rob we can try all the smoked stuff on your car.

And Rav your exhaust sounds better than any 24v turd ive heard

[e30topless]

Steve, mate really, next time , bring some I.D

me back is still fooked !

[Rav335uk]

No problem Rav.

Next time your down Rob we can try all the smoked stuff on your car.

And Rav your exhaust sounds better than any 24v turd ive heard

Cheers Chris, was nice to actually meet some of the Pompey boys, and thanks for the lift.
Oh yes it does doesn't it.

me back is still fooked!

Could have stayed at the same Hotel I was at for £90 for the night

[adit]

where's the German Badge gone

we needed it for the entrance gatepost

don't park under street lights.

it's the best way to spot a separately painted panel.

good point Mike, but conversely, if you're looking at a car to buy, check it under street lighting

Also, will be changing the Fogs, for the better ones on my Touring.

oh yes, your pre-facelift touring

[spook]

And you could have stayed here for free

Gooner and Sue have reserved the front room for next years show

And nice to finally meet you too Steve

[adit]

me back is still fooked !

i said that Mike looked quite heavy. noisy B'stard, kept me 'n' Scrumpy awake all night

good to see you there Steve

[Rav335uk]

You missed out on a Prize Steve, furthest travelled went to Paul aka Priddie from Melton Mowbrey, you travelled from up norf

[e30topless]

me back is still fooked !

i said that Mike looked quite heavy. noisy B'stard, kept me 'n' Scrumpy awake all night

good to see you there Steve

it was the guy with the red e36 that was snoring, noisy coont

You missed out on a Prize Steve, furthest travelled went to Paul aka Priddie from Melton Mowbrey, you travelled from up norf

melton mowbrey ? I am 140 miles above that !

620 mile round trip but deffo worth it

[Rav335uk]

Should have stuck around, I didn't even knew you went

[adit]

[Gortour]

Must admit it looked pretty much the same as the pic in reality at the weekend Rob...
...from a distance admittedly and I didn't 'check it out' close up...

[gooner1]

Forgot to post pics of how the Carpet dyeing turned out. so as i was installing
new seats anyway i thought i,d do it now.





and with seats fitted



##



The seats will be coming out next Spring, sanded down. craks filled, and dyed Black.
For now, i,m more than happy with them.
[

[Ollie_bwoii]

I thought you'd brought some bubble leather seats?

[ImysE30]

They look good Rob, seats look in good condition

Black leather with red stitching

[gooner1]

I did Ollie. They were then sold to someone with a Motorsport 3 Weeks ago.
Last night i picked my present ones up from the same person.

Black leather with red stitching, Sounds nice Imy
but far too complicated for me to do.

[e30daniel]

all i can say is well done m8 for keeping the chin up after that tosser done a horrid job,
whoever done the second job done a very thorough job and deserves recognition.

good choice on the colour too, much more 80s cab.

[ImysE30]

I'm sure it wouldn't be that much extra work seeing as you are dying the seats anyway, just a lot of masking on the seats.

[Alex]

looking great gooner, however i would be tempted to go back to grey carpet with grey door cards as it looks a bit missmatch, however its an improvment on the cloth seats

Carpet looks good like

EDIT: i should read things properly

[LilJen]

wow, just read all through this thread. cant believe what happened to you, how someone could consider doing that to a car is just beyond. Great to see how many people on here were willing to help you out
the car is looking amazing now hun, hats off to you for not giving in. keep up to good work, and looking forward to seeing the completed project

[Jones]

Just read this thread, and I think out of all the ways of getting back at that pr*ck, I think I like the one about towing him down the road behind an E39 530 sounds best.

Fair shout for sticking with the car! Looking really good mate well done!!

Going to be getting my brothers m30 engined, m3 bodied vert project back on the go soon after 5 years of being sat in the garage. its in a similar state to when you stripped your vert.

[gooner1]

Jones, think a tow behind a 316 4 pot is a better bet, want it to be a long drawn out, slow
process. Good luck with your project, sounds interesting

Think this thread has run it,s course now.
Any future developments will be in a new post.
Thanks again for all the words of encouragement, special thanks to
Anna, Si, and Whipsey. Shaun, i owe you big time mate.

[Jones]

My brother started a thread here all those years ago, I/he will be updating it as and when we drag it out the garage. few weeks we should be starting.

[ImysE30]

Fitting end

Worthy of 'Zone Gold' IMO

[playgirl19812008]

omg,i am new to this site so my opinion may mean nothing,but my thoughts are that us bmw lovers go down and sort this bast'#d out!!!

[octanejunkie]

Epic thread. Great to read that its all come good in the end

[maddogg]

Rob, you don't hang about do you mate. Fitted already... They look pretty cool mate. Hope your happy with em...

I'm still grinning eveytime I get in my car and look at the bubble leather...Thanks to you mate.

[whipsey]

just glad i could help out mate

[e30deep]

Hello mate, i spoke to you earlier today at the gym about your car.....Its a real stunner, look forward to seeing it soon.

[gooner1]

Cheers fella, it's Rob btw.
Once iv'e sorted the smokin issue i'll take you for a spin mate.

[TheHeap]

Gooner, glad it's all going the way it is suppose to and that colour is