Jim's Chromie Thread - Hail Storm Aftermath

[Jim320i]

A Reminder for all showing up then...

Ring Matt for parts as he'll be coming and can bring them with him Love you Matt

[Kedge]

Dave, what time?

11 or 12 ok?

Matt, you coming on the Sunday to? Anyone else?

[Rav335uk]

12's OK mate.

Jim, Bacon sandwiches Biatch

[Jim320i]

Cant remember what day Matt said he was coming now

And Rav... I'll see if Ricky is willing to make some sandwiches to bring out

I dont cook... You should know that by now

[tonybtonyb]

Nice Jim,there's me thinking you got it from new,it's been in your family for the last 24 years or there abouts lol

[Jim320i]

I'm only 18... I couldnt have bought it new

[Meatballs82]

I was going to come Saturday, but the weather forecast is shite! Sunday looks better anyway so will come then, especially as Jim has offered us all breakfast!!

Get your orders in boys!!

Rav - will order the bonnet foam in a minute but it may not turn up in time

[Rav335uk]

No probs MAtt, not in a hurry.

[Kedge]

will order the bonnet foam in a minute but it may not turn up in time

Ohhhh you can get that can you, I'll be needing some of that soon

[Meatballs82]

Well I may as well order them in one go, any more for any more???

[Jim320i]

I've got a minty fresh bonnet foam up at mine not fitted to anything... Its not mine, but I can sell it at a higher inflated price to one of you...

So its official, every coont is coming mine on Sunday? Its too short notice to make Fiona book work off to cook.

[Dezzy]

I'll have a set. How much are they?

[Jim320i]

Dezzy, send Meatballs a pm... Through his work but they are from BMW

Its a long drive fr you thought fella so you might want him to post them

[Wingnutleft]

Been planning on popping down as well Jim, so might roll down on Sunday if your getting the bacon Sarnies on!! As you did say every coont, and im definately one of those!!

[Jim320i]

Proper mini meet

Bring your wallets boys, i'm gonna sell some crap from each of your cars between you all

And the Sandwiches, I'll have a word with Ricky tonight, he might be willing to be the biitch.

[Wingnutleft]

Can I have first dibs on Rav's wind-deflector

[Jim320i]

Yes, just as long as he gets first dibs on your tech 1 spoiler... But remember boys, all deals have to go through me

[Kedge]

Anything worth having off mine will probably have fallen off my the time i get there!

I need a CID ignition lead - http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/CID

[Jim320i]

Should have one Dave, but i'll check when you remind me on Sunday...

[Kedge]

There was a few other bits i mentioned the other day as well weren't there, washer pump and wiper stalk.

[Jim320i]

Yes mate, should have it all somewhere or other, if not, one of yours lots E30's that come will have these bits on

[Wingnutleft]

i'm not a 'full' Gypsy, just part Gypsy...

Yes mate, should have it all somewhere or other, if not, one of yours lots E30's that come will have these bits on

You'll be giving up the fragging and tarmacing driveways soon

[Meatballs82]

^^^^^

[Rav335uk]

Who wants a Tech 1 spoiler???

[Dezzy]

Dezzy, send Meatballs a pm... Through his work but they are from BMW

Its a long drive fr you thought fella so you might want him to post them

Thanks for the geography lesson Jim. Pm's received and sent. I'm out as you say, but the meaty one was more than helpful.

[Jim320i]

Today I went out to get some more off the breaker but didnt really have anything to get until I get underneath it, usually I tip them on thir side and strip them that way but I'm waiting for my stands from Matt

Anyway, had a little nosey at the turd a bit more today, wasnt sure what to be getting on with so though I would inspect the front arches which turned out to be just the one arch today... Will get onto the other tomorrow.

The plan was to check the plastic lining over mainly as I have another set but with a few cracks in so it was the better of the 2 I was after... They are caked in underseal so need to clean then up...

First thing was a few pictures...









This is the rear Passenger side arch at the front, had a proper poke at it and it didnt go through so thats good news, gonna grind it back and check it tomorrow.



Back to the front I thought I would take the disc off to clean the recently replaced backs up a little

So they'll be transfered to the other struts when finished

Had to beat the crap out of a torx bit to get it to undo the disc, need to put fresh in when I get some new discs for these struts.





Need some new pads too...



Arch time...

There was a odd damp patch which I assumed was a fat hole...





It was proving difficult to get to the scabby bits I could see so removed the bumper & wing...

Wing is a pattern part and looks was only just bought before I got the car... I do have a pair of non rusty prefacelift wings I could put on her though which are genuine but we'll see...

The front bumper does has some scabs inside so gonna sort that tomorrow. The other wing and the valnce is coming off tomorrow though too.

Bit of grinding up



Poked through here...



But wasnt all that bad, the underneath needs looking at some though



It wouldnt poke through though so will look properly tomorrow.

A bit more stabbing and the screw driver went through...



Right in the corner at the top, so now need to gring it back some and get this sorted! Which means dash out, loom out... So debating on whther to wait until after show seaon etc and then proper strip it down after that...




Treated up the bare metal I grinded back and primered it for now. Only had white






Wheel back on and its sitting like this now



Tomorrow should be fun finding more holes

Even though its depressing to find, i'm bloody enjoying poking holes in it Nothing thats too expensive to fix, just time consuming.

Staley rang me and has a welder so thats always good news as I dont have one But not sure if I fancy trying to rip the dash out this year to find it needs a fair old amount of work and then not get it back on the road this year


UNLESS, I get another chromie for the road

[spook]

A brave man indeed

[Jim320i]

Brave? Stupid is the word your looking for

Welding a shell is inexpensive so I may aswell do it I could frag this and buy another but then when it comes round to stripping it down, I could just be faced with the same issues again so may aswell do it to this one

[spook]

I did the same with my E24 last week,stripped everything out and used the big fook off screwdriver
for some digging, found a couple of bits that will be sorted.

Nothing to drastic there Jim

[Kedge]

At least you know what you're looking at this time round if you bought another!

It's not THAT bad really, I suppose we should encourage a few more to be saved

[Jim320i]

Nah, its a hole that needs welding, it doesnt need to look like a factory finish as its right up in the corner where no one can see, and if you can see it, it means your working at my local MOT garage...

While i'm thinking about it... How far away from the suspension top mount do holes have to be for it not to fail? The rear hole I found would be a fail as its a few inches but its easily patched...

Reason being is I might not be able to get it on the road until this is sorted... If thats the case, I need to just strip the whole dash out, carpet etc and get it sorted before show season.

[Kedge]

Think it's 30cm

[Rav335uk]

That's nothing Jim compared to some on ehere in the past.
Talked To Matt today, will see if the weather holds out on Sunday, if not, I 'll be working.

[Jim320i]

At the moment the weather says HEAVY Rain sunday... Tomorrow looks good though...

[Rav335uk]

Tomorrow i'm working, WHERE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN!!!!!!!