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Post Thu May 08, 2014 9:40 am

I need a good bodyshop ideally around West London area.
I been advised most are "scum" according to a mechanic. I just need a repair done on rear wheel arch.

Anyone got any recommendations :-) ?
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 11:45 am

Any aerial hole pics ? f00000king spesh ! :)
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 11:49 am

What about aerial whole pics
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 11:50 am

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Post Thu May 08, 2014 12:04 pm

pony wrote:What about aerial whole pics


We don't want a pic of your whole aerial, we want a pic of the aerial hole ! I know you went to school in Ilford , but jeeeez ! :o


The aerial hole line is now trotted out for any spesh that asks the same question twenty times over and when given a definite answer, proceeds to still ask the question .

Your car is (another :)) patched up lachs Tech 1 turd, just get the arch tidied up and be done with it. Freak ! :D
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 12:39 pm

Dips at customcars can help you out. Hes a member on here dips346.
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 12:40 pm

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pony wrote:What about aerial whole pics


We don't want a pic of your whole aerial, we want a pic of the aerial hole ! I know you went to school in Ilford , but jeeeez ! :o


The aerial hole line is now trotted out for any spesh that asks the same question twenty times over and when given a definite answer, proceeds to still ask the question .

Your car is (another :)) patched up lachs Tech 1 turd, just get the arch tidied up and be done with it. Freak ! :D

That was a typo
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 2:00 pm

If it's a patched up turd being used for drifting then just slap some filler/chicken wire over it and be done :)
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 2:08 pm

Will be used as a daily and DWYB
Not a garage queen wrapped in cotton wool
I have made it best I can using a lot of New Genuine BMW Parts and mechanically is almost spot on now. Just a few little things left.
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 2:09 pm

bhups wrote:Dips at customcars can help you out. Hes a member on here dips346.
I spoke to Dips he will be sorting me a quote hopefully.
Do a lot of Zoners use him then ?
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 2:56 pm

One day of diffing will be a great way to undo any hard work :D

Why don't you just spend a few hundred quid on something hanging out it's arse and use that :?
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 3:32 pm

south london use nottingham coachcraft in caterham......
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 3:35 pm

ross_jsy wrote:One day of diffing will be a great way to undo any hard work :D

Why don't you just spend a few hundred quid on something hanging out it's arse and use that :?
You mean get a cheap RWD BMW for a few hundred quid ?

Hmmm yeah I suppose but I kind of like the idea of using this as a daily and learning to drift and about RWD car control skills in it
Which is the original reason I bought an E30 plus I ALWAYS love E30s as a kid ever since I was about 8 years old.

With the money I spent on mine including purchase price I suppde I could have got another E46 M3 and maybe that is a better proposition for drifting ? But drifting that on public roads would presumably have to be at higher speeds than E30 ?
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 3:37 pm

Forgot to add I had to spend a fair bit of money on the mechanicals as they needed doing and would be the first thing to go with the abuse of drifting
Plus there was no LSD in mine so I had to get LSD and get it rebuilt which was not cheap!!!!
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 3:52 pm

pony wrote:
bhups wrote:Dips at customcars can help you out. Hes a member on here dips346.
I spoke to Dips he will be sorting me a quote hopefully.
Do a lot of Zoners use him then ?
Yeah quite a few do as far as i know.

He knows his way around e30s and the only guy to work my one.
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 3:56 pm

There was E46 M3 in there that caught fire because the owner had installed Angel headlights incorrectly
I wasn't allow to take pictures when I asked.
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 3:57 pm

bhups wrote:
pony wrote:
bhups wrote:Dips at customcars can help you out. Hes a member on here dips346.
I spoke to Dips he will be sorting me a quote hopefully.
Do a lot of Zoners use him then ?
Yeah quite a few do as far as i know.

He knows his way around e30s and the only guy to work my one.
What work have u had done on yours by him ?
Did he do it all on time ?
Were there any issues afterwards or any parts falling off ?
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 4:01 pm

Just buy £400 worth of e36, weld the diff and be done
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 4:04 pm

ross_jsy wrote:Just buy £400 worth of e36, weld the diff and be done
That.

You'll learn a lot more in a shitter you don't care about than pussy footing about in something you do care about.
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 5:00 pm

What happens if the welded diff fails on a motorway ?
Aren't welded diffs illegal ?
Plus low speed noises ?
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 5:01 pm

My E30 is NO cream puff I have it to enjoy driving / drifting. I hear where your coming from. But I do not care where I park it.
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Post Thu May 08, 2014 5:09 pm

pony wrote:
bhups wrote:
pony wrote: I spoke to Dips he will be sorting me a quote hopefully.
Do a lot of Zoners use him then ?
Yeah quite a few do as far as i know.

He knows his way around e30s and the only guy to work my one.
What work have u had done on yours by him ?
Did he do it all on time ?
Were there any issues afterwards or any parts falling off ?
Done my m52 conversion and 5 stud conversion.
Refurbed alloy wheels
Paintwork

Yeah all on time with no issues.
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Post Fri May 09, 2014 3:47 am

pony wrote:There was E46 M3 in there that caught fire because the owner had installed Angel headlights incorrectly
I wasn't allow to take pictures when I asked.
Out of all the turds in there, that one caught your eye lol
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Post Fri May 09, 2014 8:51 am

Kos wrote:
pony wrote:There was E46 M3 in there that caught fire because the owner had installed Angel headlights incorrectly
I wasn't allow to take pictures when I asked.
Out of all the turds in there, that one caught your eye lol

The other cars
1x 325 SE E30 getting respray from Zoner
E46 M3 Coupe which was badly smashed up
2x E30s long term projects
Another E46 M3 Convertible whose engine had caught fire
He said rumour has it the guy out Angel lights and were fitted wrong and caught fire
Anyway the owner wants it repaired
I asked whether I could take a pic of the M3 but he said No because owners are very secretive
He says he gets a lot of work from forums
Some Zoners
Cutters
E46 Zone
And prob other forums

There was a Volkwagen Polo slammed and I told him I thought it didn't look very nice at all.
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Post Fri May 09, 2014 10:58 pm

The polo is on Hydraulics
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Post Fri May 09, 2014 11:02 pm

The polo looks rubbish IMO how does that look cool ????
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Post Mon May 12, 2014 12:28 am

The polo is alright as is the owner.

You'd have got hard at the bently supersport which was there last week and the interlagos blue e60 M5