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Mike-tec
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:57 pm

its a 325i sport. as im a painter by trade im giving it a full respray in the same colour. im geting the original bumper and lowering the front. im hoping to have one of the cleanest sports around. ill post more pics when its done cheers. michael[img].[img]http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1200/p ... ny8.th.jpg[/img][/img[img]][img]http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/889/ ... jw2.th.jpg[/img][/img[img]][img]http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3751 ... ma4.th.jpg[/img][/img][img][img]http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5487 ... yf4.th.jpg[/img][/img][img][img]http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6277 ... xz6.th.jpg[/img][/img]
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:56 pm

nice looking car mate, id definately bin the front bumper for an original
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:04 pm

Mike youve got some stiff competition to have one of the cleanest sports around,theres some stunners on here winkeye
Tidy looking car but why the hell would make someone want to fit that bumper :eek:
good luck with it mate and welcome to the zone :)
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:43 pm

Welcome to the zone :thumb: Looks like your sport has been a bit mollested by previous owners what with the bumper and so on. Good luck with the project but the first things i would check before throwing money at a sport is to remove the body kit and see how rotten it is behind there and also check inside the sunroof tray (the panel under the roof skin that the sun roof slides into) for any rot.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:48 pm

hi :wave:
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:49 pm

Good idea to swap for an original bumper, once you have it will be a very nice motor. Well come to the zone
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:54 pm

hi and welcome. theres the keyword, rot, sports seem to suffer from it alot, did you get a look inside the rear trim/door cards?
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:57 pm

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I think your right it would look 100 times better with a tech 2 on there.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:08 pm

welcome winkeye
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:13 pm

When you hire a skip for the bumper there is no point sending it back 1/2 empty so sling them nasty eyebrows and burger kings in there as well ! :)
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:14 pm

pacerpete wrote:When you hire a skip for the bumper there is no point sending it back 1/2 empty so sling them nasty eyebrows and burger kings in there as well ! :)
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:28 pm

pacerpete wrote:When you hire a skip for the bumper there is no point sending it back 1/2 empty so sling them nasty eyebrows and burger kings in there as well ! :)
Nooo. BK alloys are £9 each at a scrapyard with the tyres removed.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:36 pm

hello mate :wink: you said you were a painter by trade how about a disount for zoners ?
if there wern't people like me,
with cars like mine,
who would you put down to make yourself feel better?
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:37 pm

Andyboy wrote:
pacerpete wrote:When you hire a skip for the bumper there is no point sending it back 1/2 empty so sling them nasty eyebrows and burger kings in there as well ! :)
Nooo. BK alloys are £9 each at a scrapyard with the tyres removed.


A proper alloy wheel does indeed make £9 but a pig iron burger king is hardly a proper alloy wheel ! 8O
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:44 pm

looking at the gap above your front wheels id check under the bonnet to make sure it still has an engine.im sure they didnt do a 4x4 off road sport.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:37 pm

lol @ fuzzy

nice sport, would look better with a tec2 bumper and just outta curiosity why is the front so high? did someone do the suspension and forget to the do fronts?
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:44 pm

Tidy looking chariot but must agree that the Reiger front bumper looks like an Abortion on the car. Seen as you're a painter (I assume its not painting and decorating lol) the car stands a very good chance at being a very very good example!

Best of luck and welcome onboard!
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:57 pm

Welcome to the zone mate, Your sport will look good once you get a proper tech 2 bumper on, Id change the rear lights aswell mate.....................As already said, make sure you do a thorough rot check before throwing money at it.

Cant wait to see the end result, keep us updated with the progress 8)
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:02 am

welcome to the zone :wave:

nice sport but does need the tech 2 bumper 8)
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:21 am

dude it looks nice each to there own buddy how about some chrome archs???
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Mike-tec
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:56 pm

its got rot on the rear arches and thats it. the previous owner put the standard suspension back on the front so he could fit that stupid bumper. :?
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