Nothing dramatic to mention, but here’s an update. I’ve put the interior back together as all the underseal from Wednesday’s session has now dried. I’ve had a look at the rust around the number plate lights, and am pleased to report that it’s just a bit of surface rust. I’ll attempt to source some spray […] Read more »
Today Andy Eccles kindly agreed to come and do some rust busting on the M3. Ben and I noticed some crinkly metal behind the wheel arch liners, so I armed myself with Robin’s welder and Andy and I set to work. Initially things didn’t look too bad on the driver’s side: But inevitably… So the […] Read more »
I’ve bought the 16″ sport evos from Craig. Pictures here are worth a thousand words! As a reminder, with the old wheels fitted, the car looked like this: So, with an M5 supervising, we performed a quick swap: And here are the results: I’m pretty pleased! The wheels came with a set of Goodyear Eagle […] Read more »
Now just reading this diary shows that I’m keen to look after and improve this car. However, I’m also keen to show that the car is here to be used both as a motorsport machine, and as a daily driver. So I’ve just taken a load of garden waste and a manky, rusty BBQ to […] Read more »
I’ve just got back from a few nights away in Cornwall with the M3. 900 kilometres at an average of 8.7 l/100km (32MPG). S’alright! The car didn’t miss a beat, although it did really struggle with being fully laden – extra people and a full boot really hurts the bhp/tonne on a car this light. […] Read more »
Loads of progress for you all this month, amazingly I’ve done everything I planned! ยฃ63 and 15 minutes saw the broken spring replaced: it’s simple and straight forward. However, I think we all need to stop and ask why this happens. It’s a fault often reported on the forum, and the BMW parts dealers admit […] Read more »
Back in 1997 I bought a Goodmans 400W car amplifier, and a few years later I bought a comically named ‘Vented Innovative Bass Enclosure’ (VIBE) bass box. These have been lying around gathering dust, so after yesterday’s wiring, today I’ve shoved them in the M3’s boot. There’s still a bit of wiring to be tidied […] Read more »
Among other things today, I’ve sorted the front brakes on an E39 528i and the rear shocks and top mounts on an E36 M3 Evo. More importantly, I’ve also made massive progress on the project M3. First things first, the exhaust mounts were looking a bit crinkly bottom. So they were easily renewed: The rear […] Read more »
I’ve been and collected some bits from BMW. Here we have two new rear ARB drop links, some nuts and bolts for the front wheel arch liners and an exhaust mount. Sadly I’d ordered two exhaust mounts yet only one arrived, but I’m assured that the other one will be popped in the post and […] Read more »
I’ve just been doing a bit of reading on s14.net and have come across this check for the fuel pump. I know Ian Haynes has mentioned this to me before, but I thought that if I post it on here I might remember to check this out in the future, as I fear my fuel […] Read more »