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Killing time in lockdown... Resprayed my roof rails (clear coat was peeling), fixed a couple of interior rattles and adjusted my driver window rattle then gave car a full groom, ready for winter: Wash and claybar Polish with Menzerna 2400 (got rid of a few buffer trails panel beaters left) Menzerna Powerlock Sealant Solution finish on black exterior trim. Thought I should get some (very local of course!) glamour shots, as its now guaranteed to rain soon ? *Edit - photos bigger and sharper if you click them*

While the Mechanical workshop is on call for essential repairs what better way to send the time. Starting with a E46 M3 interior swap. M Fabric Leather/Alcantara.

Between you and @adro there must be a few ruined pants on this forum... ? Gorgeous car and you now how to show it off!

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Wore my original knob out, too much shifting. Storm motorwerks V4, big chunk of machined stainless.. its got some heft.

Led taillights upgrade?

Just hand polished, to be honest I only did the bonnet / front quarters and upper door / rears (i.e. the ones that catch the light most). Maybe 3 hours all up? Menzerna is a great sealant that goes on and off really easily and will bead like crazy for months. Then I just wash every week or two with Fireball Hydrophobic shampoo (amazing product) which keeps the paint glossy and beading water for very low effort.

Man, that looks great! Well done. How long did that take (sans the photo shoot). If you don't mind me asking, and hand or orbital?

More things to do: Finish another S54 rebuild.

Tick that off the list.

We have the full 330 setup on our track car, running the OEM e36 master cylinder you have wayyyyyy to much rear bias. We put a bias valve on the rear to solve this. However, because the rear pistons are quite a bit bigger than the e36 ones you end up with quite a soft/long traveled brake pedal. we have ended up putting the 330 master cylinder in the car aswell. the cylinder itself bolts on fine, but the activation pin inside the booster becomes to short so we had to machine up a sleeve to extend that pin! brakes are pretty amazing now!

It's a pretty much perfect E46 M3... but 52k is too much. Some M4s are not much more than that.

I went to the annual BMW car club get together last weekend, under 50 people, so still legal, every year they have people’s choice “Best Car” Which I am very please to say I won it, with my e28 M535i