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Haha I've been chuffed with how well the video has done so far. KiwiCarLife's videos usually do in the 3,000-10,000 views range, and so far the W8 is north of 75,000! Glad it's been getting some appreciation for once! Even he said to me that he now has a new found appreciation for the W8. For anyone wanting to watch it: Funny you mention that, must be a little infamous that car..... (from the YouTube comment section)

Ok I have an update for everyone: It's been a busy few days but the car has largely been stripped. It was given an exhuast-less send-off, sounded pretty awesome! I'll put a video on YouTube for you all to have a look at sometime later today. Interior came out first, then followed by engine and gearbox, then driveshaft & diff, and now its just the odds and ends! Fun fact and for future reference: definitely don't just worry about the axles "later" if they're being stubborn to remove. It is in fact very challenging to get the engine out if they're still there - but you live and you learn I suppose. Had to cut the downpipes off and also have to disconnect thrust arms and upper control arms on each side to give just that bit more room. Would like to give a special mention to VW for using M12 Spline bits to hold the fly wheel on - the first 7 came off with much persuasion from the breaker bar. But it would have been nice to give more than 5mm of spline bit set into the bolt, because the last 3 all stripped, YAY! Had to get my mate to weld some hex nuts onto the stripped bolts and then big impact gun did the rest. W8 engine down to the block does look rather neat! Here are some pictures: Interior Stripped: Some rare bits.... Front End Off: Late Night Wrestle With Axles Concludes: VW Passat W8 Superlegeera: Draining Fluids: Basic algebra tells me this is a Bugatti; W8 + W8 = W16 Engine Separated Former M12 Spline Bolt: The block!

Mornings are best.

KiwiCarLife just posted his review on my Boxster. Pretty cool video - he compares it to a PDK Cayman!

BM134 is the OEM fabric for the headliner, which comes foam backed. The same fabric is on the A/B/C pillars but without the foam backing which is BM3109 if you use the foam backed fabric on the pillars its too thick and looks wrong. It's a bit of a bitch to get to NZ though, have to ship it in from the states I believe. This place has it: https://www.cartopsplus.com/Automotive/Headliner/BMW-Cloth-Headlining just select 134 and 3109 from the drop down menu. I emailed them if they had better options for shipping price and they came back with a pretty good quote it was around 100USD to ship 2 meters of 134. I got distracted with other projects and never ordered though. https://lemansautofabrics.co.nz/index.html This wellington place has it on their website but last I checked he didn't have any in stock and said I'd have to try ship it in from overseas.

Here are the photos. Sorry that weather weren’t great…

We did this 5 years ago : Recently completed E82 Manual S65 for a friend: Also we have a N55 DCT E87 under construction atm.

I can't recall, but there was a guy on the forums who sells batteries? Charlie? @LemonHunter he should be able to sort you.