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Got to confirm its for the right model car at last 😃 Hopefully the window moldings come up onto the roof slightly to hide the most noticeable pieces of deep resin, else might run a small strip of black vinyl perhaps ... will see when we get there but safe to say its going to look pretty sweet !! I can see why people might go with a plain 1x1 weave as the twill is fairly intense ... then again so is all the sh*t in the garage at the moment !! All back together with some light window tinting and it should look mean.

Nah don't you stop! I'm a few hundred thousand km's behind and not on the original engine anymore but hoping to get to half a million as well one day, this serves as an inspiration Keen to see some photos of how those E53 seats sit in there. I've got a set sitting in the garage as well but they'll need a good restoration before I throw them in.

Got some base coat onto the trim pieces ... has been a bit of a faff as the 3M glazing putty dissolved the primer so had to apply it a lot thicker than I would have liked. The primer also never really dried hard so presented some issues when sanding the putty. Will get some 2k clear on them at least and see how they go ... might be getting redone in the future if they turn ugly. Had them all tucked in the bathroom today with two heaters running to dry out the primer as fully as it was ever going to be. Managed to get to about 35 degrees in there. Also got the rest of the back ordered parts from BMW so once clear of the trim pieces and roof project i'll be able to progress the head unit install also with the centred mounting piece. No idea what the colour is, just lucky dipped it from the swatches at the car paint shop 😜

Thats what i use it for. As a note Bimmersport would be pretty much dead for new content if none of us did. Only really the regulars who may do that. Im sure there's many members or vistors who view\read but dont post\contribute etc, so not the best indication.

doesnt look to be a lot of interest in keeping this thread alive, never the less, it serves as a good build diary for me in the future, and prehaps the next own if it is ever sold ! had a quiet afternoon around march or so. had some black leather seats from an E53 parts car. The bolt pattern is identical across E38/E39/E46/E53 so spent the afternoon getting these installed. This 320d had poverty pack seats, was surprised to find it wasnt even prewired for electric or heated seats which they usually are. Not too fused about the heated seats, but had to run some wires to make the move/recline etc work, and also swap the seat buckles and pretensioners over I also got an E39 540i motorsport parts car in recently, which had a set of 18" M Parallels which were quickly pinched. The photos make them look tidier than they are, could do with a professional refurb, but look the business! Fitted brand new tyres to make them work (as the E39 tyres were much too big) as well as hubcentric spacers, due to the E39 center bore being slightly larger than all other Exx BMWs for some strange reason! The front work perfectly as is. The rear i had to roll the inner lips of the gaurds in, trim the wheel well liners a but, and delete the front most of the side brackets for the bumper. the rear shocks had visible corosion around the top near the upper mounts, so also replaced those. Sorry to the purists that only fit Bilstein etc, off the shelf items at BNT will do for this car. lowered back down and gave it a drive, no rubbing anywhere. over the past month has done a lot of miles loaded to the brim with gear for the shows Im doing for ACT, and no rubbing anywhere. Great result! forgot i had some BMW plates and found one day in the shed, so fitted those up as well. While it had a pitstop in Hastings last week, Greg at GH Automotive swapped the engine mounts for me. Left side easy peasy, right hand side a bit of a pain with a turbo tucked in there so you need to drop the frame to do it. Also discovered the vaccum hose to the wastegate was disconnected, and hooked that up. turbo whistle instantly sounded WAY better. as the EGR and DPF has been deleted many moons ago, its only the back box doing the heavy lifting. However, with that hooked up, the car would no longer go over 2500rpm. just to test, re-disconnected (is that a word?) and worked perfectly again. freeboosting isnt as much of a concern in diesels as it is petrols, providing the engine is healthy, so thats a good sign! I have ordered a new boost solenoid for it which should solve!

Got some primer onto the wood trim pieces ... looks bloody good for a rattle can I have to say !! Will do a second coat on all pieces without cracks. Think it's just the two front doors that are cracked, will fill with some glazing putty then sand ready for a second / final primer coat.

Signing off this thread, hopefully an owner carriers it on down the line. Sold the car back in July 2022. New owner drove it to Auckland and sent me some photos at the start of the year.

Roof rail delete is 🔥 @Vass! That JDM front plate plinth is making my teeth itch though

Love how the E46 looks on those E90 Msport wheels. Great looking car

Hey team! just wanna say hi! some pics of my ride, pretty standard car except for rear muffler, Susp, rims & tyres haven’t seen much of E21 around! I’m a mechanic down here so if anyone needs help, flick me a message or Insta > Julian.Lombardo Cheers 🤙🏽

Hmm like a stripper eh, that does have a certain appeal 🤔 Happy to make some adapters no worries ... i did need to enlarge one of the holes somewhat so the design needs a bit of a tweak but i can probably do that before making some more. Assume the 4 hole layout i have used for my Kicker's is standard ? else let me know what you need and i can amend so its spot on. Comes with no refunds or guarantees naturally, tell me what you think is fair ?