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Had a decent go at cutting and polishing. Lots of trial and error along the way but getting the hang of it… Test area to see how hardy the paint is. On to cutting the fr guard. Then the sides and the roof, which I never thought would come up well, lots of deep scratches. Gave it a wet sand first. After cutting the sides and roof I expected this sh*t to appear under bright lighting.. Up until now i’d been using a rotary polisher so i switched to a DA and got rid of most of it. Happy how it turned out Got the hatch and bumpers to do. Won’t bother with the bonnet until i can find a straight one with saveable black sapphire metallic paint.

Nice job, looks great! Make sure you protect it well. Washing the car has been a breeze ever since I did mine.

Kenwood KMM-BT408 mechless. It's the updated version of the 305 I have in my e30. Small, clean look, tons of integration with your phone, three sets of pre-outs and all sorts of configs for time delay, eq etc etc. Even configure what the pre-outs are doing. Amber lighting: check. Configure your own preferred shade. Plays your carefully ripped WAV files from USB too. Or just play Spotify from your phone if you favour convenience. Install the included mic, set up bluetooth with your phone - bingo full handsfree. It'll even take a second phone at the same time. I bought one for my e46, not yet installed. If you want steering wheel integration you'll need a babelfish to take the canbus and talk to the Kenwood. https://www.qualitycaraudio.co.nz/kenwood-kmm-bt408-bluetooth-usb-nz-tuners-3x-pre-outs-car-stereo?search=KMM-BT408

Very sad news, always a worthwhile thread where SSBMW had contributed. Always on the money, particularly knowledgeble.

Never knew the guy but I recall his posts here and there. It is always heartbreaking when someone from our community passes. My deepest condolences go out to his friends and family. RIP Sanjay, fellow BMW enthusiast and valued Bimmersport member.

Thanks! Should just be airbox out to get a good view of what is going on. The feed from the engine to the distro block is not easy to inspect or replace, saving this one for a rainy day. I just used Aeroflow product, worked with it before and it is reasonably affordable in terms of AN fittings, I just copied the whitbread ones from their photos. I didn't actually do the top turbo line back to the block, it came like that when I bought it, would probably route it slightly different when I redo it at some point. These are the parts I used for the distro block to lower turbo (LP) feed line: 2x AF202-03, 1x AF200-03-1M, 1x AF359-03, 1x AF351-03, 1x AF91-1909 (heat sleeve, optional extra but nice to have) and some crush washers from mitre10.