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Recent progress. Got the front Wheel bearings installed on to the strut tubes, along with the dust shields. Rear wheel bearings pressed out and new ones installed, hub flanges pressed in as well. Trailing arms back in the car, brake lines hooked up. Assembled the rear struts with new top mounts, and installed them along with the new springs. Haven’t torqued bolts down yet as that will need to be done at ride height. next up is handbrake assembly and handbrake cables, then need to order some new discs and pads. Haven’t done much else on the front suspension as I’m hoping to install the engine and gearbox from underneath, so subframe will only go into the car with the engine. Have all new arms m3 offset bushings etc all ready to go for when that happens. clutch kit arrived as well now so just need to sort a starter motor and some bellhousing bolts and engine and box can be bolted up and put in the car, have the engine and gearbox mounts sitting on the shelf ready to go.

Some more progress. Got my hardware back from zinc coating, all Organized again now. Got the rear subframe back in. Along with new rear inner brake lines. got the steering rack fitted up into the front subframe with some spacers I machines. Also swapped on some new e36 outer tie rod ends. just waiting on rear wheel bearings to show up and I can start putting trialing arms back in.

Upgraded to Pro Nav screen and controller - actually quite straightforward, lifts the interior quite a bit. A shame native CarPlay isn’t possible with NBT EVO Business Nav

It should be fine, I've never seen the source of the drivetrain questioned during certification.

Absolutely, just means now I have to clean, repaint etc every single part as I can’t bring myself to install dirty/old parts onto all the clean new stuff. Just ordered new brake discs and pads, even though the old ones were pretty much new still purely because they don’t look as nice as new ones… Appreciate the offer, but should be all sorted for a starter now!

https://www.pickapart.co.nz/eziparts/ViewVehicleImages.asp?MobileVersion=Y&Location=pickapartconz&VehicleID=216856 it’s not arctic silver, but surely a worthy candidate for replacement?

Looking good, really good. Isn't it so much more fun, and so much less frustrating, when you're assembling something with clean/new parts.

Gotta make sure no one snags their shirt on it when walking past it 😁

Got a message from the panelbeater tonight that the cad was done. Went and fetched it after work, wasted no time as I was quite excited to have it back. Hired a trailer and jumped in the touareg to collect it. overall very happy with how it looks, yes there are some minor imperfections if you’re being very picky but for the money I paid you absolutely cannot complain. Rust hole is fixed (they chopped a piece of the cowl out to access it, then welded it back in and painted it blending up the a pillar), rust holes in firewall fixed, rust around boot seal lip fixed and painted, as well as entire engine bay/front structure painted. All of that cost half of what another shop had quoted for just the engine bay paintwork. next up I need to waterblast the underside of the car, strip out all the suspension and under seal the whole underside. If anyone has any reccomendations for a good underseal product that can be applied via brush/roller that would be much appreciated, unfortunately don’t have anywhere where I can spray.

I wish it was only condensation! This F types have been known to fail WOF because water was dripping and running down the inside of the headlights. Actually, when mine went through its WOF last month, the tester said it would've failed if the leak had been just slightly worse than it was.