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I must say this looked pretty good at coffee last weekend, props.

I use Wagstaff European on Marua Road for my rear bumper, gave them the bumper and the paint code and it's a perfect match to the rest of the car. Make sure they have the bandwidth needed in the timeframe required before you commit or you could be at the end of a very long queue. And for this reason I wouldn't recommend them for a job that needed big prep without a serious discussion with them first about dates. GT Refinishers on Walls Road also do good work but they might be lacking a bit on consistency if some of the stories I've heard are true. They're still recommended though so perhaps it's just a matter of a few bad days - worthy of a chat nevertheless. Rear bumper cost me $250 at Wagstaff based on me letting them just fit it in between jobs over a couple of weeks (in the end it took about a week). I removed the bumper and trim, washed it and took it in still fully painted. Are the doors bare, primed or painted?

Thank you for the offer. I have the socket, it's just that this car has spent a previous life in a swamp, they're not coming off without destroying the boots for more purchase, leverage or heat. Getting a few out without destroying anything might be fine but there's no way all 12 will come out. It's not helping that both axles spin freely now... lol. I've accepted this will take a few weekends now and, as long as I can get them off without trouble, am happy to remove the rear arms - shocks, springs and swaybar are all already out (I was replacing the shocks anyway).

The first one is horrific. In the second one, this seems to me to be a perfectly reasonable permanent position for them.

Accepted that the half shafts aren't coming off the diff so the rear arms need to come out to replace the wheel bearings. Big picture it's not so bad, it will require an alignment so it forces me down the path of doing the front end at the same time and I need a WoF anyway. I thought the bearings might take 2 days max, lol. But I am learning a lot about brute force.

I've gotta ask, who needs two Estoril Blue e36 doors?

Left front door, steel (41518230467) = 16.980 kg Left front door, aluminium (41518188861) = 9.400 kg So it's 7.5 kg per door, that's meaningful weight, especially so far out from the longitudinal centre of gravity.

The alu shells are ~7kg less each IIRC. Was a total steal, they can't have known how valuable they actually were.

Yes, you're right, you wouldn't get half of that for $1400 if you went to a pro. They're awesome, GLWS.

Downloading Waze now, let's see if it can get to and from work quicker than Google Maps.

I'm laughing at the first bit. Agreed, sharp price for the right buyer.

Wicked, can you feel the V-TEC kick in now?

My complaint was actually with Invision forum software, it needs a secure BBCode/HTML editor. Reddit has always been a nightmare to navigate once you're outside the main topic.

I want to work for the Institute of Explosive and Combustion Engines.

Very Hommage, I like it.

Cheers, that's quite cool. I wonder if it fits the S50?

Pointers to such a tool? (not that I've spent any time searching) I'm thinking of doing all of my cam cover bolts in the aluminium. With a suitable guide for a hand drill it's an easy enough job at home. I've already done 2 of the 14 (?) out of necessity.

No idea why the first post is screwed up (for me at least) but everybody needs to check out this reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PraiseTheCameraMan/ Boy this forum software sucks balls.

Agreed. It's the shitty climate and lack of indoor parking that destroys UK cars, not the salt on the roads. But any car that's lived a life in the UK needs to be thoroughly checked for rust, it's simple risk mitigation.

That'll be fine. On the shipping deceleration the sender just need to tick 'Gift' and write 'Lego' in the description. Small packages, irregularly sent to residential addresses and marked as a gift are rarely stopped. If they are stopped you'll face a delay only, no GST (or duty).

Sorry dude, have been a bit busy but just texted you.

The way I read your other post was that a license was needed, perhaps I got that wrong. Nevertheless claiming tax back is a more involved process and probably bureaucratic, and you've still paid NZ GST on it which will be even harder for Joe Blow to get back (read: impractical). A worthy consideration when freight forwarding, that's all.

Lordy, lord... that's disgusting. Loving the snow tyres. Rally bro.

The point @Mad_Max is making relates to using a freight forwarder - the seller is obliged to add tax based on the immediate destination, not the final one. So you can't claim VAT exemption, for example, if you're using a freight forwarder that has a UK address (well, until 31/10, or not).

If being the operative word here. Mine were harder to get out with old seals than they were to put back in with new seals. So I took the calipers to the local service station workshop and he blew them out with air for me for free (but I gave him change for a pint). Make sure you put a block of wood or something in there if you're blowing them out so you don't fire one across the room and damage it. Putting them back in was easy with some assembly lube (assuming you've cleaned the pistons and barrels up properly).