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Can anyone recommend an electroplater that does Gold Zinc Passivate? I have a pile of nuts, bolts, pipes etc that I would like to have re-plated.

Tried the Turtle Wax headlight kit on the original headlight that was not replaced by insurance. The kit includes a heavy duty polishing compound for lighter UV damaged headlights in addition to the wet sanding kit, being conservative I just went with the polishing compound option with the sealant and I'm very happy with the result. It's not perfect but for the level of effort vs result I'm more than happy to recommend the product, from memory it was one of the cheaper restoration kits.

Finally all the items that I bought from FCP arrived, changed out the belts, tensioner and offset idler bearings. After watching a couple of tutorials I went for it, once the radiator shroud and fan were out the front end got a bubble bath. Followed by a rinse and blow out Replaced various broken clips along the way and found that the radiator shroud had not been fitted correctly. I don't know if it was removed when the AC condensor was replaced. I mention this as the low oil temp issue that I've been having appears to be almost resolved, behaving far closer to what I would consider normal that it has in the past 12 months. I don't know how that would have driven the cold oil temp issue - someone with a bigger brain can point that out to me, not convinced there is a connection.

Looks like a Eurofighter bodykit DIY clone - real DIY....

Pretty sure I've seen this done before......

I have read the same, and I'm also hesitant to go to the 5w30.

From what I can tell 10w60 Supercar has been discontinued, Castrol is rebranding that range and it looks like in APAC there will only be 10w60 Edge. Does anyone know if this is the case? I guess the next question is what to move to as a replacement, while not cheap Supercar was at least affordable when compared to Motul or Liqui Moly.

Order arrived today. happy times ....... Missing the offset idler, box smashed up and open on one end ? WTF. Had a look at the last "Congrats your order is on its way" email at the item list, some idiot at FCP had removed the offset idler. So, first and last order with FCP, what a ball ache.

Anyone brave enough to play in a 300's engine bay has my respect! Welcome.

Once they did start to respond to support emails it became clear the issue was not the shipping estimate. To bump up the order to a discount level I grabbed a tube of sunroof grease (listed as in stock), turns out the sunroof grease was not in stock and the expected delivery from the supplier was causing the delay. Order is now on its was minus the $10 tube of grease. No doubt the package will sit in the clearing depot in Auckland for a week before it starts to move.

Thanks gents, lesson learned. I've contacted them, no response yet.

Does anyone have any experience with typical order turnaround from FCP Euro? I bought an accessory / AC belt and bearing service kit yesterday, the shipping estimate went from the end of next week to the 7th of March after I completed the order!!!! Is this just a BS automated estimate and the reality is they are typically good with fast shipping?

Routine daddy daughter time at Western Springs, because motorsport memories are awesome

Post quick polish shot, love me some crystal clear headlights (excuse my white legs in the reflection ) And just a reminder that this is my ownership thread, these are my experiences and my opinions - your mileage may vary as they say.

There was NO issue with the handbrake other than some underpaid BMW tech who was adamant that there had to be a problem because he couldn't apply a handbrake properly when using a Tapley meter.