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bit pic heavy might scale it down later and add details. apologise if you have slow broadband

Pics are great and the size is good for clarity

keep sittin it and just reving i cant help it sounds epic circling voltures no more

cheers shayne and thanks for the brace

Looks good mate. Those strut braces look a lot strong than the 1 I have.

one BA is nice
two of them is even nicer

thanks, one in garage is for spares and is going to heaven on thursday.

rear bumper now on, boot plastics and seats all fitted and exhaust still sounds sweet

got a rattle at the back though think i not tightend anti roll bar links properly so will have a go at that tomorrow ...weather permitting

how do you stop roll links turning when trying to tighten up the nuts anyone?

Absolutely stunning!! Hope my engine bay looks that good one day

now i like this shot so much!

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such an "arty" photo


oh an good work

mx3 wiper stalks fitted and modified to fit my post ford looms, intermititant wiper function can now be set to wipe screen anywhere between 2 seconds to 12 seconds
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Looking good mate, and I just love that exhaust, looks as good as it sounds, I will have one of them as well.

car is garage bound until i pay my insurance instalment so its going to be monday if all goes planned.
today i fitted my cup holders took som bodgin to get them fixed in securely. changed my rear window demister button over as it wasnt working so killed two birds with one stone. would have been nice if i had some chrome dial rings to fit at the same time.

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Rear bolster solution, mine has gone off for repair but then pauls interior came up for sale so having bolster from that, should be arriving soon cant wait interior is odd shayne borrowd me this until it arrives.
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Looking good mate

Noooo!!!

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im considering gettin him slippers

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Nice idea

My father in law thought it was a cb aerial on mine Least we get a good radio reception

[quote="Roy le Waa"]Nice idea

My father in law thought it was a cb aerial on mine Least we get a good radio reception [/quote]

my mad ideas. yeh we do get a good radio reception although i dont think the aerial is required to be so damn high. i came realy close to forgetting today its going to happen i know it is!

my old zxi's aerial went under fine.

today when i came home from uni i decided to have a play and take something off for the hell of it. so i targeted my high level brake light, i replaced the LED's and painted the surround.

its realy is handy having two of everything

dead led's
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opened it up
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i descovered the lights werent completly dead just very weak and dim, i marked up which ones were working and which were not and then did the same with my spare one.
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next i simply de-soldered the working lights off my spare and put them in place of the dead ones on my current light. was easier than i thought it would be, hardest part was opening up the unit itself.

all working
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my spraying skills have vastly improved over the years
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emerald green looks nothing like its meant to when on camera camera does it no justice.

in the oven heaters on max
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finished although to dark to see properly
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Nice work mate, look forward to seeing the painted suround tomorrow

some parts off the xedos ready to go onto my f.

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Looking good mate

EPIC restoration work you have done! Full respect pal!

Nice remote key you have there too! it came with the car or you modded it yourself?

Keep up the good work

[quote="tonz13"]EPIC restoration work you have done! Full respect pal!

Nice remote key you have there too! it came with the car or you modded it yourself?

Keep up the good work [/quote]

thankyou!

the key is an aftermarket flip up type i got from ebay.

lovely leather steering wheel from the xedos fitted got a chrome theme going on. can you tell what it is yet?
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and a new windscreen, i know you cant tell but....well...there it is!
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Very cool was the wheel a easy enough fit?

ye straight swap over even the air bag plugs in the same no fuss.

my interiors transformation has taken its forst steps towards awsomness

plan to re dye my seats black if i can but before then i want to figure out how to add the xedos electric seat motors to them. and its looking a blag, never would have thought so much goes on in simple car seats. you got clips more clips springs and more springs and then more clips

problem is the xedos seats are wider than the 323's by around 3 inches. so the bolts are not in the same place, the seats are also taller. but the xedos seat motors dont look very complicated they should transfer farely easy with the help of some deep washers to extend fixing points. im going to need the figure out how to bolt the motors to the 323's original rails, this is stumping me so far. might be easier tom use xedos 6 seats.

new black door card leathers.
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green piping love it
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323 passenger seat dismantled
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seat buttons, going to need to cut into my leather to fit these
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That is a hell of a job Matt. What controls the seat rake. I seem to remember that on old BMW's it was wires (which broke) and some kind of spool mechanism. What I need to know is......have you removed the leather cover on the squab of your BA. If you have did you manage it without cutting the leather. With the seats I bought from you I would like to change the foam in the squab but I am scared of taking the mechanism apart.

Anyway good luck......why dont you make the seats heated while you are at it !!!

Matt that really look the dogs b.....