My Z3, one year in the making

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sean d
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My Z3, one year in the making

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I purchased my first Z3 this time last year, as I am a panel beater and sprayer it was straight in the shop for a makeover, lots of deliberation see the colour changed to BMW Protonic blue, the shell was removed and full anti-corrosion treatment was done to all under panels,
Day of arrival
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Some panels just painted
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sean d
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First time out and about
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It is now on Eibach pro kit and stlye 108s, fully detango'd, new sound system ect ect, the list go's on
This is before I changed the back lights

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This winter I have been upgrading the interior
bertiejaffa
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great work sean :wink:
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sean d
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I think you have seen this before mate :P
sean d
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I managed to get a cheap set of sports seats that where in very poor condition and really had to put some time into restoring them, They had numerous coats of paint that needed removing before redying them
Here's the seat on arrival
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Getting the paint off

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Covers off
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sean d
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Ready to go in
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sean d
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Gaitors and door cards done
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sean d
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A couple more of the seats together
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Also restored the steering wheel
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Introduced Piano black to door trims and centre console as well as blue hockey sticks
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sean d
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All coming together
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Dash is getting there

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Del
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Lovely work
sean d
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Centre console ready
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Just about there
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Hope you've enjoyed a peak into my journey, there has been a lot more to it and lots that I have forgot to put on but its been such a joy to work on the marvelous car
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BladeRunner919
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What an outstanding job! Really impressive.

How did you do the piano black - I assume it's painted, cleared and polished?
sean d
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Thank you, yes the piano black was top coated, flatted and polished
Del
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Doing such a fantastic renovation job on the bodywork and interior, here's an old link to an old thread for the sort of mechanical standards we're now expecting from you during these long winter nights :D

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=33754
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