With the car now back on the ground it was time to super glue the side
skirts back on. I don't know who back in the day designed these skirts
for the M3, but who ever it was certainly took their job seriously.
I've seen small bloody aircraft wings that didn't use this many fittings
to secure them. First up was these little green grommets below
p/n 51711932996. Seven of these are needed both sides, giving a total
of 14. As you can see below I bought 18 because, obviously, I can't count..........
and 4 of these little black washers p/n 51711922599.
One black one at either end and seven green ones in the holes in between......
Then there's the little white dudes that are going to pop into the green grommets.
P/n 51711936517, 7 of these for each side............
these pop onto the top inside lip of the skirts, shown below.........
and then theres 4 of these that also go on the skirts, one at each end.
(I'm starting to think one of the previous owners of this car must have
been a f*ckin mermaid who lived at the bottom of the sea).............
anywho p/n 51711933719..........
these slide into the little slots each end of the skirt..........
and when the skirts are offered up to the car the white clips click into
the green grommets and the steel clips are secured at either ends by 4
little plastic nuts.......
nuts are filled with a little grease in the naive thought that this might prevent
them being such a b*stard to remove in the future..........
each skirt gets 3 little push pegs to secure it as well
(obviously to bring them up to full hurricane proof specification)
two at the rear of each skirt..........
and 1 above the rear jacking point.............
and finally 5 of these little plastic clamps (51711933125) are fitted to
the bottom lip of each skirt to secure it........
bit of grease on the face of these should stop them trapping
dirt and then dampness up against the bodywork which will
eventually lead to rust.........
I bought some stainless screws for attaching these instead of the factory
screws as I had immense hardship removing the rusted old ones.......
Screws screw in from the front of the skirt into the plastic clamp,
clamping the bottom of the skirt to the bottom sill.
and the end result? a pair of skirts which are well enough secured to
survive a direct nuclear strike..............
Should have the final episode of this update up tomorrow, the
glass fitting, and some pictures of the rear end which almost
looks like a complete car again, if you squint through one eye,
and catch it at the right angle, a little, kinda.
Till then...............
skirts back on. I don't know who back in the day designed these skirts
for the M3, but who ever it was certainly took their job seriously.
I've seen small bloody aircraft wings that didn't use this many fittings
to secure them. First up was these little green grommets below
p/n 51711932996. Seven of these are needed both sides, giving a total
of 14. As you can see below I bought 18 because, obviously, I can't count..........
and 4 of these little black washers p/n 51711922599.
One black one at either end and seven green ones in the holes in between......
Then there's the little white dudes that are going to pop into the green grommets.
P/n 51711936517, 7 of these for each side............
these pop onto the top inside lip of the skirts, shown below.........
and then theres 4 of these that also go on the skirts, one at each end.
(I'm starting to think one of the previous owners of this car must have
been a f*ckin mermaid who lived at the bottom of the sea).............
anywho p/n 51711933719..........
these slide into the little slots each end of the skirt..........
and when the skirts are offered up to the car the white clips click into
the green grommets and the steel clips are secured at either ends by 4
little plastic nuts.......
nuts are filled with a little grease in the naive thought that this might prevent
them being such a b*stard to remove in the future..........
each skirt gets 3 little push pegs to secure it as well
(obviously to bring them up to full hurricane proof specification)
two at the rear of each skirt..........
and 1 above the rear jacking point.............
and finally 5 of these little plastic clamps (51711933125) are fitted to
the bottom lip of each skirt to secure it........
bit of grease on the face of these should stop them trapping
dirt and then dampness up against the bodywork which will
eventually lead to rust.........
I bought some stainless screws for attaching these instead of the factory
screws as I had immense hardship removing the rusted old ones.......
Screws screw in from the front of the skirt into the plastic clamp,
clamping the bottom of the skirt to the bottom sill.
and the end result? a pair of skirts which are well enough secured to
survive a direct nuclear strike..............
Should have the final episode of this update up tomorrow, the
glass fitting, and some pictures of the rear end which almost
looks like a complete car again, if you squint through one eye,
and catch it at the right angle, a little, kinda.
Till then...............
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