I've been busy.
Temporarily put the front end together to get all the fragile bits off the shop floor
Got the clips for the sunroof headliner piece, reassembled that whole business. Still hate it.
Got the sideskirts and pods off the donor. Note to everyone who may some day put an mtech 2 kit on - DON'T FUCKING USE ALUMINUM RIVETS SHITKNUCKLE
The actual hardware you need comes from BMW, not Home Depot. This is courtesy of Mr. Timeless Hair at Blunttech:
Anyway, the sideskirts have some damage so I've got a bit of restoration work ahead of me.
missing dogleg clips:
end of sideskirt destroyed and held on by zip ties:
also I painted the swaybar that came on the donor
and refoamed the toolkit
and got some stuff!
OE drilling template for one of the sideskirts:
new exhaust heatshield:
finally, I've been prepping the dogleg to go onto the M50. Here is the sucker:
here's the crazy ass linkage that it had in the donor car:
how about that "short shifter"?
Temporarily put the front end together to get all the fragile bits off the shop floor
Got the clips for the sunroof headliner piece, reassembled that whole business. Still hate it.
Got the sideskirts and pods off the donor. Note to everyone who may some day put an mtech 2 kit on - DON'T FUCKING USE ALUMINUM RIVETS SHITKNUCKLE
The actual hardware you need comes from BMW, not Home Depot. This is courtesy of Mr. Timeless Hair at Blunttech:
Anyway, the sideskirts have some damage so I've got a bit of restoration work ahead of me.
missing dogleg clips:
end of sideskirt destroyed and held on by zip ties:
also I painted the swaybar that came on the donor
and refoamed the toolkit
and got some stuff!
OE drilling template for one of the sideskirts:
new exhaust heatshield:
finally, I've been prepping the dogleg to go onto the M50. Here is the sucker:
here's the crazy ass linkage that it had in the donor car:
how about that "short shifter"?
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