Sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding.... after find there is not enough paint in a halford repair kit to do a proper job it turns out you can't buy the paint seprately?!?! Ok plan B filler primer, sanding, primer, Honda Noble silver, lacquer! That should yield much better results than the paint in the kit. The stuff for filling the holes was good though.
Coil overs have arrived from Gaz - first test fit. Its tight and the chassis might need a bit of modification to get everything running nicely! Finish quality is excellent with ball joints at the top are welded into the E46 top mounts I sent to them.
Had a very good look around underneath with weight on the car. It really it down to 2mm clearance, especially on the left side. However when you bounce the suspension nothing rubs - I just wonder how much they will move around while under load. What we're probably going to do it pull the strut tower out a tiny bit and move the mounting hole at the top by a few mm to increase the clearances. Very happy with these, the spring seems a bit hard but we'll see once the car has its full weight in. The nice thing it replacing the spings is a very easy job - and not too expensive either!
