Bills Kalifornia SWB

[Plastic Porsche]

Hi

Having taken the wife to the airport to visit her Mum for two weeks, I've started to prep my Z3 ready for the kit from Chris and Dan in the next couple of weeks hopefully

Wheels are powder coated chrome Jag XJS 7 x 15 with 205 60 tyres

The car is now lowered on sports shocks, front is about 30-40 lower, but the back is far to low, I think the eBay seller sent 60mm lowering springs not 30mm, the front has also had powerflex front lower wishbone bushes fitted making the steering much more predictable

Rear shocks were originals with 80k on them and completely shot,

[andysharrock]

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good luck with the build

[Plastic Porsche]

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WIN_20150613_185816.jpgPicked the kit up from Chris and Dan on Monday

Had a few hours this afternoon, stripped the back end of the car and hung the back end on.

Lights not fully fitted because I need to get the right hole saw from tool station

[ericholm]

Yes, good luck with the build I will be watching with interest. Looks like you went for the open top option, just what I am hoping to do.

BTW how long did you wait for the kit from point of order. I have sent a contact form via the tribute website asking what delivery times are but still waiting for a reply, guess they are a bit busy

Also I like the wheels with the spinners attached, I have been looking at options for wires and doesn't look promising, I want 17" and to keep them wide, there's some on Ebay in Germany but are around £1k for a set adn not sure PCD matches. So Wire look-a-likes with Spinners are my next thought, how do you get the spinner to stay on?

All the best I look forward to seeing lots of pic's

[Plastic Porsche]

Hi

I ordered the kit 4 or 5 weeks ago, be patient and Chris will get back to you, he and Dan are snowed under

The plastic spinners screw onto a centre piece which screws into the centre cap, I don't have centre caps for these wheels and will probably use tow ball covers fitted into the wheels first as the centre bore on these wheels is quite small

I was surprised by how quick it was to strip the BMW, take the wheel arch liners out first for access to everything, thanks Dan for the tip!. the aerial was a pain but I googled it all first

[IanA]

Looking good already Bill. Those wheels suit it. If the Z300S Barchetta didn't exist, I would have one of these. What colour are you going for?

[gas guzzler]

Originally Posted by IanA

Looking good already Bill. Those wheels suit it. If the Z300S Barchetta didn't exist, I would have one of these.

I agree, you're certainly getting a move on. I must say the ease of which the Z3 is stripped quite surprised me, mind you it's the same with the mx5, stripped one of those back to the tub in next to no time.

Good luck with the rest of the build

Andy

[Plastic Porsche]

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WIN_20150614_204601.jpgThanks for the positive comments, I'm not sure I will paint it before I've run it around for a bit

I managed a few hours this afternoon to strip the sills and front off the car, i.ve left the bonnet on for now, washers disconnected

[IanA]

Originally Posted by Plastic Porsche

...I'm not sure I will paint it before I've run it around for a bit...

I wouldn't worry about that- I've had mine on the road for almost a year and it's still not painted.

[Plastic Porsche]

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WIN_20150615_210745.jpg[/ATTACH]Road legal 11 x 8 gel 3D number plate arrived in the post today, combined with stainless surround it looks suitably retro

[a big scary monster]

If you are uploading pics to your control panel on the forum (There is a sticky in general chat)
Once it is in your picture folder on the forum, start a message/post, click on the add picture icon.
THIS IS IMPORTANT copy paste the lower of the 2 links, this displays the image instead of the URL link.
REMEMBER to delete the pre typed [IMG]http:// so its just on the link once, and you get

[IMG][/IMG]

a shocking quality muddy Spaniel. This method can be done straight from a phone or tablet Ed

[Plastic Porsche]

Thanks I'll try it next time

[Plastic Porsche]

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Just practising posting pictures

How my spinners fit, made up of tow bar cover and two wheel hub spigots

[Plastic Porsche]

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[ericholm]

Originally Posted by Plastic Porsche

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Just practising posting pictures

How my spinners fit, made up of tow bar cover and two wheel hub spigots

Hi,

Would you mind letting me know where did you get your spinners from and did they come with the 2 hole fixing on the rear, as I can see in your picture? you had mentioned a central fixing in a previous post.

Thanks.

[Plastic Porsche]

Hi spinners can be bought from Europa spares, chrome abs spinners set of 4 they come with a 2 hole screw cap fitting for attaching to the wheel



Didn't get much done this week end as I've been chopping the boot lid about, to mount a chrome number plate light plinth

However I did fit one of the side repeaters



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[a big scary monster]

Nothing wrong with your picture posting now, cars coming along nicely I like the wheels, looking forward to seeing a soft top finished to a high standard with the attention to detail you are taking. Ed

[redratbike]

Looking good ...not sure about the flames on the tyres :-)

[Lucky@LeMans]

The wheel and tyre choice looks just right . Slightly retro design and the 205/60 - 15 tyres fill the arches and look in proportion .
What have you done with the front grill surround , looks like chrome.

[Plastic Porsche]

Spent lots of time over the weekend messing with the door handles, i'm planning on keeping the BMW lock, have bent some aluminium flat bar to clip onto the bmw handle mechanism which then gets moved by the push rod on an mgb door or triumph 2000 rear door handle, no pics, it rained but it works

has anyone tried using a BMW mini cooper fuel filler cap the remote locking mechanism is the same as a z3 and it cant be too hard to make a mould / bit to mount it in from the back of the filler surround piece as its detachable.

Don't buy a new one they are hideously expensive, but ok on ebay if you take into consideration the time saved on messing with the fitting of an aston type filler

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