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My E85 Project Thread - Project Nutella

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Post by Buckz » Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:25 pm

that really lifted the whole front end! I dislike the chrome headlights but other than that I love it.
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Post by David » Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:55 pm

Buckz wrote:that really lifted the whole front end!
Politely, I disagree.... you can clearly see it's on the floor! :rofl: :poke:

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Post by LBZ4 » Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:08 pm

haha thanks guys, I've always loved chrome headlights I've never really seen many cars come from factory with really dark black headlights and with OEM in mind i didn't want to give it that over the top modified look :driving:

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Post by sonnyb » Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:02 pm

hows that project coming along kis?

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Post by dhobbs » Fri Feb 17, 2017 2:03 am

How did you get the m4 bumper to fit the bonnet/lights?
Did you have to cut the two bumpers and bond together?

Looks amazing by the way. I don't have the time or the money let alone the balls to do something like this!
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Post by LBZ4 » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:46 am

dhobbs wrote:How did you get the m4 bumper to fit the bonnet/lights?
Did you have to cut the two bumpers and bond together?

Looks amazing by the way. I don't have the time or the money let alone the balls to do something like this!
yeah pretty much. cut both bumpers in half keeping the fixtures of what the z4 uses at the top ( headlight recess etc ) and then the fancy new bottom bit from the m4 - we had to use a bonding agent that was £250 a tube ( used 3 of them ) it was some industry level bond that melted the two and then set as if it had never been cut. then coats of fiberglass etc you get the idea. the whole front end cost nearly the same as painting the car when you include grills etc from BMW but I feel if I didn't allow for the cost we would have ended up with an m4 style looking bumper that wasn't 100% how I wanted. With my goal to keep the front end as OEM to a BMW car as possible and not kill it with an OTT body kit, i think its about there :)

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Post by markeg » Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:11 am

Looks very nice - assume you're not driving around Hull roads with that front clearance though :D Did you fit air suspension (can't remember from our conversations and too lazy to trawl back through the posts...) :oops:

When you come to the watermill meet, you'll have to let Mac know you can't park in the fields or paddock due to clearance!
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Post by LBZ4 » Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:26 am

markeg wrote:Looks very nice - assume you're not driving around Hull roads with that front clearance though :D Did you fit air suspension (can't remember from our conversations and too lazy to trawl back through the posts...) :oops:

When you come to the watermill meet, you'll have to let Mac know you can't park in the fields or paddock due to clearance!
haha yes its got air suspension and i will actually be using this as my daily :)

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Post by Marius » Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:48 am

reminds me of that :)

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Post by LBZ4 » Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:53 am

Marius wrote:reminds me of that :)

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Yeah Gerard ( the owner of the techno violet beauty ) was great at giving us little nods to how his body shop managed it too without him i wouldn't have even attempted the conversion

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Post by dhobbs » Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:34 pm

That works really well, updates the front end and doesn't look out of place at all.
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Post by Beedub » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:40 pm

i love what your doing..... this platform looks so mean with some nicely placed mods.
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Post by markplant » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:47 pm

Liking the front end and body mods a lot, :thumbsup:
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Post by JINGLE » Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:25 pm

This has become my favourite Z :oops:

Can't wait to see the thing in the flesh! :fuelfire:

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Post by Geezah » Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:31 am

Feeeenomeeenal! Skill or what!?
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