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My E85 Project Thread - Project Nutella
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My E85 Project Thread - Project Nutella
Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
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Good work I am looking forward to seeing it finished.
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Haha im just way too impatient i only keep cars for about a year after ive finished the project and then sell up and move on haha Good effort on building your own booth though ! helllllllllMachine monkey wrote:Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
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Yeah I do all the work myself if I can to save cash! I am an impatient guy to it's extremely difficult!!
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Well I never asked about priceLBZ4 wrote: haha screw you all for making me roughly think about what ive spent haha
Marlon wrote: I guess I'm just used to forum projects similar to this lasting for months if not years, and more often than not never showing a finished result
Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as MM and the 'usual projects' that Marlon speaks ofMachine monkey wrote:Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
There is a certain appeal of flooding a project with sufficient funds to just see it through to compeletion in a very short space of time. However this is, obviously, fund dependant! Something which I can't always justify to my wife this is for my on the side modifications, let alone speaking of the whole hog type of transformation your Zed has gone through Lewis!!
Then there is (well for me at least) a certain pleasure working on the car in spare time/weekends. The fun you have working on something yourself. Going through the struggles, sometimes extremely frustrating! But then the reward when it's complete!
Also much like washing the car, (for examples sake) I feel you in yourself can do a much better job than any Tom, Dick or Harry. So same for me with the more technical and general modification aspects. Of course there is always aspects that require more specialist attention, but the bits you can do, yourself, makes the car truely feel like yours... well that's my justification for taking so long with everything anyway!!
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5 Series - E34 (x2), E39
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Machine Monkey & kis - I wasn't referring to either of your projects for what its worth
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I fully got that Marlon. I just got me thinking i do fall in to the camp of projects dragging on. My car has been in bits for 4 months now.Marlon wrote:Machine Monkey & kis - I wasn't referring to either of your projects for what its worth
And our v8 supra project isn't finished either. But we need to get them both running working and finished by spring as we need to pack up and move all of or machines spray booth and workshop in the summer.
Kis i get what your saying I have 100% made or fitted bled cried and sweated smiled and laughed with my car.
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Yeah I totally get you guys spending time on it and working it over time the truth is it takes me a while to think of all the ideas to put into a project but knowing i couldn't do it myself I wouldn't have any option haha...kis wrote:Well I never asked about priceLBZ4 wrote: haha screw you all for making me roughly think about what ive spent haha
Marlon wrote: I guess I'm just used to forum projects similar to this lasting for months if not years, and more often than not never showing a finished resultUnfortunately I'm in the same boat as MM and the 'usual projects' that Marlon speaks ofMachine monkey wrote:Unfortunately I am firmly embedded in the project taking an age camp!! I don't want to be but time and money are usually the constraints!! It took me 3 months to strip and paint my car!! Actually it was a year long project because I had to build the spray booth I sprayed the car in!!
There is a certain appeal of flooding a project with sufficient funds to just see it through to compeletion in a very short space of time. However this is, obviously, fund dependant! Something which I can't always justify to my wife this is for my on the side modifications, let alone speaking of the whole hog type of transformation your Zed has gone through Lewis!!
Then there is (well for me at least) a certain pleasure working on the car in spare time/weekends. The fun you have working on something yourself. Going through the struggles, sometimes extremely frustrating! But then the reward when it's complete!
Also much like washing the car, (for examples sake) I feel you in yourself can do a much better job than any Tom, Dick or Harry. So same for me with the more technical and general modification aspects. Of course there is always aspects that require more specialist attention, but the bits you can do, yourself, makes the car truely feel like yours... well that's my justification for taking so long with everything anyway!!
HOWEVER .... here you go have some new updates
side skirts fitted and custom extensions added
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looking good! taking it to any shows this year? I usually end up going to 6-8/year.
players classic, ultimate dubs, japfest, rollhard etc..
players classic, ultimate dubs, japfest, rollhard etc..
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im heading to the states from june to early july - but if i can a make the ones youve listed and get accepted indoors for them then i will indeed goBuckz wrote:looking good! taking it to any shows this year? I usually end up going to 6-8/year.
players classic, ultimate dubs, japfest, rollhard etc..
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Any plans for coming to Zedfest? Would love to actually see the real thing!
My E85 Z4 3.0i SMG
BMW Family History (past and present):
1 Series - E87
3 Series - E46 Coupe, E46 M3, E90 (x3)
4 Series - F36, F82 M4
5 Series - E34 (x2), E39
7 Series - E32
X5 - E53, E70
X6 - E71
BMW Family History (past and present):
1 Series - E87
3 Series - E46 Coupe, E46 M3, E90 (x3)
4 Series - F36, F82 M4
5 Series - E34 (x2), E39
7 Series - E32
X5 - E53, E70
X6 - E71
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LBZ4 wrote:im heading to the states from june to early july - but if i can a make the ones youve listed and get accepted indoors for them then i will indeed goBuckz wrote:looking good! taking it to any shows this year? I usually end up going to 6-8/year.
players classic, ultimate dubs, japfest, rollhard etc..
I'm only 45 minutes from you Lewis so will pop over when its done for a nosey Will make me jealous though lol
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[quote="Machine monkey"]Mine are the same but different
Where did you guys get your skirts from? I'm looking at getting some myself
Where did you guys get your skirts from? I'm looking at getting some myself
Black and beautiful 3ltr auto for fun
Peugeot 508 SW for daily use
Stripped out E46 330ci for track days
Peugeot 508 SW for daily use
Stripped out E46 330ci for track days
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I made them buddy sorry I haven't text you back I will do it now.jarhead wrote:Machine monkey wrote:Mine are the same but different
Where did you guys get your skirts from? I'm looking at getting some myself