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Phoenix Yellow Coupe project.

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Post by paddy wright » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:12 am

Brilliant stuff- be great to see you!
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Post by 1536Z4 » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:25 am

MonsterZ4 wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:29 pm to have it road legal and in my possession again means the world to me.
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Post by BigDaddy » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:42 am

Have subscribed to you on YouTube and looking forward to more updates. Good luck to you, your wife and to the car!
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Post by MonsterZ4 » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:09 pm

BigDaddy wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:42 am Have subscribed to you on YouTube and looking forward to more updates. Good luck to you, your wife and to the car!
Thank you!!!
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Post by pvr » Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:39 pm

Subscribed as well. Just need a bit more Matt Armstrong editing over it and you can make it your full time job :lol:

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Post by curvature » Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:22 pm

Just watched your YouTube channel, looks like a great project and thanks for documenting it along the way.
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Post by MonsterZ4 » Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:10 pm

Good evening.

It’s been a good Z4 week.
Firstly I had a jolly little key ring turn up to adorn the Z4 key. It’s simple but it made me smile.

Today I churned out a new video (see the link below) to show a bit of detail about how I’ve cleaned the seats and how they now look. It also gave me a chance to test out a few accessories that I’ve bought from china to try to make the videos a bit more professional.

Finally, alloys have been bought to replace the very tired 108’s. I may very well try to home restore these, gives me something else to film.

Anyway, I hope you like the video, please like and subscribe if it’s your type of thing.

Ta ta.


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Post by j3nks79 » Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:49 pm

You could make those seats look new by leather dying those. Easy but time consuming job. I did a full colour change last year.
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Post by Nuts » Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 am

j3nks79 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:49 pm You could make those seats look new by leather dying those. Easy but time consuming job. I did a full colour change last year.
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This is interesting. Whats the quality of the colour change like? Has any of the dye run?
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Post by j3nks79 » Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:17 pm

Nuts wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 am
j3nks79 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:49 pm You could make those seats look new by leather dying those. Easy but time consuming job. I did a full colour change last year.
From champagne to Cinnamon IMG_9608.jpeg
This is interesting. Whats the quality of the colour change like? Has any of the dye run?
It’s like an original finish. Like I said it’s time consuming but if you take your time and prep it properly you will get a good finish
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Post by MonsterZ4 » Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:35 pm

j3nks79 wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:17 pm
Nuts wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:18 am
j3nks79 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:49 pm You could make those seats look new by leather dying those. Easy but time consuming job. I did a full colour change last year.
From champagne to Cinnamon IMG_9608.jpeg
This is interesting. Whats the quality of the colour change like? Has any of the dye run?
It’s like an original finish. Like I said it’s time consuming but if you take your time and prep it properly you will get a good finish
I’d be really interested to see if I could colour dye the leather, maybe try this leather filler too.
Is it hard to do?
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Post by paddy wright » Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:40 pm

You have to keep the seats bi colour- it suits the car so well!
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Post by MonsterZ4 » Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:41 pm

Hot off the press!!!

Another Phoenix yellow update on YouTube.
I gave the old girl a bit of clay bar treatment, I think it’s come up pretty well.
I didn’t do the entire car as there are some panels that I may still swap out, I’ve not decided yet. There paint still has some issues which weren’t resolved by clay bar and polish, so at some point I’ll probably get a professional in to go over the entire car.

Anyway, here is a link to my ‘Zeds not dead’ channel and some pictures below.

Thanks for looking.

https://youtu.be/miIitxuzhCg?si=2P7EZP2iYWCisDP0
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Post by sars » Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:55 pm

This is really good, lovely to see a beautiful car lovingly restored :thumbsup:

Did you buy the MV2's on the PY roadster being sold for parts?
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Post by MonsterZ4 » Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:37 pm

sars wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:55 pm This is really good, lovely to see a beautiful car lovingly restored :thumbsup:

Did you buy the MV2's on the PY roadster being sold for parts?
They were long gone. I’ve never been keen on the MV2 alloys if I’m honest. I’d rather get the 108’s restored.
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