Recent content by Thrustyjust

Same as here. Just get the adaptor lead and plug it in . Its good that the ciggie lighter is permanent live when the ignition is off.

18's work for me and others do go 19's and look great, but the larger the wheel, the trade off is weight and comfort and cost. The roads around me so bad, that even 18's are a liability. If you live in an area of glass smooth roads, then go for it. I fitted the usual CSL replica wheels on mine...

Drive out to have lunch at Caffeine and Machine with the wife for our 20th Wedding anniversary. Other than the road war zone aka Oxfordshire, the day was great.

Bit fiddly but removeable through the grilles. I painted mine with Plastikote black and seems to be holding. Personally my local powder coater would have done it for a little more than the paint I bought, so hindsight meant I should have got him to do it with the engine braces. In paint in my...

I removed the injector connectors ( not the fuel rail and injectors) lambda sensor plugs ( label which is which) and oil switches and then you can lift over to the other side and out the way. Picture as below, you can see it at the back of the photo. Oh and be careful with the injector 'clips'...

I did a similar version Col and worked well to get them off.

I fitted some polyflex rear ARB bushes last week and realised how scabby the brackets were for them. So, ordered them and they appeared this morning from BMW Park Lane . So, for the second time in a week, fitted rear ARB bushes :D Also fitted A4 stainless bolts and large flanged stainless nyloc...

Not sure if links are allowed here but check out this eBay item number:265546019704. I like the rear hoop steadies that just end in the boot. Also he was good enough to cover all the mashed metal with silver duct tape........... Fire away on this for anything else you find :cry:

My Oris Skeletor Artellis watch. Bought in memory of my grand mother with money she left me. I broke it a couple of years ago and with the covid senario and belief it would potentially have to go back to the factory. I had to reluctantly leave it in the bedside drawer. So, in the end, I got in...

Can't believe I am having the next MOT on the Zed, today. Where did that year go ? Clean sheet as expected. Better than last year with new front ARB and drop links done over Xmas Sorn time. The tester pulled the handbrake up and said ' thats a good one !!' I was always worried it was crap and...

I mounted mine on the wall, so it doesn't get dropped or knocked . Works a treat . i also bought the ctek extension cable , which allows it to be fed into the door frame and the door shuts on it. Then the ctek power point plug. So easy to use. If I need to push the car out, the charger to...

BMW fitted from factory mud flaps, I'll let you know :D

Since most were at Ace Cafe today, I had the last years cancelled tickets for my 50th to Goodwood Revival for today. Oh boy was it hot. I had posh tickets, so had stands to sit it. The racing was epic, the sound of thunder from the Corvettes and Cobras. The minis were amazing, the bikes...

Bit of a drive out today of nearly 200 miles . Had to do stuff the other side of Stroud and utilising mini TJ ( who is not really mini, as has his driving test next month) and a map as owning an E86 without a funny flap in the dash means we like old skool, we then headed to Caffeine and Machine...

I never liked the MV2 wheels that mine came with and were not in the best of health. They were refurbishable as sold them here and the chap showed the end results . But I joined the CSL replica gang and for £500 for a brand new, not bent , scuffed wheels was a no brainer . Drove in , swopped the...