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I'm trying to DIY this as much as I can so I think that 3M patch kit looks the goods. Thanks guys!

I have a new bumper for my car in trying to prep and paint. It didn't have holes for the headlight washers but the cutout was marked on the back and I cut them both out. The problem is I probably went a little wide on one side and I'm not sure the hole will be properly covered when the washers are off. What I'm going to do is to try and close the hole a little bit but I'm not sure what I can use to do this. I tried filler but it just wasn't strong enough. What should I use? Thanks guys Christian

Hi Bahadir. Welcome.

Welcome! Yes, Leechbook has certainly done a lot of damage to smaller online sites over the years but we still have a lot of passionate, active users on here.

Welcome! Car looks gorgeous! Any more pics?

Hi @Robzilla32 To confirm, if I go Activity > Unread Content is this the page that is slow? Or is it Activity > My Activity Streams > Unread Content ? The images in topics should be thumbnails but not low res, can you link me to one ? Thanks, Christian

The wheels tho!

Welcome! Rust in the UK is just par for the course isn't it? Any pics?

Bah! BMW's don't leak.

Hi @Fezzifezzand welcome. As I said in the other topic, please dont open multiple topics with the same q. Thanks, Christian

Hi @Fezzifezzand welcome to Please don't start multiple threads for the same topic. I'll close this one with a link to the other one.

I'm looking forward to the progress.

As @mlrsaid, the only thing to do now is start a build thread.

Welcome! While a lot of the info on the site might be old the majority of the info is still relevant. You'll find all the help you need here with what sounds like quite the project!

The problem here is that we have had several companies threaten legal action against me personally because others have written bad things about them on the site. As I am the one who ultimately is responsible for the site then I am the one who is liable. That said, I'd definitely entertain the thought of having a feedback (positive and negative) section if the posts were moderated and proof of purchase/ownership could be established. The big issue is always keyboard warriors who jump on and say "yeah, i had a mate who blah blah blah and they were shit". There'd be a bit of work required to set this up and make sure it was all kosher. Leave it with me.

Banned.

This is so awesome. I might have wet myself a little when they revealed the wheels.

Hi and welcome! What model stagea are you looking for?

Yikes

Thread closed. The behaviour in this thread is unacceptable.

Holy shit. Grow up, all of you. Topic closed.

Yes! Exactly.

Note the bottom of my front bar SCREAMING for help.

Wow, clearly its been a while since I updated this. The car didn't have anything really changed on it for a long time but then I bought Eibach springs because the non M-Sport suspension was just way too high. It was supposed to drop the car around 25mm all round but seemed to go a fair bit lower than that. When I swapped them out I realised my struts/shocks were toast (absolutely zero rebound when hand compressed) and so I bought a set of super cheap KYB and an unknown brand to replace them to buy me some time. With this bog stock setup and with the cheapie suspension and a set of Hankook RS4's, I managed a best time of 1:18.9 at Wakefield. This was a bit irritating though because it was the last session and the car started misfiring really badly on the straight of the final (and best) lap. I reckon without the misfiring I could have had another second and at least another lap or two. Misfiring was just a partially unplugged coilpack. It was pretty warm in the bay, maybe it shifted a little when it heated up. Not once did the car oversteer. I never lost rear end grip. Now, clearly the old girl isn't a sprightly lass, but I thought I'd get something. I also had a fair bit of roll. One thing that blew me away was the brakes. Single piston front and rear, 330mm front and 336mm rear discs. Just kept going. I was absolutely mashing the peddle, the car would do a little wiggle and she'd pull up. Every time! Never faded on me, no matter how hard I tried. My brother in law in his 130i 6 speed was 2 seconds quicker (i think) but he's a small bloke and that car is a bit lighter than mine. Same tyres though. So, we did some research and made some changes; Whiteline front (27mm) and rear (16mm) sway bars Whiteline rear subframe bush inserts Heavy duty front sway bar links M3 front control & radius arms HEL braided lines and full brakes flush. Also, managed to get some 2nd hand Bilstein B8's. After putting this all in and having a full alignment done (to -1.5 deg front camber) and the car is a different beast. The turn in is insane and the roll, general stiffness and shock performance is absolutely perfect. At least on the street. I do admit that I've lost a bit of comfort. The rear inserts have made every single little road noise echo in the car and she's very stiff. But I've always liked hard suspension. She's also VERY low. Much lower than the disclosed amount on the springs. I have bought some E30 spring perches which are identical to E90 but 10mm higher which will raise the car and give me 10mm of shock travel back. Anyway, here's the old girl. I love this car!

Have you had anything else in the car to compare them with?