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Thursday, 29 August 2013

E21 316: E30 Sports Seats vs. Re-covering the Recaros

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Saw these absolutely divine Recaro sports-seats from an early E30 Baur cabriolet on eBay. They're all but identical to the Recaro/sports...
Wednesday, 28 August 2013

E21 316: Big job broke out - Time to do the N/S/R Wheel-Arch...

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This is the first wheel-arch I pulled to fit the 16s and it's the only one now still needing a tidy-up, to say the least. I cut too much...
Tuesday, 27 August 2013

E21 316: (Wheel) Arch-Nemesis Beaten! - tidied up with a bit of flare.

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Been enjoying the car and weather too much over summer to neaten up the pulled wheel-arches, but thought I'd take some time off to finis...
Monday, 26 August 2013

E21 316: Recaro Seat-Base Adapter - Finally solved!

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I'm all for keeping things so they can be converted back to stock later on, but fitting seats with the E21 base-mounts is a nightmare. O...
Sunday, 18 August 2013

E21: Custom Seat-Base vs. Planted Adapter

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Had a go at fitting the passenger Recaro seat, this time using the Ford sub-frame and slider instead of the BMW one. The driver's seat I...
Thursday, 15 August 2013

E21 316: Tyre stretch comparison.

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This is for a mate who's bought some 17" BBS reps ( Calibre Vintage ) for his Mk4 Golf. As with my tyres, the Demon Tweeks guys rec...
Sunday, 21 July 2013

E39 530d: Air-Con Drive Belt Snapped - Fixed, now heatwave over...

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With the recent heatwave I noticed my air-conditioning appeared to be struggling. It must have been over a year since I last stuck it on ful...