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Mike's second Coupe

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nice work on the mirrors and grill! might have to do that with mine!

Thanks, only a couple of pounds , worth to do.

I used the Halfords BMW black. Quite good match, first I wanted to do with matte but this paint looks much better.Worth to try only £6.50

I think i will give that ago then, I've just got some new mirrors and they are faded to f**k.

Yours look good now!

What mirror have you got? I'm looking for m3 but they are bloody £££

Looking good mate, the little touches make a big difference.

Picked up a can of 'BMW Black' today to do my lower grille and some spare kidney grilles.

Yeah that's right.Good luck with the paint don't forget to take before after pics.

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Coilover update. Although the OEM suspension was very comfortable, I thought it's time for coilover. I wanted to buy FK Highsport as I had before but nobody had any special offer. After this I read the reviews and many people recommended me JOM so I ordered a set from Venom:

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I ordered new front and rear top mount + shorter drop link.Started to do the fitting on the driver side front, it took me around 30min everything went well.

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After the front I went to the rear, another easy job, bolts came out very good, and than I fitted the coilover.

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After Ifitted the driver side front and the 2 rear I was very happy as the fitting was way to easy BUT than I went to the passenger side front and the lower pinch bolt snapped.Fook me, never again. :) I used a loads of Super gas a day before but it wasn't enough.

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Anyway I was lucky as 1 of neighbor (Grant) had a full set of metal drill and after a few hours later the snapped bolt came out without any thread damage so a big thanks to Grant & Dsport for the advice.

RESULT

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I will wait a few more days to settle a bit and than will do the wheel alignment.

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Thanks guys. B)

Rich: any luck with the number plate pads? have you find the link?

Just checked my ebay purchase history double sided tape I bought from them no longer registered on ebay.

That probably will do the trick http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-Duty-Sticky-Self-Adhesive-Double-Side-Sided-Strong-Mounting-Tape-Foam-Pad-/300789722102?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item460876ebf6

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So finally I went to the local tyre place and tried on the wheels.

Front wheel 215/35 on 19x8.5 Would be better with 205/35 but because nobody has that size I bought 215/35. Nice small stretch.

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Rear wheel. 225/35 on 19x9.5 Bit more stretch than the front but nothing serious.

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Difference between the 18" mv2 and the 19" Quantum.

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Front and rear on. I have to drop the front a bit more but this is how it looks atm. More pics later.

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Really really like those wheels, totally change the look of the car, makes it look mean if you know what I mean. love it! I've got same colour car as you n think anthracite would look well on my 19" Cades Apollo, you got me thinking now

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