Dude, let me cheer u up with the fabulous interior I mentioned earlier...soon very soon...
Might able to overcome your bad feeling which generates from this EXTERIOR...

This post has been edited by vincent_doggy: Mar 9, 2009 - 1:46 PM

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Lol, Sounds like a plan, I'm not down on this bumper, I look at it as a fun task to tackle to further the progress of my car! I've been looking forward to this kit since I joined this site!

But vince let me know when you get this all finalized!

looking much much better than originally, the fitment was known to be so bad on these things that it deterred me from getting it. It does look awesome when done correctly though, esp with an intercooler

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if you like it man, go for it!
im pretty sure once its finished u will be extremely proud!
No pain no gain!!!

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Isn't that the truth! I had some idears for it and how i'm going to get the sides bolted and what not, so I'll be giving that all a go tomorrow. hopefully going to get the high beams flush with the light and get the passanger low beam to the right height rather than having the dip it does and hopefully shift the fiberglass over to fit the entire light, get the bottom opening straight and in line and hopefully get the driver's side corner down just a bit..

of course there are some other things I'll be doing but can't illustrate via the images I have right now.

More to come

This post has been edited by bseaman_5: Mar 10, 2009 - 10:27 AM

Well yesterday was a pain in my ass. I got up fairly early to get to work on my car and things did NOT go as smooth as I had planned...

I got to work first on getting my new Intrax springs on, went to Oreilly's Auto and got a spring compressor (the wrong one) so it did me no good. But by this time I already have my wheels off and the strut so I'm not about to put it all back together and go get a different one.
My goodness how bolts can get rusted... The 2 main bolts holding the strut assembly were a PITA!!! But after a few hours of work, some Rust breaker downer ha ha and a breaker bar I finally got it going. So after what I thought would maybe take an hour or 2 to get all four done, 3 or 4 hours later I finally get done!

So next is get to work on my kit and my fenders. I have several cracks in my fenders that needed to be repaired and so first things first was prep work... Sanding... I hate sanding!!! So I got the areas I was going to fg all sanded and prepped. Once I finally get that done I get to work. I created the mixture get my disposible paint brush and a little aluminum foil cake pan thing to mix the resin and hardner in. Cut the pieces that I want to work with and start working.. The first fender went really well!! I created a lip on the front portion of the fender to drill into the bumper to keep the sides from flopping around (I'll get some pics tomorrow hopefully for you to better understand). Then I went to work on the other fender, and I guess I just didn't put in enough hardner, cuz it just wouldn't set up.. I let it sit for over an hour and it just wouldn't start to get hard.. A piece ended up falling off.. SO I just took it all off and I'll give that fender another go real soon.

Like I said, Sorry I don't have any pics to show you guys I'll try to get some up here tomorrow! I'm definitely riding low now!!! Looks sick!!!

B.

First the pics:








I'm also going to throw in an exhaust clip cuz I haven't ever posted mine up here. I'll go ahead and throw it in the exhaust thread too. Its a custom exhaust header back, 2 AR25 AeroTurbine resonators, and a Borla XR1 Muffler: (IDK how the clip sounds, I don't have audio at work here and I was only able to listen on the camera ha ha so hopefully it does my exhaust justice)


Now last night I'm driving on my second job and I heard a thunking noise.. I'm thinking great my stock suspension is going bad already (I am running my stock suspension for the time being cuz I'm too broke at the moment). It's only thunking at first when I turn left, then it starts when I break and when I turn left, I got out and looked but didn't see anything, didn't help that it was 3am so I couldn't see much.. It got to the point where it was a constant thunking and I decided it was in my best interest to get it figured out what this noise is. Turns out I'm guessing I didn't tighten my lug nuts all the way the other day when I worked on my car... So the wheel was loose... What kid of damage can this cause?? I luckily didn't lose the wheel and my roomate was kind enough to drive out a jack and lug nut key and I got it all tightened but still.... REALLY close call to major disaster...

This post has been edited by bseaman_5: Mar 13, 2009 - 10:36 AM

Dude where did u get those fenders cause by the looks of the pics they dont have the triangle vents at the bottom like most i have seen. And regarding your wheel as long as it didnt come off completely you good i have dont that before honest mistake. make sure all ur studs are good and not cracked if they are good the ur golden.

Got the fenders from ebay.. Don't do that! anyone who reads this... oh well, gotta learn somehow..... But I knew what I was getting, I knew how they looked. There are different types of z3 fenders..

And as far as I kno the wheel and studs are all good.. Still really scary tho..

Brady you can go lower HAhah nice job man its coming along really really nice.

Looks good man. If u havent done so already be sure to take ur high beam seals off of ur OEM front and put them on the Combat front. That will eliminate alot of the gap plus it wont look like something is missing.

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People will never go lower on this site, only a few of us do it. I am running a 3" drop and I still want to go lower. Don't go lower just for looks, use it for functionality and practicality. I went for looks only cus I don't care about camber and treadwear.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Mar 14, 2009 - 3:31 AM

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Jon: I would love to go lower but this IS my dd so I do need somewhat of a practical ride height, and this looks sexy imo and the ride isn't bad at all!!!! Lower would be fun tho I'll admit! but also w my kit idk how much lower I can go before I wouldn't even be able to get out of my garage ha!

Frank: I'm envious of your car anyway and since you hardly have to drive anywhere it works for you!!! I drive close to 100 miles a day. At least w my new job.. Thanks again for the trade!!!

Joe: I'll get on the seals tonight, I just haven't had time in the last couple days to even mess with any of it.

I'm hoping I can get to work some more on my other fender tomorrow since I have the day off. And hopefully get to work on the low beams to get them more conformed! And I get to pull of the rear struts again cuz I forgot to grease em and so they're rattling... STUPID!!! I realized what I was supposed to grease after the fact... Oh well! Learning more stuff ha

I'm glad you enjoy them, they aren't that bad huh, made me regret getting the TRDs because the INTRAX feels just the same with the lower height.

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Yeah, they're amazing!!! I'm so glad I went w these springs. Idk how eibachs are compaired to these which is what my original plan was or maybe tanabe, but I'm happy w these! and I'll promote them too!!! great ride height and very comfortable!!! honestly I don't feel too much of a difference from the stock springs. btw i'll get the insurance # for you.. My gf is headed to my house soon i think, I forgot to get it this morning..

bseaman
could you take a closer pic where the bumper and the fenders join....
dis you bondo it or is just on top of the fender?
also a pic of the vents,,
i wanted to get those fenders but never got a chance to see them in close..

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Sure man NP, I'll get it done tonight. The sides actually just overlap the fenders, some have bondo'd and others have left it. I'm goint to leave it as is for the simple point that in case anything were ever to happen it will make it much easier to get em apart, get everything seperate easier to work on. yes bondo or fiberglassing it together would look much more clean i suppose but not work it imo. Once its painted it will look clean

oh man thanks!
thats what i was thinking!
cuz i wanted to bondo my front lip to my bumper but since i lowered it, the front
is probably the height of a cellphone from the ground!!
and i almost hits everywhere,, now i can just put it on whenever i want,