Baur rebuildathon - ON THE ROAD

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were the brakes bled up ok? i only bled them at the master itself but it felt ok after. how are the springs? better than the cut ones?


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Brakes work fine so presumably no air in. Springs are great, no rubbing and it doesn't wobble as much!
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drjim wrote:I had rock radio or as it is now called Real XS on the stereo. They played whitesnake, clapton, bon jovi and acdc while I was driving around for the first time after fixing the linkage. Hot sunshine and proper 80's tunes is what I always imagined it was about. Baur convertibles are the way forward chaps!
:thumbsup It's a cracker mate. Glad you finally got to enjoy her properly. The gods were obviously smiling down on you with this indian summer!!
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Got it back from Shauns paint shop today. Not perfect, there's a patch on the drivers door where something went wrong with the lacquer when he buffed it, he'll relacquer it at some stage. Also a couple of bits I need to fix like the drivers sill where it got gouged when I fitted the door and has rust on it, plus a big rusty scratch on the front valence. I also need to paint the sills black, make the exhausts look better, and sort out the clunk from the suspension/wandering handling!

Anyway I gave it a wash and a quick coat of autoglym, then my son put mud on it, and it rained!

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Looks good Jim. Think I might get another Baur for sunny days while they're bargain prices ;)
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Looking very nice Jim. Wheels and stance look perfect. Remind me to give you those centre caps when we meet up next.
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Give us sunshine so we can go out and enjoy our Baurs!
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Went out in roof down mode yesterday, even my Wife liked it!

The clunk in the suspension is very annoying though!
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That looks great Jim! The wheels look fantastic, great job. The only thing I don't like is the BMW rear panel
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That's looking great that car now! Good stuff and really nice wheels
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