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Pho21_girl · Post by **Pho21_girl** » Mon May 10, 2010 9:27 pm

nas80 wrote:the pics dont do it justice. its a very clean car, some nice work there.

+1

Methinks I need to do a photoshoot of it now!

tim323 · Post by **tim323** » Tue May 11, 2010 11:58 pm

Nice to see your car in the flesh mate and a really great colour for an e21.Also good to see an original beige (pergament?) trim in such good shape .
No plans to put the boot spoiler back on ?,always liked them myself

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Wed May 12, 2010 12:44 am

Thanks for the comment guys.

Nice to meet you tim, the interior looks ok from a distance and the trim is not ripped at all, but the front seat bolsters are complete flattened and provide no comfort at all! Hence I'm on the hunt for some beige recaros. Ideally I'd love to get the front recaros and trim them in the same material as the rest of the seats (i.e. non leather). Retrimmers cost a fair bit of wedge though and not sure if I'm handy enough with a sewing machine!

I thought long and hard before removing the spoiler, but in my opinion I prefer the shape of e21's without them, especially when they aren't in mint condition (rubber fades and sags a bit).

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Wed May 12, 2010 11:09 am

Zan if the interior in my new 323i is got half decent front seats u want them? dont think i got use for the interior now hannah doesnt need it

quinn_656 · Post by **quinn_656** » Thu May 13, 2010 12:55 am

this really is a credit. I like ur rear clusters where did you get them?

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:27 am

Thanks Quinn656, I just tinted and laquered the old rear light clusters. Wanted my rear lights to look a little different..

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Sun May 23, 2010 5:34 pm

Just had the MOT done on the car. Passed only requiring one patch weld in the inner wheel arch.

Don't wanna be paying for anymore welding so I've got bruce booked in to be waxoyled in Doncaster this Wednesday. £260 but hopefully in the long run it will be worth it, especially as my car isn't garaged.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sun May 23, 2010 5:43 pm

Just been thinking of getting mine done before the end of the summer. Do they give an anti corrosion warranty like the place in Hatfield?

murran · Post by **murran** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:52 pm

waxoil treatment is only as good as the person putting it on. as with anything like this excisting surface rust needs treating before the application other wise the rust carries on rusting under the waxoil.

also is this waxoil the same black gummy shit im thinking of? where no matter what job your doing on the car you get covered in it head to foot!

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Mon May 24, 2010 12:30 am

Yeh that's the stuff Murran!

Mark, these are the guys I'm using http://www.jrclassics.co.uk/procedure.html

As far as I can see there is no anti corrosion warranty? Which place in Hatfield offers this service? I'll defo be interested in seeing what they offer, also how much do they cost?

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:05 am

The stuff these guys use isn't available outside of the trade and they also steam clean and dry the underside of the car prior to treatment. The stuff they use can be checked with ultra violet to confirm that everywhere is thoroughly coated too.

I like the idea of a 4 year guarantee against corrosion myself.

http://www.rustmaster.co.uk/index_41384.htm

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Mon May 24, 2010 11:36 am

That sounds pretty good actually, only thing is it's around £400. May give him a call to see if he can budge a bit on price, spending that amount is way outa my comfort zone! Then again I'd rather do that that and avoid having to weld patches every 6 months.

When are you thinking of doing yours we could maybe book two together and see what he can sort out?

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Mon May 24, 2010 11:39 am

I'm looking at around August I think? It's certainly worth asking. E21's aren't exactly large cars to do either.

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Mon May 24, 2010 12:15 pm

Just spoke to Michael at rustmaster now, he's agreed a price of 300 all in.

Which is great as the JR place uses an older product and doesn't have a 5 year guarantee. Would prob cost me that £40 extra in getting to Doncaster and back too!

25% off the asking price isn't bad at all! He offered £340 initially but I pushed him a bit and he offered me 300 if I booked in then, so I'm now booked in for Wednesday 8am. Apparently takes about 4 hours. I'll take a camera with me to take some snaps too.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Mon May 24, 2010 2:08 pm

I'll have some of that come August.