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So off to the Bodyshop with it via the local mini dealer

 

So dents, rust and other bits marked out

 

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The wheel archs were smoothed down to match the texture of the Aero kit, and the chrome rings, handles and fuel cap were etch primed and painted satin black

 

There was a couple of changes over the last couple of years, so rather than drag it out I will put it into what looks like a complete build, so I will stick to the bodywork for now
Note on the rear bumper I didn't use the decals that came with the kit but got my local sign shop to make up a kit

 

At a later point I decide to do the roof, two reasons I wanted to try and figure out what spoiler to use and weather Id use paint, decal or wrap on the roof.
So in the end my friend in BMW ordered me a new GP spoiler at cost plus rear screen also changed the headlamp to the 04-06 model.

 

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So to bring it round to the interior, never a big fan of it from the seats, dash or clock lay out. So after living online I found a more or less complete brand new interior, new mats and new steering wheel and it was pretty local.. Happy days

 

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So after a while I came a cross a new C/F dash which is NLA and I changed the clock lay out and added some aux clocks all OE, plus a couple of other little touches

 

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For the suspension I used KV2 and Ireland engineering top mounts and rear sway bars, braided brake lines, JCWs front disc and calipers and at the rear EDC

 

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