what the hell kinda bonnet is this?

[hallsie]

Been looking at all sorts of wedges and cant seem to find one that matches the one on my 280i!!

The fibreglass finish is shocking, has it been bdised at some point or is it off some other model?






Stu

[Big Daft Lad]

Google say's it's off an American spec series 2. That's my best guess.



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Edited by Big Daft Lad on Monday 15th February 21:11

[hallsie]

Well done BDL,

your next question

What the hell are these buttons for?
they are to the left of the steering column and dont appear to do anything!
And before its said, the lights button is in the dash by the stereo hole!

[Big Daft Lad]

Dunno about the switches, mine dosen't have them.

Maybe they are aftermarket, for front fog lights and electric ariel or something like that?

[Flyin Banana]

My 280i bonnet is the same as yours, heavy ain't it!!

Rob

[Audie]

Hi think mines the same as yours 280i 2+2 fhc

[york33]

Lights button, might be your dash illumination? Though mine is on the radio plate. You can adjust the light intensity of the instrument backlights.....between sh&te and very sh&te which could be why they don't seem to do anything!

They put those bonnets on all the best Wedges

[Wedg1e]

Big Daft Lad said:

Dunno about the switches, mine dosen't have them.

Maybe they are aftermarket, for front fog lights and electric ariel or something like that?

The one to the left is definitely reminiscent of an aerial lift switch from the days before they standardised on a system powered by the stereo itself. I recall my dad fitting a couple to customers' cars.

[hallsie]

You are probably right about the aerial, but it probably wont work now as I bashed the crap out of it to get it to go down, obviously not knowing it was electric! (probably didnt work anyway)

The 'lights' switch is definately not the dash lights as these are controlled from the centre console drivers side rear switch and give a two stage illumination, crap and crappier!!
I managed to find this out after 3 hours in the car at night wilst sitting in traffic on the M1 and randomly playing with knobs, as it were!! I was using a torch every few mins before that to check the temps and oil pressure!

There are plenty of random wires and those poxy scotch clips dotted around the wiring loom, and these will be promtly removed and every joint soldered ASAP, hopefully this will sort out some of the non working electrical items like the lighter and rear windscreen!

It wont be as in depth as Brap Brap's posts but ill take pics of everything I do, it might help some poor fool who decides to buy a 'running project' in the future!

Stu

[grahamw48]

They're ALL 'running projects'

[Big Daft Lad]

grahamw48 said:

They're ALL 'running projects'

although some do more running than others...

[Grady]

Some time ago I posted a bit about converting the original switched aerial wiring to a modern "controlled by the radio" if you have any need of that info. Grady

[hallsie]

grahamw48 said:

They're ALL 'running projects'

Quite right!!!!

Ive got some more questions to ask but im going to start a couple of new threads or it will get messy!

Stu