Dissassembly of Tuscan is complete... what now????
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I've now booked her in for her respray on the 1st of March! 
I've decided to go with Ian at Sportmotive. Going for a full respray, (inc engine bay) in Reb Bull Racing Blue. This is the colour:
Also going to ask Ian to paint the alloys in gunmetal grey and reassemble the lights/bodywork/doors etc post painting. That should leave just the first run aof the 4.3 engine Powers Performance to make sure they are happy with the installation and then it down to me to reconnect all of the interal wiring.
If anyone has wiring diagrams for the cabin electrics that would be great. The radio pod and door opening switches were missing from the car when I bought it, so I need to do something to enable door opening! (I always have the eergency cable pull)
Got some busy weekends ahead of me! Rads and heater matrix installation, pedal box and steering column. Perfectly feasible and most of the bits have been cleaned up and test fitted, so hopefuly there will be no surprises!
Hopefully, I'm still on for Chatsworth, but it will be minus the new dials and interior elctronic mods I was hoping for
Martin
I've decided to go with Ian at Sportmotive. Going for a full respray, (inc engine bay) in Reb Bull Racing Blue. This is the colour:
Also going to ask Ian to paint the alloys in gunmetal grey and reassemble the lights/bodywork/doors etc post painting. That should leave just the first run aof the 4.3 engine Powers Performance to make sure they are happy with the installation and then it down to me to reconnect all of the interal wiring.
If anyone has wiring diagrams for the cabin electrics that would be great. The radio pod and door opening switches were missing from the car when I bought it, so I need to do something to enable door opening! (I always have the eergency cable pull)
Got some busy weekends ahead of me! Rads and heater matrix installation, pedal box and steering column. Perfectly feasible and most of the bits have been cleaned up and test fitted, so hopefuly there will be no surprises!
Hopefully, I'm still on for Chatsworth, but it will be minus the new dials and interior elctronic mods I was hoping for
Martin
Hi there PH.
Having a bit of a problem getting the rad to fit. I bought an Ali rad from rad tech and attached the fans and hoses, all seemed fine, but when fitting it the hose and the 90degree ali rad's hose tube is touching the bulkhead where the hose goes through to the oil cooler. Has anyone upgraded their radiator and had a similar fitting problem?
Having a bit of a problem getting the rad to fit. I bought an Ali rad from rad tech and attached the fans and hoses, all seemed fine, but when fitting it the hose and the 90degree ali rad's hose tube is touching the bulkhead where the hose goes through to the oil cooler. Has anyone upgraded their radiator and had a similar fitting problem?
Well its been a little over a month now,......well its closer to 2 months and it will be a while longer. Ian, from Sportmotive, highlighted a number of issues with the alignment of the light pods and how I had intended to mount the lights. Long story short, Ian has remodelled the rear using the latest in CAD CAM technologies..... I lie, he's used the good old faithful spirit level and some tubing and some angle iron to hold it in place for the glassing process and the results look great! Much better finish than I achieved. Its now onto the front which needs some re-alignment and then onto primer!! Getting very excited. Went to Chatsworth today. What a turn out and very inspirational!!
Edited by MPETT on Sunday 28th April 22:25
Picked her up from Sportmotive yesterday and to say I'm happy with the results is an understatement. I'm a very happy man.
The blue rags are not a styling feature, simply they are there to prevent any rubbing until the new seals are fitted and the apertures fitted so that they don't rub when opened.
The blue rags are not a styling feature, simply they are there to prevent any rubbing until the new seals are fitted and the apertures fitted so that they don't rub when opened.
Your car looks fantastic, You have a cracking car there.
Can I ask, how was your 3 series coupe for towing the Tuscan on the trailor, I was thinking of towing my Cerbera with my 3 series estate but thought it was a bit close to the weight limits and I would have had to have a towbar fitted electrics etc but it is something I am thinking about doing. Was it ok?.
George
Can I ask, how was your 3 series coupe for towing the Tuscan on the trailor, I was thinking of towing my Cerbera with my 3 series estate but thought it was a bit close to the weight limits and I would have had to have a towbar fitted electrics etc but it is something I am thinking about doing. Was it ok?.
George
natben said:
Your car looks fantastic, You have a cracking car there.
Can I ask, how was your 3 series coupe for towing the Tuscan on the trailor, I was thinking of towing my Cerbera with my 3 series estate but thought it was a bit close to the weight limits and I would have had to have a towbar fitted electrics etc but it is something I am thinking about doing. Was it ok?.
George
Thanks for the compliments. Re towing, the limit is 1700kgs for the e46. The trailer (a-max from Brian James) is 560kgs so plus the kerb weight of 1100kgs for a tvr it comes in just below. As long as your tow car is unloaded you shouldn't go over the train weight limits. As for towing it was ok at 50mph. You can feel the trailer bumping up and down but it's manageable. I took it very gently as the BMW is my daily commute and she has 150k miles already, but the journey was good (except for the rain!). Cheers, MartinCan I ask, how was your 3 series coupe for towing the Tuscan on the trailor, I was thinking of towing my Cerbera with my 3 series estate but thought it was a bit close to the weight limits and I would have had to have a towbar fitted electrics etc but it is something I am thinking about doing. Was it ok?.
George
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