Thank you I Had all the other chrome bits as standard so I had to have the grills
Sooooo happy
#ZedShed BMBabe's Project Panther - Starring Lee and Martin Featuring GazHyde and pgunter
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I like mine too, cannot imagine the car without them...
WOW!!!! Really look striking against the black car. FrankieUPDATE!!!
Received my present from @oldcarman so decided to pop down to see @Lee and @Shortie_gal
Lees mate Ben turned up and got stuck in to removing the badges off the chrome grills and the old blacks grills
Fitted the badges to the chrome grills and fitted them back on Panther
Wow really impressed love them!!! Bling bling
Thank you @FRANKIE i am well chuffed they look even better than I thought! Slowly making Panther pretty How's the M?
The down side is, if you drape yourself over the bonnet of the car for a picture, we'll all be looking at the silver gills. Frankie
I just had to blow this up into a bigger pic so I really could enjoy it more. FrankieUPDATE!!!
Received my present from @oldcarman so decided to pop down to see @Lee and @Shortie_gal
Lees mate Ben turned up and got stuck in to removing the badges off the chrome grills and the old blacks grills
Fitted the badges to the chrome grills and fitted them back on Panther
Wow really impressed love them!!! Bling bling
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!! I think they're stunning. The contrast to the black car really grabs your attention. Frankie
Now there's a poll I'd like to see! DOM JIM
Unless grills have another meaning in English!! JIMOh @FRANKIE you won't be looking at the grills
Jim, Jim, Jim hahahaha your gas
great work with panther, she looks the bomb, great to have everything done and now its mod time ;-) keep up the great work all
great work with panther, she looks the bomb, great to have everything done and now its mod time ;-) keep up the great work all
Albeit biased, I think they look really good on a car with the windscreen surround in chrome too. I think I'll look for that too having seen how nice yours is @BMBabe.Yup, chrome gills on a dark coloured car, perfect......... But I would say that, wouldn't I.
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Tony.
@oldcarman regarding the poll..........
How can I put this but I know what I'll be looking at.Its soft and smooth,looks good "as is" or dressed up,it polishes up well but I don't mind it dirty,a bit loud but fun,if I didn't have my own I'd really like to tinker with it,when you see it you can't wait to get into it.Cant be clearer than that.
How can I put this but I know what I'll be looking at.Its soft and smooth,looks good "as is" or dressed up,it polishes up well but I don't mind it dirty,a bit loud but fun,if I didn't have my own I'd really like to tinker with it,when you see it you can't wait to get into it.Cant be clearer than that.
Wow! Just read the whole of this thread. My hat goes off to Lee, Gaz and pgunter for being such generous and sporting chaps! And Jim for sending out the gills.True camaraderie, really nice to see nowadays. Well done everyone! 
My zed came with all that chrome Iv only added the gills and hopefully exhaust tips next and on the look out washer jets
What paint was used for the calipers, just replaced my rear discs, nice and shiny, put the calipers back on, not nice and shiny.It's time to start putting some of information on what we have done to the car so far. This will not be chronological 3-4 of us were working on the car, and doing different jobs at different times. I've tried to group the updates in to specifics, this post is about the braking system!
The Braking System
When I arrived at Lees garage for the first time, I found him rolling around on the floor having started without us!
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The first priority was to get the brakes stripped down. They weren't particularly effective, and pulled badly when the brake pedal was pushed. Looking at this photo of one of the rear brakes, you can see exactly where the problems were coming from. The front discs and pads were better condition, but still needed changing.
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All the discs, pads and brake shoes were removed so they could be replaced. Paul (@pgunter) got his hands dirty too - the first time he has played with brakes for a few years!
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Once everything was stripped down ready to be replaced with shiny new discs, Lee wanted to make sure it all looked nice underneath. Out with the wire brush and the calipers & rattle clips were given a quick spray over.
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After the years of crud and corrosion was removed.
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Lee's ad hoc spray booth.
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One of the problems of wearing gloves while working is sometimes you are left with a tide mark at the end of the evening...
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Finally we are ready to start rebuilding the brakes. Lee got stuck straight in to it, or possibly he was having forty winks
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Even Lee needs to RTFM occasionally
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New handbrake shoes fitted (I had a spare set which didn't get used on Rosie, so donated them to the cause).
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A completed front brake disc and pad - oooh it's sooo shiny
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Bleeding brakes! I hate bleeding brakes... so Lee did it! Used one of the pressure fed systems take connects to a road wheel, then just a case of letting the bleed nipple expel the bubbles! There was quite a bit of air in the system, and one of the rear bleed nipples was clogged.
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Now Panther has brand new brakes all round, and after a test drive the difference was impressive!
