- Joined
- Jul 18, 2020
- Points
- 128
- Location
- Portchester, Fareham
- Model of Z
- 1998 BMW Z3 Individual 1.9 M44 B19
ok, no real time last weekend but ... yes I went and did it.... zinc plated the pad retaining springs... 
gave them a good clean up and into the tanks they went
not brilliant, as I did sort of rushed it, and they got a bit "burnt" on the copper wires....
but. for today... decided to clean up and paint the front wheel arches, ready to receive the shiny shocks !
so gave them a decent scrub, firstly with wire pads to get rid of the mud, then warm soapy water, then washed down and then sprayed with brake cleaner as a degreaser... and we get here.
also ground down the front subframe and thankfully no nasty surprises under the grot
liberally coated the whole lot in Kurust...
and let it do it's magic
turned completely black in about 10 minutes
one thing I did notice was an area of crust where the seam sealer meets the lollipops, on both sides, so that needed some attention
then it was a general mask up, and on with my favourite paint !!.... I didn't go too precise as most of that will be covered by wheel arch liner anyway.
with that drying, I then masked from behind the wheel arch and out, so that I could get enamel black on the subframe... and yes I was temped to zinc plate the bolts, but talked myself out of it
so I got done today what I planned to do, so I'm happy with that.....next is replacing those tie rods and getting that new cross brace on...
gave them a good clean up and into the tanks they went
not brilliant, as I did sort of rushed it, and they got a bit "burnt" on the copper wires....
but. for today... decided to clean up and paint the front wheel arches, ready to receive the shiny shocks !
so gave them a decent scrub, firstly with wire pads to get rid of the mud, then warm soapy water, then washed down and then sprayed with brake cleaner as a degreaser... and we get here.
also ground down the front subframe and thankfully no nasty surprises under the grot
liberally coated the whole lot in Kurust...
and let it do it's magic
turned completely black in about 10 minutes
one thing I did notice was an area of crust where the seam sealer meets the lollipops, on both sides, so that needed some attention
then it was a general mask up, and on with my favourite paint !!.... I didn't go too precise as most of that will be covered by wheel arch liner anyway.
with that drying, I then masked from behind the wheel arch and out, so that I could get enamel black on the subframe... and yes I was temped to zinc plate the bolts, but talked myself out of it
so I got done today what I planned to do, so I'm happy with that.....next is replacing those tie rods and getting that new cross brace on...
