billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

[billybunter]

track dog splitter



held om by 15 screws



attached to bottom of front bar





billet grille





wheel masked-cleaned and primed



top and clear coated



front bar on



photo of the billet grille





side shot with the white wheels

[initial D]

jizzed everywhere on my keyboard

[taminga16]

Looks the goods BB, thanks for taking us all on the trip.
Greg.
P.S. At the risk of sounding like an A******E is the grille a bit limp to the left? Kick me now.

[billybunter]

taminga16
you were right -the grille was off alignment. a quick tune and it's now back on track

[Bizi]

Looking like it's white on twack, BB.

The headlights/grille make for a different look to other NB8Bs.
What's the story with the headlights? Is it a CF-style paint job in the headlights?

[billybunter]

no - there the original se's headlights - this is standard with the turbo model

[Gmi]

Looks fantastic .. always loved that white!

[billybunter]

todays work area - front left corner



all disc calipers require a tidy up. left front first.




can of 3m caliper paint. clean whole area with grease/wax remover then mask up



then apply 3 to 5 coats



multi-spoke wheel re-painted. first off thorough wipe over with grease/wax remover. .......and i do mean thorough if you want the paint to stay on. followed on a hit with 320 wet dry sandpaper - then clean the whole area again and mask off. prime the surface/both sides. allow a couple of hours to dry then apply top and clear coats



allow a couple of hours to dry and its back on the car



side view



headlight covers.
rub the surface with 320 wet/dry paper. wipe with grease/wax remover then apply the plastic primer



give it an hour to dry then apply top coats



couple of hours later ready to fit to the car. note all the double sided tape contact point. not much room for error here.



on the car

[Lokiel]

Did you try those headlight covers in black? IMHO, there's too much white and I'd prefer to get rid of the altogether - just my $0.02 worth and food for thought.

[kris]

I can't believe this guy posted in your garage thread bro....... massive negative rep if you ask me.

[Gmi]

I can't believe this guy posted in your garage thread bro....... massive negative rep if you ask me.

I agree.. Half the brands I've never heard of.

[Okibi]

Sorry about the spam, user deleted.

[initial D]

Not bad, but i think the red cailper paint to many people have it.

That's why i painted mine black look's heap's good not ricer at all.

Anyways each is there own.

[billybunter]

a few months ago i bought the very first begi cai. i've had it on the car a couple of times. the aem shown performs much better but looks cheap.
the begi is definately a factory look type system and more expensive to buy. remember i have nothing against the aem - as i have both systems and neither are for sale.
reason for the swap. rego due shortly and the aem won't pass this guy. i'll see what happens with this factory look-alike and see how it goes on the day.
if not it's back to the standard system for me.

the pulldown

part 1,
the aem set-up




airfilter off then remove the steel guard



like so



undo these bolts -2 per side



remove the water bottle



should be down to this



remove all tubes and loosen the clamp which attaches to the turbo housing and then pull the lot out



like so



this pipes next



once you un-clamp the top section of pipes remove the left hand wheel from the car. remove the plastic liner and this is what your after



closer look -top clamp only



multi grips work best, clamp on and from the top -give it a good pull



once out you have this



last part of the job. torx screwdriver required her







photo of the lot



time taken ..........3 days about 40 minutes

next time fitting the begi cai

[billybunter]

begi cai from this



to this