billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby KevGoat » Fri May 20, 2016 11:20 pm

Every time I see a picture of your car, I want to have mine painted white

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Postby billybunter » Sat May 21, 2016 12:06 am

well here's another one - different camera :wink:
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Postby billybunter » Sun May 22, 2016 3:26 pm

surgery at nitro dann's
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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby smy0003 » Sun May 22, 2016 3:31 pm

Love the Enfield.
So rods, studs and oil pump only?

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Postby billybunter » Sun May 22, 2016 4:49 pm

plus a new clutch -gtx turbo -full 3" exhaust -downpipe -manifold and ecu and injectors. that about covers it.

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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby smy0003 » Sun May 22, 2016 5:32 pm

Nice one. Should be a rocketship, I understand why you were asking about tyres now.

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Postby billybunter » Sun May 22, 2016 5:38 pm

I ended up buying a set of bridgestone 003's to hopefully handle it and they are fitted on the car now. they were a good deal for $510 in the 15" for the buy 4 and pay for 3 deal. - or I thought so.
I really have not dríven with them on as the daughter dropped the car off to dann. no use asking her-she wouldn't know but in a bit over a months time I should have a pretty good idea :twisted:

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Postby billybunter » Sun May 22, 2016 6:29 pm

as of now
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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby billybunter » Tue May 24, 2016 12:29 pm

After I get my car back from Dann's and my Trip to the Centre of Oz is over - I will require a new project :lol: By then the bird breeding season will be over so I will have a spare couple of weeks. About 8 years or more when I painted this MGF I thought afterwards i'd do a better job on the SE but after the jon was complete and cars side by side -Not so! Well I could re-paint the SE again but not at the moment.

A few weeks ago I purchased what I thought was a pretty good and cheap spray gun from supercheap autos and after using it on another job for the price - I think its a great gun - How Good?

Well I think it's good enough for me to rub out this A1 paint job on this Z3 and re-paint it WHITE! LOL Well that's what I am thinking LOL It's a 6 pot 2.2 manual so it's a better unit to start on than nothing. Red lead interior - this would suite the white exterior with the 18" rims I think on 245 rears perfectly and it once had the extended leather interior inserts on the dash pods etc but like all bmw z3 or most these had lifted slightly - so I cut them out and re-sprayed the whole dash area BURGANDY :) Nice match too

Would I recommend you to go out and buy a Z3 - No don't be stupid -wake up to yourself I've had 4 of them they are junk -posers cars.. :lol: AHHHHH! that's why we buy them...LOL
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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby billybunter » Tue May 24, 2016 7:59 pm

my motor is back together and now sitting snug in the engine bay and just about ready to get its first good run on the dyno - this could be interesting :D as lokiel would say MOW POWAR COMING SOON !!!!! or something like that :lol:

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Postby Lokiel » Tue May 24, 2016 8:11 pm

billybunter wrote:my motor is back together and now sitting snug in the engine bay and just about ready to get its first good run on the dyno - this could be interesting :D as lokiel would say MOW POWAR COMING SOON !!!!! or something like that :lol:

"MOAR POWA!" is the war cry :P

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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby billybunter » Tue May 24, 2016 8:42 pm

yeah I knew I got your war cry wrong!... :lol:

now onto another matter. in a couple of months time who would like to see me butcher that bmw z3 with a white paint job from that $50 super cheap air gun I bought about a month ago. plus I might buy a veilside body kit or something like that with a rear wing and toss it on too :lol: I think I can have that bit of European crap looking a lot better than it does now.......and I think I will tell the same story when I hit the z3 forum :lol: the certainly hate it when I tell them how good mx5's are... :mrgreen:

now I know it's not a quality Japanese car but its better than say a MGF :lol: :lol: :lol:

now I am not asking for big numbers to show interest in the re-paint but would prefer say at least ONE PERSON :roll: TWO WOULD BE GREAT!

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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby JBT » Tue May 24, 2016 8:51 pm

I'd like to see you paint it. :)
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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby bruce » Tue May 24, 2016 9:11 pm

Bunter, what do u think of the z3m breadvan?

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Re: billybunters - from a bmw z4 to a mx5 se

Postby KevGoat » Tue May 24, 2016 9:12 pm

Interested to see how it turns out! A classic combination, white with red interior.

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