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you wont have to remove the rest of the dash though, i did as i was wiring the ipod lead to go under the arm rest. its fairly tight behind the dash to so if you have trouble, the glovebox comes off easily and you can get your hand thru to help pull any wires thru.

you need to remove the dash trim then behind that there are 2 screws, one each side. unscrew them and itl simply pull out.

good stuff

cheers steve B)

winter just means thermals are needed lol ive been out all day doing a nissan almera , had a t-shirt on all day , was lovly and warm B)

il use my old mans x5 then i hate working on silver cars, you just dont get that WOW! that you do with dark colored cars. evan my friends vxr didnt look to good to me, although he was made up B) engine came out ok though did all that as he was selling it, ended up keeping it :D

PMSL^ two for £5 :P

as this was a straight black car its the hardest color to actually get looking good! after claying i simply machined polished it using 3m fast cut plus, i swear by this cutting polish(been using it for a few years now). car was then given a IPA wipedown to remove any oils/polish etc i then went over it with glaze by machine (cant remember the glaze name, will check), then straight over with megs #16 wax this is a new wax to me and had only used on the girlfriends polo but after reading good reviews i new it would be up to the job, about 3-4 layers were put on the car. mainly for winter protection(took advantage of having the car inside the hall :D )

as said comments/questions welcome

handsome chap :P this should of been at the start, but bumper repaired and in primer freshly painted

just a few pics of the car i worked on which got the prize of ''best mini cooper'' at the new mini show in aintree. car had about four days worth of work on it, this included a repair to the front bumper, which needed new chrome strips and number plate! car was clayed with a full machine polish. wheels taken off and fully cleaned, wheel nuts were also sprayed silver interior given the full works while i was repairing the front bumper i did a oil change to, car wouldnt fit on my ramps with the bumper on. standerd ride height to!! anyway on with the pics comments are welcome B)

<<<<<< GREAT SUCCESS :D cheers again

thats great , cheers gav hopefully its worked

as fare as im aware they dont. may be wrong and just never noticed. they do usually state the car weight, emmisons etc

yeah something like that would be great, can you add the forum address on to, il be putting it on other forums i go on to :D

yeah be grateful this is prob the only pic ive got with my reg on <_< nice one, youl have to show me how to add it to (size etc)

either lol. just something like what you have, avatar is it?

little update for yers just fitted the new thermostat, put some antifreeze in(still needs bleeding more) charged the battery up and she starts first time B) let her run for ten mins (as its raining) but its early days and all is looking good. seeing as it was raining i fitted some new aero wipers to :D still plenty to do but heading in the right direction.

any one fancy making me one? nothing major fancy, something like what steve has but with my car/name and the forum address on. any one? :D

after alot more thinking and still getting messed around in work (still cant say to much) im looking at keeping the e46 :D was having a little mess with her yesterday and gave me the itch again to get her looking good, only chnaged a broken indicator, tidied my angel eye wiring up a but and had a little polish off the engine head lol got my new thermostat, anti freeze and oil and filter to all go on, then its mot time. just got to wait 6 months still to drive her :angry:

welcome to the forum

hmmm think il defo keep the BMW then! my french poo was having trouble at 60k!!!