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Author Jambo's BMW E36 ///M3 Convertible * *Sold - Now Broken!!*
AndyCorsaSport
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12th Feb 13 at 22:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
15 year old paint and door doesnt fit

Looks stunning Mr Jambo! Any other plans on the way?
Jambo
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12th Feb 13 at 22:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just maintaining it and fixing all the fucking faults

Got a dodgy caliper that seized on the way to the body shop has now fucked the disc and most likely the pad

And also my SMG gear display has died. Which is a massive PITA as it could mean a control unit has gone but annoying thing is now I have to spend time diagnosing it.

Also my stereo install is going from bad to worse. Wish I had just kept the crap £80 HU now as it stopped playing sound (my shit wiring) so bought a decent soldering iron and tonight resoldered it. Put it all back in better than it came out and now there is no power at all to the unit so another week of no music listening to the hardtop make noises

Fucking old cars!!! Rarrrrr
Colin
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Very nice, looks great imola. Sometimes miss driving mine as it was rather enjoyable. Roof down was like being on holiday!!
N16K
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13th Feb 13 at 22:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Imola looks great.
Jambo
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Thanks peeps.

Prepped and primed my projector brackets:
Danny W
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great colour choice, cars looking fantastic Jambo

Smoke Grey 5 Door

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fazza
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can you take a picture without the hardtop?(roof off)

Its damn sunny today and I want to see it!

Plus will show the imola in true form
Jambo
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Id love to Fazza, but iom working untill it will be dark
Jambo
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Brackets painted, mounts need trimming in the headlamp then fit projector and wire up!!
Jambo
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Jambo
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Dry:


Satin black so they don't show up around the shroud:
Ben G
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15th Feb 13 at 18:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Did you make them yourself? Pretty cool. How comes you had to make brackets? Are they not projectors as standard?
Jambo
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15th Feb 13 at 18:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Fitted:


This is the back of the lamp unit:


Bottom left corner fouls the projector so it needs cutting:
Tin snips at the ready:


Boom:


And now I have more room:



Trial fitting:



Put the shroud on (Mercedes E55)


Glass rested on top, this is something like the finished product will look:



Apologies for crap pics all on my iPhone.
Jambo
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Ben I didn't make them no, they are from TRS. I just painted them so they don't rust or show up in my build.

The lights had halogen projectors, these are proper bi xenon projectors
Ben G
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Ah ok. I take it they're mounted differently to halogen projectors? When I took mine apart, I noticed mine slot through 4 holes and are held in with 4 nuts.

Want hid's in mine but don't want the scattered beam.
Jambo
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Yeah they are a different size! I failed with my first attempt as although it worked, aligning them was so difficult and not practical. These brackets are designed to fit in these specific (cheap) aftermarket pattern part headlamps. They are rotation adjustable as well as up/down. So much more practical

Need some different screws to mount it to the frame as the stock ones aren't long enough now
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15th Feb 13 at 18:54   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
These look good!
taylorboosh
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Jambo is the most attention to detail modder ive ever seen, good stuff
Ben G
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i like the fact he's very meticulous in his work. a job worth doing is a job worth doing right as some say.

i don't have the same level of patience as jambo. the best job i done was on my headlamps, but that required a lot of swearing, umming and arring
Jambo
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Hang about guys

I'm not that good at all, remember my "design" for the first set I fucked up

Thanks though but I'm not as thorough neat or talented as 95% of the guys on here
Ian W
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I respect that your willing to get out there and have interest in doing stuff in February.

My modding or any non-essential jobs are strictly April - September

Keep it up, car is looking top notch.
Jambo
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15th Feb 13 at 20:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ian seriously I hear that. It's taking me ages to do anything because its always raining/snowing/-503o

April isn't far off though, gunna year the whole interior out then too
taylorboosh
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Its been lovely here today, i mostly like how you do stuff to match the period of the car.. Even had it painted faded to look origional




I jest, you have did a great job on this so far imo
Jambo
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Mattb
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looking good jambo

hopefully winning a set of lights to play with on mine - looking forward to getting started

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