Front end respray

[mistergav]

They look as factory fresh as they did almost 12 year ago, as if they haven't been disturbed :smt055
I used high quality 3M waterproof masking tape over the T30 socket holes so the paint doesn't get chipped or even marked by the removal process :smokin:
Pic below shows it as it is now, day after the wing was refitted.

Very nice, I do something similar with the wheel nuts so they don't rust up on me.

[toenheel]

Well that's mine dropped off at paint shop, decided to wait on re spray so having roof re laquered and a wheel refurb for £450! Awaiting a quote for 3M stonechip protection wrap to roof also.

[mattCSLnut]

Quick update

So the bonnet has been reunited with the rest of my Cecil after a trip to the spray booth on its own last week :thumbs:
Just the passenger side front wing to do now and I'm almost there :beer: although I suspect I'll find a few more bits to refurbish along the way :smt100

[Marv968]

Looks downright amazing Matt :smokin:

[Mike RT4]

I hate threads like this, as it gives me ideas to do the same :bigcry: :banghead:.

[mattCSLnut]

I hate threads like this, as it gives me ideas to do the same :bigcry: :banghead:.

Apologies Mike :hahaha:

[mattCSLnut]

Looks downright amazing Matt :smokin:

Cheers Marv :beer: slowly but surely we're getting there :smokin:

[rstoughy]

I hate threads like this, as it gives me ideas to do the same :bigcry: :banghead:.

Agree Mike.
Mine been laid up for months and now has a brand new battery used once probably knackered.
Seriously thinking of doing a full resto on it above and below to get it mint. MOT expires end of this month as well which isn't helping this decision process!!!

[billyboysm3]

Agree Mike.
Mine been laid up for months and now has a brand new battery used once probably knackered.
Seriously thinking of doing a full resto on it above and below to get it mint. MOT expires end of this month as well which isn't helping this decision process!!!

Also doing the same, got some brand new rims coming this week then a bit of paint.

[cslsuperfan]

Agree Mike.
Mine been laid up for months and now has a brand new battery used once probably knackered.
Seriously thinking of doing a full resto on it above and below to get it mint. MOT expires end of this month as well which isn't helping this decision process!!!

Contagious this resto caper

Went to Barts for an Insp2 in April.

Since then...new bumper(thank you Hartley), Intrax1K2, RTAB's, AP rotors and pagids all round, new crankshaft shells and conrod bolts, oil pump, fuel filter, propshaft donut and a new differential.

:smokin:

[mattCSLnut]

Contagious this resto caper

Went to Barts for an Insp2 in April.

Since then...new bumper(thank you Hartley), Intrax1K2, RTAB's, AP rotors and pagids all round, new crankshaft shells and conrod bolts, oil pump, fuel filter, propshaft donut and a new differential. :smokin:

Tell me about it :banghead:
Ding Ding... Round 3 ... passenger side wing off as well as the small bits of trim from beneath the headlights, all in the spray booth :thumbs:
Now my Cecil looks like someone's punched his lights out :bigcry: pun intended

[cslsuperfan]

DU VAY Resto

Matt

looking fab and really coming together.

I had front end done in Aug 2013, it still looks A1 bar the inevitable stone chips. Picked up a few high up on the leading edges of the front wings.

I blame Belgium for building that track. Darn it's good!

[mattCSLnut]

DU VAY Refresh

Matt

looking fab and really coming together.

I had front end done in Aug 2013, it still looks A1 bar the inevitable stone chips. Picked up a few high up on the leading edges of the front wings.

I blame Belgium for building that track. Darn it's good!

Cheers Ben :beer: but it's just a gentle DU VAY Refresh... not a full on Resto, honestly :hahaha:
Seriously though, have U had a close up look at your front wing edges lately ? Mine looked OK too after a front end refresh (before I bought it in '09) but upon closer inspections, after 5 years of enjoyment :whistle: they didn't look too cleaver :banghead:
IMHO the problems started 12 years ago when BMW painted them (not particularly well) already attached to the car, for the first time.

[khooni]

wow, how on earth are you going to drive it properly after all this restoration....................

my front bumper needs re-spraying i think every year from all the stone chips i pick up on track.

Dun know about you guys, but i bought this as a track slag and i fully intend to use it as such..... But a supremely well maintained track slag.....

[mattCSLnut]

wow, how on earth are you going to drive it properly after all this restoration....................

my front bumper needs re-spraying i think every year from all the stone chips i pick up on track.

Dun know about you guys, but i bought this as a track slag and i fully intend to use it as such..... But a supremely well maintained track slag.....

Well, it took me almost 6 years of continental hooning around to collect all of my stone chips and since I'm not tracking my Cecil any more I thought it was about time he got some well deserved TLC :smt055
With all due respect your Cecil was a well used Race slag before you acquired it to be your Track slag while my Cecil was an extremly tidy fast road car with F.BMW.S.H., full interior and no scaffolding. Originally my main reason for buying the Cecil was to finally score that illusive 8 minute Nordschleife lap time :supz: in BMWs greatest 'M' hit... or at the very least have lots of fun trying :smokin: As certain goals have been achieved, times has moved on, as have my goals & priorities. My Cecil is (and always was) far too good of a road car to turn into a full on Track slag, so here I am reverting it back to an immaculate OE showroom condition :smokin:
Surprisingly even to me, I'm actually enjoying the process as much as I use to enjoy tracking it :thumbs: