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On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:44 am
by 88m6
Still a ways away but she's road worthy now n smogged n registered !
Still have to finish front grill shadowline n spruce things up there, then I will drive it for a few years before I repaint it n turn it into a garage king.

But got her out today for a 20 mile ride thru the back roads n all went well,bit of s shudder when stomp it in first n second.
Launches fine but get a shudder at higher rpm's in those two gears.

What do you think of theses OZ Racing wheel that came with it?
Have a set of staggered style 32,s ready but these are growing on me.
Before u ask ,yes partial respray at some point from right rr qtr around to left doorpanel, not greatest match ,but it will get taken care of upon repaint at some point.

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:02 am
by baders
Nice pick up ! The wheels actually look quite good to my eye. Far better than what you sometimes see people using. Of course, you cannot go past a nice set of style 32s, style 5s, or AC Schnitzer Monoblocks for these cars.

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:19 pm
by JCS
88.

Nice job on the shadow line.
Great Plate

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:38 am
by Shark2013
Looks great, especially the shadowline work. I would vote for the style 32s over the OZs.

WRT the shudder, have you checked motor, transmission and diff mounts? How is the guibo?

GK (your south county neighbor)

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 3:13 am
by 88m6
Hey neighbor lol,
Changed driver mount as it was cracked but not had chance as yet to inspect all else or records to c what's been changed already n when. That's first as previous owner was on top of things mechanically ,almost.. n have the records going waaay back.
Maybe this week as things r slow.want to get to those front grills n new hibeam lamp n that will complete the shadowline .

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:39 pm
by Pasocb
Great to see that your latest project is on the road. We should get together one of these weekends and show the locals what a couple of real (hennarot e24s) cars look like!

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:37 pm
by GRNSHRK
Paul, looking very good =D>

Craig, the M6 would be Cinnabar Red, not Henna :-k

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:37 pm
by Pasocb
Guess I am still in the Stone Age. Haven’t caught up with the second generation cars yet.

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 7:13 am
by 88m6
Pasocb wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:39 pm Great to see that your latest project is on the road. We should get together one of these weekends and show the locals what a couple of real (hennarot e24s) cars look like!
I'm in all we need is a dry Saturday or Sunday .
Will contact the shark in nipomo.
Found another in Santa margarita ! Being converted to racer though so not road worthy.
Call u

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:53 pm
by Pasocb
Sounds great Paul . We have three licensed cars at my place every weekend but one of our drivers has a little time before he can drive on his e24 solo so probably limited to two from our shop. I will stay in touch. Looks like it’s going to be wet for a little while.

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:34 am
by 88m6
Finally getting around to finishing shadowline. Put pass side back together now on to drivers.
While I had it apart decided to retape all harnesss' as they just disintegrated n used some split loom for bigger harness.
Also cleaned up the bottle n repainted canister and clean clean cleaned whilethat side was apart.
Also replace high beam ,was cracked.

Kidneys are so blasted they look like metalflake.lol
Will have to do something with those or replace $$ maybe after repaint.

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:52 pm
by GRNSHRK
Pablo, didn't notice that the bumpers were painted until this post [-(

I also noticed that the paint appears to be rather void of any chips, repaint :-k

And would you mind going through the process of making the trim shadowline [-o<

Unless of course, you are buying all of the shadowline trim and installing, a pricy option :-({|=

Lookin' good Paul =D>

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:28 am
by 88m6
Shadowline done
Most of work catalogued here
I could start a file on conversion but I keep getting knocked off n it's frustrating to deal with

On the road again in a M6

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:48 pm
by dlvad
Hey Paul!
Looks Great with ShadowLine & the OZ wheels.
Perhaps a set of Alp’s 17”...

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:49 pm
by GRNSHRK
I could start a file on conversion but I keep getting knocked off n it's frustrating to deal with
Please 'splain, Lucy, I'll see if i can get you sorted [-o<

You mentioned that most of the process has been covered in this thread, but all I see is a statement that you are converting to Shadowline :-?

Does look great though :shock:

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:45 am
by World-Class6
Greetings~ that is one good looking M6! I'd keep the OZ wheels until you get bored. Gives your M6 a sporty and distinctive look...something different for sure.

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:37 pm
by 88m6
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Thanks it's getting there.
Yes the OZ have grown on me like I said but I do have other sets I'm contemplating that are sitting in shop
Staggered 32's good shape but need a refinish
Staggered BBS RF considering a refinish like pic
Oh and the 17 square Alpina's which I use for the "other"car

I really like the BBS RF if I can force myself to spend the $ n get them refinished like pic. I think the black bolts and black arches with black center cap complements the shadowline well. What's holding me back is one needs a repair n several wheel shops won't touch it. And will never find a single replacement center section.

That's all on hold now as I will return to engine bay to remove valve cover n get new wrinkle finish to match intake I had done,paint fuel rail etc n install red strut brace finally .

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:46 pm
by 88m6
GRNSHRK wrote: Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:49 pm
I could start a file on conversion but I keep getting knocked off n it's frustrating to deal with
Please 'splain, Lucy, I'll see if i can get you sorted [-o<

You mentioned that most of the process has been covered in this thread, but all I see is a statement that you are converting to Shadowline :-?

Does look great though :shock:
Not necessarily this specific thread but in several separate threads over last 10months?

I always log in first and when I try to reply or start new post I will go thru the process,text n photos and I try to submit it brings me back to login page and all Is lost and have to start over. It's random and I don't know why. Last two posts have been as it should be but when I was trying to reply to this post the other day on several occasions it was happening for example.
I deal with it if I have enough patience left for battling the day.

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:36 pm
by GRNSHRK
Paul, I forwarded this issue to Brian, let's see what shakes out [-o<

Frankly, never heard of this type of issue before :-k

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:27 pm
by GRNSHRK
Pablo, talked to Brian, and here's his response =D>

1. Try recreating a new shortcut by typing in the name of the site from scratch. There were changes made some time last year, when a number of us were experiencing something similar to you, having to constantly log in, as it would not keep you logged in [-X

2. Try adding "s" to "http://", for a more secure linky :-$

3. Try a different web browser, Internet Explorer for sure is not very good ](*,)

HTH \:D/

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:53 pm
by 88m6
Will try suggestions n c
Thx

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:41 am
by 88m6
New wrinkle finish done to match intake and all assembled with red strut bar. Me likey :D
Pretty lean underneath too with 93k :mrgreen:

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:26 am
by dlvad
That looks Great Man!

Re: On the road again in a M6

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:14 am
by 88m6
Thx dv hope all is going well up there!
Had it out today before weather changes put it thru some paces . Went well, no leak at valve cover :D
Moving back to seaside this summer by the way.