Hi everyone,

I haven't posted since last year as the next post was to be number 10K so wanted to make a thread. Anyway, felt it was time to make a return. Most of you are probably on Facebook anyway so may have seen me on there.

 

Anyway, a bit of an update.

 

Black Zed

Following the knock it had, I put everything back together but made the choice to buy a new shell as it felt like the all round best, and safest option. The welding it needed meant the engine would have had to come out etc anyway. So I bought a very low mileage car which many will know as NED the ZED. Note the name won't be sticking!!! The car only has like 54k miles on it. Rust free etc so felt like a great buy. Just gutted it's a S1 really.

 

Anyway, the cars (original and new shell) are currently at dasstech as the new shell is being painted black before stuff gets moved over. In essence, it will be the same car apart from the colour will be an Audi Colour known as 'Black Panther Crystal Effect'.

 

Given one of the side skirt were bust, I got car.mad to repair them as they seemed real rare and very popular. Anyway, turned out that they were proper original bonex bonneville ones which now makes sense as to never really seeing any others. I also had a stillen type III front lip to go on the car following my make the car better thread. So that's also going on.

 

 

 

Blue Wide Arse

I've had a bit of time off so finally done some work on the blue one and it's coming on great. To give a little history of the car, The previous owner had it converted to a wide arch and had the work done by the former traders on here - PPS. They were known well in the zedding world as they turned out many of the wide arch cars around. The car had a full interior retrim by a guy called KIsh up here in Sunderland. He's the same guy that did Steve300's green zeds interior (Ferrari Creme on that one). Mine is all black leather and blue alcantara, blue stitching and every the top of the dash was done. So you can imagine what the cost of that would have been. The interior needs a good clean to be honest given its sat off the road since around 2006-2007. It'll clean up.

 

The previous owner had done loads of customer buttons rather than the more traditional pods for the aircon, lights etc. Although it was all out of the car; To be honest, I struggled to get away with it. This meant having to mess on with loads of the wiring as it's was all changed. But it brought the interior to something better, a little more stock, but certainly better IMO. Had loads of brushed steel type of look if anyone wants to see the earlier photos.

 

Im still doing bits and pieces on the blue car but I think it's almost done if I'm honest. Just need to get some focus to finish it really.

 

Anyway, here's some pictures of how it now is:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good to hear from you Lee and congratulations on 10.000 posts :thumbup: Look forward to your updates mate.

Good to have you back and sorry I couldn't help more earlier.

Good to hear from you Lee and congratulations on 10.000 posts :thumbup: Look forward to your updates mate.

 

Thanks Gary.

 

Good to have you back and sorry I couldn't help more earlier.

Thanks Ali, always nice for any help mate. Regardless of how it goes. I did a search earlier and seems load have questioned it be the only real guide was for a car with an air bag. Will Mayby ask on here, several will have done it

Oh god...... someone left the window open and a Bird got in......... :biggrin:

 

Welcome back ya big lug......... Nice to see the hard work your putting in..... looking good!!!

Welcome back dude:thumbup: Now bin that bumper and whack on the '89 with a Stillen lip!! (and sell me your '99:sneaky2::tt2:)

Welcome back Lee - and good luck with the Zed works.... I shall look forward to seeing the updates mate!!

 

Richard:thumbup:

Oh god...... someone left the window open and a Bird got in......... :biggrin:

 

Welcome back ya big lug......... Nice to see the hard work your putting in..... looking good!!!

 

Cant keep the bird out. Thanks mate, hoping to get it done soon

 

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Welcome back dude:thumbup: Now bin that bumper and whack on the '89 with a Stillen lip!! (and sell me your '99:sneaky2::tt2:)

 

Everyone wants it Lol. The 89 spec with stillen will be on the black zed mate

 

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Welcome back Lee - and good luck with the Zed works.... I shall look forward to seeing the updates mate!!

 

Richard:thumbup:

 

Thanks Richard. I hope all is well bud