Got 4 of these if you're interested, totally unmarked, very good tyres

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Spent a little bit of time on the wheel refurb as the plan is to fully refurb the ebay special to see if I like the new colour iv picked out. Curb rash all gone needs another wet n dry by hand then it's ready for etch primer.
Some before photos



Some after

Gave it a lite coat of etch primer to highlite where I need to rub down with my wet n dry.

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Replaced the troublesome pcv pipe with a new home made rubber effort x2 22mm to 19mm reducer 45 degree elbows. You have to remove the throttle body todo this and I'm glad I did the gasket on the throttle body was wet it looks like it's been sucking in oil from the pcv pipe connection on the back of the housing.
No pictures I'm afraid.

Got a couple of jobs done, painted the spare wheel to see if I like the colour.



Tinted the windows rear of the B pillar


Not purfect but it will do for now.

Managed to find and fix another fault....the supercharged coolant pump packed up as per my other post regarding this issue iv rewired it the correct way round as its been running backwards since 2006 gave it a whack with the end of my screw driver and its working a good un. New pump on order just incase the brushes don't re profile nicely.

Iv also put on hold chasing the random cold start misfires as there is little to no logic to them as can be seen by the misfire counts. After a brain storming session they could be triggerd by the snout bearing being totally fecked and the knock sensors reading this as random misfires.......you can here the snout bearing on idle and feel it threw the engine and even if you place your hand on the airbox you can feel the rumble......time to pull the sc.
Final coat of paint went on the wheel and I think I like it I'm unsure if I want to clear coat it.

You could always remove your SC belt for a few days and see

Now that's a good idea

Decided to swop out my failing supercharged aux cooling pump it was wired back to front from factory but dispite my rewiring it correctly and the pump running after a whack with the end of a screw driver it just didn't recover.

I read a few old how to guides but they all seemed a bit erm crap...wish I had taken some photos.
I can confirm removing the headlight is pointless, to swop out the coolant pump was pretty easy in the end.
Remove fan couling
Unplug the electrical connector from the bottom of the pump access is via the black plastic cover removed by x4 push fit rivets.
Remove x1 left hand side aux clamp bolt as you look down at it 8mm don't even try to undo the right hand side clamp bolt. The only thing holding it in place are the x2 hoses, unclip these but NOT at the pump end. X1 hose at the top T piece and x1 at the rad end.
Then it's just a case of pulling the pump up and out from the tiny little space it lives in, you will need to wiggle it a bit and feed the long hose threw but it will come out.

Now you have your old aux pump with hoses attached on the deck swop them over to your new pump and refit in reverse, top up and bleed. You won't lose much coolant either so don't worry.
Total job time maybe 35 mins.

New tyres fitted last week, wheel alignment done today. Last couple of jobs left on the list.
SC snout bearings and maybe a smaller pulley
Bit of paint on the body to sort.
Wheel referb to finish.

Then I think its finished and ready to use.

love the wheel color! I've got a Rimini red 2005 with wheels colored to match the Titanium trim. Just grabbed some spares recently and had 2 refurbed. Will swap tires and refurb another 2 etc.

Good choice of color if you ask me. Silver is boring

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I'm a big fan of the rimini red

Time to address the paint with a bit of light correction, it needs paint on the roof some of its missing, that's another day and I'm replacing the rear bumper at some point.



This is the state of external C pillar


After a bit of correction but offside one


Scratches around the handles pretty much gone now


Back door, rear quarter panel, rear and front doors done rain has stopped play.

Looking good mate  2015 L494 SDV6 3.0 HSE Loire Blue
2006 L320 4.2 Supercharged
2009 BMW X5 M-Sport - Gone
2007 L320 2.7TDV6 SE Buckingham Blue - Gone
2011 Jaguar XFS 3.0V6 Diesel - Gone
2009 (59) L320 Facelift 3.0TDV6 HSE White Wrap - Gone
2008 BMW X5 M-Sport - Gone
2005 Audi A6 3.2V6 Quattro S-Line - Gone

Cheers Mark, iv got plenty todo before it's finished and at the standard I want. To think this is gonna be the wife's ulez replacment for her D3 when the zone expands.
Mite be on the move next year outside the M25 so who knows mite be able to keep all my landys