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Thank you everyone. Much appreciated.

Whilst checking to see whether my April 1983 S3 qualifies for HVS I checked the V5 for a make date because I think they go by date of manufacture rather than registration (?). The 10th digit for mine is an A which shows a make date of 2010! Does anyone know about this please?

Tomorrow is fitting day. I sprayed my rear quarter panels today with cellulose. I am spraying outdoors. Although it was about 15 degrees the paint still seems to have bloomed…..hopefully when I cut and polish it the bloom will be removed.

Thanks guys. Fingers crossed!

Oh! Well that doesn’t sound very promising! Is it tricky resetting the hinges where they attach to the body or is it just a patience thing…..is there a procedure for doing this or do you just adjust as you go until it fits?

My replacement SP panels galvanised frame rear door to my series 3 is about ready to sit. Do I just undo the bolts that go through the old door and hope that they are in exactly the same place on the new door? Or is that extremely unlikely?!

Thank you. They say they can provide exactly what I am after. I assume I can build up the layers them cut back and polish.

I have prepared my rear quarter panels for repainting. I want to use aerosols as I don’t have any spray kit but it seems that you can only buy coach enamel or 2k. All I want is a nice long-lasting smooth finish which enamel won‘t give me and 2K is too dangerous to use for an amateur. I would...

Great suggestion thank you.

I want to remove the spare wheel holder on my bonnet which will leave a circle of holes on the bonnet. I want to countersink the holes and then fit countersunk aluminium rivets so they are not proud of the surface of the bonnet. Is this doable as I can’t seem to find CS rivets which are short...

Which ones did you buy and from whom please? Also I have sent you a pm 😊

I was. I managed to get the plastic cover off one of the indicators and the base fitting is held in place by three self-tapping screws. The plastic surround, into which the cover sits, is so brittle (probably the same for all similar fittings on the car) that I am going to replace them all. Can...

I am changing my orange indicators, clear side lights and red rear lights as they are full of moisture and old clouded plastic. I want to use stainless screws instead of the supplied steel screws. Could someone please suggest a suitable metric size for the fitting screws and also for those...

The SP galvanised rear door does have the fitting for the bronze guide plate.

I recently bought a Paintman Panels glazed door top and it fitted perfectly. I bought the rear door from SP because it has a galvanised steel frame and since it was the rusting steel frame that corroded my current door skin I saw this as the way forward (Paintman don’t supply galvanised rear...