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E30 Sit Rep Time. And this time it's well worth it...

So this is the culmination of a lot of hard work - too much hard work. I now know how to remove a bearing (thanks Evan for the help - actually I think you masterminded most of this).

I also know that I don't want to do another one. Not fun really. 

Heat & Hammer. The duo that fixes most if not all things...

So that's the bearing inner off the hub shaft. I think I should use the word "flange" and "back bracket multiplier tool" in this somewhere. But in reality it was just a lot of hot air and hitting it. So right in line with my career in IT then. 

And a shiny new hub bearing.

Lesson to us all - don't ever try to repair a bearing. Replace it and walk away. I/we wasted several weekends with this, and in the end buying a new one and drifting it in was by far the easiest thing to do. Doing it wrong - 3+ days. Doing it right - 2-3 hours. Lesson learnt.

But what's that below...

This is new (to me) chrome bumpers. The eagle eyed will remember my car had white ones. But these came up at a reasonable price, and look pretty good - so I bought them. Is this important? It is, this is pretty much the last part that I can do to the car before it gets "professional". Exciting times.

These can never be shiny enough.

It does mean that my panda car might have to be rethought though. Black wheels and lots of chrome is going to make my car look like a kitchen implement. Thinking that now the original wheels might be in order. Though I still would rather be at 15" at least instead of the 14". Hmm, a happy problem!