I got a new zed!

[faz_b]

Hello Hello!

So im back again! Some of you may remember this car: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77526&hilit=faz

I had that one for only a few months then got a job offer in Dubai so had to sell it. Turns out I should probably have kept it as unfortunately I lost my job there about 6 weeks ago so now I'm back in the UK.

Decided this time round that I didnt want to do as much work to the car (famous last words...!) so I should probably pick a better base to work with...and boy did I find one!

Went a LONG way to pick this beauty up today:

07 3.0 si roadster, only 75K on the clock for the tidy sum of only £6600:

spec:

all the usual 3.0 si bits
piano black trim
M sport seats, heated, electric and memory
M sport steering wheel with multi function
18" MV2's with decent tyres all round (although I may sell these)
FSH
roof motors changed 2 years back
vanos work done
2 keys
MOT till next year
AC blows ice cold
Next service not due for another 12000 miles











Car was near Newcastle so I had 4 hour drive back to London, not only did it not miss a beat, this one feels a HELL of a lot tighter than the last z I had. plus that extra 30 odd bhp seems to make a monumental difference - its extremely quick and engine is smoother than butter. super impressed with it thus far!

Pictures are pretty poor as they are off the advert. Will get her cleaned up and take some more.

List of things to do thankfully no where near as extreme or large as the last Z:

HID lights and LED bulbs all round
Bluetooth kit
New Wheels (thinking CSL or VMR reps in 19 or poss BBS)
black grill
swap the silver lights for black ones (if anyone here is interested in that let me know!)
ZHP shifter

Other than that - just to enjoy driving her!

[srhutch]

Looks nice and a good price to.

Welcome back

[paddy wright]

Welcome back- lovely looking z!

[RickRob]

Why would you buy a car locally when you can buy one that involves a decent drive home?

Hope that it is everything that you want it to be.

Enjoy

[Kap'nZ4]

Makes me wish I lived across the pond. I would love those rims on mine.

Great looking ride.

[mr wilks]

That looks great & £6600 is a snip , easily allows for some light modding happy days

[David-H]

Nice find!

[buzyg]

Looks like a cracker. Welcome back.

[faz_b]

Thanks All.

HID's and interior/exterior LED light replacements were all done today along with a clean and wax. Bluetooth kit going in tomorrow.

updated pics will follow once I've done tomorrow. quite chuffed I found one with the piano black, saves faffing around with leather on the dash all over again! lol!

[S3NYR]

Looks like you got a great car at a great price! Enjoy it!

[rosskins]

Bluetooth kit going in tomorrow

Are you sure it does not already have the factory kit - I can see the microphone on the steering wheel. But please do not trust me on this! Lovely car in beautiful condition! Needs an original BM stubby and drilled fogs

[faz_b]

Bluetooth kit going in tomorrow

Are you sure it does not already have the factory kit - I can see the microphone on the steering wheel. But please do not trust me on this! Lovely car in beautiful condition! Needs an original BM stubby and drilled fogs

Definitely not. It's prepped for Bluetooth I think but doesn't have a bit module. I'm putting in a new stereo which will have DAB radio, USB in the glove box, Bluetooth hands free calling and Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming. Have got an adapter as well which will retain the oem steering wheel controls with the aftermarket unit as well.

All in with the DAB aerial, wiring harness, facia adapter, steering control adapter and head unit is costing me 320 fitted.

[Mr Tidy]

Welcome back OP!

Sorry to hear about the job.

But every cloud, etc. - so at least you have another Z4, and the 3.0Si is pretty entertaining! And I love that red leather - plus the price seems very good, so worth a bit of travel for a good Z4!

I didn't go as far as you, but I went from Sandhurst to Portsmouth for my first Z4, then up to the Rugby area for my second!

The further you go the longer/better the drive home!

[Mr Tidy]

Makes me wish I lived across the pond. I would love those rims on mine.

Great looking ride.

Kap'n - I'm just curious but as an aside, are 135M/MV2 rims that hard to find in the States?

[faz_b]

well, storming progress this end...

already done all the following:

HID dipped beam
LED interior bulbs all round
LED number plate bulbs
ZHP shifter
Pioneer DEH-x8700DAB installed (with no less than four adapters required!) retaining steering wheel controls

Next thing is wheels... and this is where I am unsure what to go for. Thinking perhaps something BBS LM reps or something like VMR (cheaper version though, cant afford £1600 on the wheels alone right now!)

thoughts and/or recomendations? open to either 18" or 19" and would quite like something with perhaps an anthracite sort of colour.