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What have you done to your car today?
- Mr Tidy
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- Location: North West Surrey
What have you done to your car today?
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
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What have you done to your car today?
Sheared the bolt holding the front hub to the strut, yay!
Found a replacement hub locally for £20 and a new bolt is £4 from BMW and is on order for later today, seemed a far smarter idea than mucking about with welding/drilling when I don't have the kit myself anyway.
Found a replacement hub locally for £20 and a new bolt is £4 from BMW and is on order for later today, seemed a far smarter idea than mucking about with welding/drilling when I don't have the kit myself anyway.
- Steve84N
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What have you done to your car today?
Good stuff. I don't know if you've noticed but the outside lane is much less of a bump over the expansion joint so it pays to be the quicker car!
C63 AMG Estate 6208cc
- Number5
- Lifer
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- Location: Bristol M4/M5
What have you done to your car today?
The severity of the bump depends on the weather temperature. You'll feel it more in the cold and Eastbound on the Wye bridge end.
It was too good an opportunity to miss, especially with the weather thrown in
It was too good an opportunity to miss, especially with the weather thrown in
Alpina Roadster #307
Porsche Boxster GTS
Previous Zs
Stratus E86
G29 30i
1x Imola Z4MR
Alpina #019
10x E85 Se/Si Roadsters
2x E89's
Roof Motor Relocations (Bristol)
Porsche Boxster GTS
Previous Zs
Stratus E86
G29 30i
1x Imola Z4MR
Alpina #019
10x E85 Se/Si Roadsters
2x E89's
Roof Motor Relocations (Bristol)
- NickDE
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- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
What have you done to your car today?
Had a four wheel alignment done
Darkness gone, go Darknes2, go Frozen, go Tronic
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What have you done to your car today?
Yesterday I sheared the bolt that holds the front hub to the strut... luckily it was loose enough by that point that I could knock the hub free from the strut.
Quick visit to the scrappy today and for £15 I have a replacement hub. Came off a car with lower miles than mine so the bearing should be in better condition hopefully, and I now also have a spare ABS sensor.
Got onto the rears too and my god, they needed doing! No rebound at all on one of the struts when off the car, and very little on the other. Incredibly easy to compress too, no wonder the rear end felt very crashy on bumps!
Going to do the rear trailing arm bushes and sway bar links/bushes at the weekend, then alignment Monday and I'll be happy
Left the car on stands for the week and borrowed my dads F10... after the Z4 it feels like you're up in the air captaining a boat! Very gentle over bumps, and being a 3 litre auto its totally effortless to drive.
Would I swap my Zed for a 5er? On yer bike!
Quick visit to the scrappy today and for £15 I have a replacement hub. Came off a car with lower miles than mine so the bearing should be in better condition hopefully, and I now also have a spare ABS sensor.
Got onto the rears too and my god, they needed doing! No rebound at all on one of the struts when off the car, and very little on the other. Incredibly easy to compress too, no wonder the rear end felt very crashy on bumps!
Going to do the rear trailing arm bushes and sway bar links/bushes at the weekend, then alignment Monday and I'll be happy
Left the car on stands for the week and borrowed my dads F10... after the Z4 it feels like you're up in the air captaining a boat! Very gentle over bumps, and being a 3 litre auto its totally effortless to drive.
Would I swap my Zed for a 5er? On yer bike!
- ronk
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- Location: Durham
What have you done to your car today?
Travelled back from Bedfordshire at a decent rate - the front end looked suede !
I gave it a dose of bug cleaner and a quick wash down!
I gave it a dose of bug cleaner and a quick wash down!
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- Pabby1980
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What have you done to your car today?
Soooooo my car doesn't have a CDV appaz.
Would've been nice to know that.
Anyway......new brakes and.....pads.........and sen.....sors.
Bored.
Got 155 out of her again.
I'm done.
Would've been nice to know that.
Anyway......new brakes and.....pads.........and sen.....sors.
Bored.
Got 155 out of her again.
I'm done.
- Bradman
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- Location: Burslem
What have you done to your car today?
Today I have mostly been driving my Z after having the diff ratio swapped from 3.07 to 3.64...
- Mr Tidy
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What have you done to your car today?
Picked it up from TWG Automotive after an oil service, Inspection I, brake fluid and gearbox oil change - lovely!
Just the MOT to sort now.
Just the MOT to sort now.
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
- sw4nny
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- Location: Barnsley
What have you done to your car today?
Got mullered by a 140i on the bypasses' on my way home from work yesterday morning those things are rapid ,so my car got nothing done to it except a good talking to for being too slow
E85 3.oi titan silver,Maldives blue E85 3.0i gone but not forgotten
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What have you done to your car today?
Changed transmission and rear differential oil. Royal Purple Sychromax for the transmission and Amsoil Severe Gear 75W90 for the diff. Test drive tomorrow!
2003 Z4 3.0i, Non-sport suspension, Merlot metallic, Oregon leather.
- philbo909
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What have you done to your car today?
So I decided today it was time for the zed's monthly scrub, switch the compressor on (karcher k2 compact), get about half way covered in foam. blows up. That nice burning smell filling the air, and its only been used for 3 hours max! emailing karcher now to see if they can sort it out, but what a load of rubbish!
Got it done to my cleaning standard (rough and ready) all the while remembering I much prefer hooning it than I do detailing.
But now ready for some scratch removal and waxing. Highly overdue because I've been putting it off since buying her in April!
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MV2s are still a bit dirty, but I almost forgot they were gloss black! I'm waiting an a nice set on BBS CH-r to take their place so I'm not too bothered about that, just glad I'll soon have to spend even less time having to clean my wheels!
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Got it done to my cleaning standard (rough and ready) all the while remembering I much prefer hooning it than I do detailing.
But now ready for some scratch removal and waxing. Highly overdue because I've been putting it off since buying her in April!
[IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e126/ ... 5cabye.jpg[/IMG]
MV2s are still a bit dirty, but I almost forgot they were gloss black! I'm waiting an a nice set on BBS CH-r to take their place so I'm not too bothered about that, just glad I'll soon have to spend even less time having to clean my wheels!
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Sapphire black z4 coupe 135,000miles young
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What have you done to your car today?
I had a gearbox oil change a few weeks ago at TWG, I do feel it's made a difference. What do you reckon?
Z4 3.0si Sport Coupe - Ruby Black - Champagne Nappa leather - my weekend drive......