What have you done to your car today?

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:47 pm

mr wilks wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:24 pm Sold it ZMR Imola red heading south as i type 2 happy folks on board

WTF,? That didn't last long...

Mike

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:48 pm

Steve84N wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:23 pm
mr wilks wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:24 pm Sold it ZMR Imola red heading south as i type 2 happy folks on board
Why do you sell and buy so many, are you making a profit each time?

Here we go...

Mike

Steve84N · Post by **Steve84N** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:53 pm

Go where?

Just curious as otherwise it seems illogical.

Machine monkey · Post by **Machine monkey** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 10:52 am

I changed the drop links. And found I have all the wrong pipes for my hydrolic steering swap

but I have checked the turbo is all working well. And the oil feed and return system works. I just need a pump with less flow rate or bigger blead off valve. Good times I just need the time and some bits to finish it!!

Rusky · Post by **Rusky** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:04 pm

car has been loosing coolant (half a cup full) over a few hundred miles, Its previously been pressure tested and no fault was identified. Anyway i put it back in to BMW as it is under warranty and they have found that the thermostat housing had failed and was weeping coolant. All replaced under warranty so all good

markalp · Post by **markalp** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:33 pm

Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:48 pm
Steve84N wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:23 pm
mr wilks wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:24 pm Sold it ZMR Imola red heading south as i type 2 happy folks on board
Why do you sell and buy so many, are you making a profit each time?
Here we go...

Mike

If i had your skills I would do exactly the same, buy cheap, fix up, n sell for a BIG profit, especially now you also do the VANOS thing.

Go for it... Aim for one of these.. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C880101

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:56 pm

while the boot lid was off to fish out some stray piece of whatever that was lurking inside it's chassis I took it to the painters to have the inside painted too...

why ??? cus I've lost my mind.... always wished bmw would have painted the inners of the visible backside of panels.

looks great... all part of my quest to create a car thats better than when it came from the factory

Jamie25 · Post by **Jamie25** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:54 pm

After several weeks of ownership I finally got the time and weather to give it a good wash, clay, polish and wax. Wheels just got a quick once over but plan to have them off for a good clean soon.
From the quick wash i have it last week i thought it had some fairly poor finishes on the sills from a respray but turned out it was just grunge and grime. Clay sorted most of it.
Excuse the poor photos, ran out of time and had to pick my lad up in it.

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Rusky · Post by **Rusky** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:20 pm

installed my dashcam using F2 off the fuse board so now its controlled by the ignition and no more big bulky ciggi lighter adaptor.

beanitos · Post by **beanitos** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:27 pm

Had the MC professionally detailed before it goes into storage. Very happy with the result.

Annoyingly, steam cleaning the steering wheel resulted in moisture around the horn wiring which stuck on with the ignition. Fixed now but managed to break the latch on the glove box getting to the fuse panel. Arses.

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MrPT · Post by **MrPT** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:52 pm

beanitos wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:27 pm Had the MC professionally detailed before it goes into storage. Very happy with the result.

One of the best colour combos. Looks great.

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:59 pm

Steve84N wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:53 pm Go where?

Just curious as otherwise it seems illogical.

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 6:33 pm

Started playing with my new Picoscope, and already discovered that the alternator appears to have a faulty diode.. New diode pack here in the morning for fitting. I must stop tinkering for the sake of it!

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Mike

pp1600 · Post by **pp1600** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:28 pm

Just picked up the Z4 coupe after an oil leak rectification ( luckily only the oil filter seal - thought it was the infamous oil housing gasket) and an inspection ll at sopers. Engine bay was nicely stem cleaned( months of oil spray did not look good, interior and exterior washed and cleaned). In my scruffs I was treated very well. As an automotive engineer in prior times the experience was VG. Dealers prices but not as bad as I initially thought. Have come away with a renewed belief in main dealers. Thank you Sopers (sophie + team)

rally-chris · Post by **rally-chris** » Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:47 am

I spent yesterday evening splitting my spare set of 108M rims, then hand tapping each of the 80 M7 bolt holes before fitting sacrificial bolts into them to mask the holes during refurbishment. I also had a go at the worst of the kerb damage to the outer rims with two grades of sand paper as I'm sceptical how much time City Wheels are going to spend on them at only £20 per wheel!

The plan is to drop them off at City Wheels this afternoon for a non express refurb.

Chris

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