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What have you done to your car today?

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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:20 am

Steve84N wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2017 10:59 pmWhy was the bridge closed?
Because Number5 needed to get some photos! :lol:
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Post by mjennings23 » Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:40 am

Sheared the bolt holding the front hub to the strut, yay! :headbang:

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. :rofl:

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Post by Steve84N » Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:09 pm

Number5 wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:20 pm
Steve84N wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2017 10:59 pm
Number5 wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:02 pm Blue sky so popped out for a few photos
Why was the bridge closed?
For planned maintenance, mainly at the Welsh End (Expansion Joints, Central barrier repairs and resurfacing patches)
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! :rofl:
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Post by Number5 » Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:00 pm

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 :D
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Post by NickDE » Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:19 pm

Had a four wheel alignment done
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Post by LordOxygen » Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:30 pm

Number5 wrote: Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:02 pm Blue sky so popped out for a few photos
Nice!

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Post by mjennings23 » Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:42 pm

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.

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Post by ronk » Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:11 pm

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!
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Post by Pabby1980 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:42 am

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.
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Post by Bradman » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:07 pm

Today I have mostly been driving my Z after having the diff ratio swapped from 3.07 to 3.64...
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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:20 pm

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.
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Post by sw4nny » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:35 pm

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 :headbang: :topicclosed:
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Post by OntarioZed » Fri Jun 23, 2017 1:53 am

Changed transmission and rear differential oil. Royal Purple Sychromax for the transmission and Amsoil Severe Gear 75W90 for the diff. Test drive tomorrow!
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Post by philbo909 » Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:34 pm

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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Post by LewisB » Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:51 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:20 pm 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.
I had a gearbox oil change a few weeks ago at TWG, I do feel it's made a difference. What do you reckon?
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