I'm looking in to that.
I think that'll end up being my next mod.
Awesome, I'm loving the Z4M but I think I'd get another S2000 one day, loved that car.
I searched for a while to specifically find a car factory fitted with isofix and airbag disable, but i did explore retrofitting it.Sohailnisar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:17 pm Awesome, I'm loving the Z4M but I think I'd get another S2000 one day, loved that car.
You've got the isofix on your car - did this come factory fitted?
I'm having a baby in November - mine doesn't have it, thinking of getting it retrofitted. Just wondered if you've done yours and if you've got any tips?
Me too, although My S2000 was a daily driver along side my ///M
How did you find your S2000?NorthernSky wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:53 pm Evening!
Congratulations on this. Funnily enough, we both have the same old car - S2000 - and I've also picked up a Z4MC which was ALSO located in Edinburgh! Small world! ALSO ALSO ALSO have the CSLs, and YES. Do it. You must.
Photos of mine are on this forum and the gallery one also, though a different blue. Like your gunmetal alloys on this. Let me know if you're in the Berkshire/Bucks area and we can 'compare notes'.
Tom
Spoke to my local BMW.Lower wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:13 amI searched for a while to specifically find a car factory fitted with isofix and airbag disable, but i did explore retrofitting it.Sohailnisar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:17 pm Awesome, I'm loving the Z4M but I think I'd get another S2000 one day, loved that car.
You've got the isofix on your car - did this come factory fitted?
I'm having a baby in November - mine doesn't have it, thinking of getting it retrofitted. Just wondered if you've done yours and if you've got any tips?
There used to be a BMW retrofit kit for the air bag disable for the Z4M roadster that i think fits the coupe. I was going to get a dealer to fit it when i was considering a M Coupe that didn't have it fitted. The dealer was a bit nervous of fitting it because there is also some coding required and they hadn't done it before, but where willing to do it.
The fact that i couldn't turn of the air bag in the S2000 was one of the main reasons i started looking around. The Z4M was a substantial upgrade performance wise, the Coupe is surprisingly practical (its easier to get my son's bike in the boot of my car than it is in my wife's evoque) and when i found one of the later cars (all of which i believe have isofix) it was a no brainer.
I had a couple of S2000's and drove them daily for 7 years. Great cars, but i wouldn't go back.
Evening, are you by any chance the guy asking this question also on Pistonheads?Little Bob wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 9:48 pmHow did you find your S2000?NorthernSky wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:53 pm Evening!
Congratulations on this. Funnily enough, we both have the same old car - S2000 - and I've also picked up a Z4MC which was ALSO located in Edinburgh! Small world! ALSO ALSO ALSO have the CSLs, and YES. Do it. You must.
Photos of mine are on this forum and the gallery one also, though a different blue. Like your gunmetal alloys on this. Let me know if you're in the Berkshire/Bucks area and we can 'compare notes'.
Tom
I'm considering one at the moment, any advice welcome
Yes, I have popped a wanted note on the PH Honda forum for a low mileage S2000, nothing quite right has come up as yet.NorthernSky wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2017 5:23 pmEvening, are you by any chance the guy asking this question also on Pistonheads?Little Bob wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 9:48 pmHow did you find your S2000?NorthernSky wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:53 pm Evening!
Congratulations on this. Funnily enough, we both have the same old car - S2000 - and I've also picked up a Z4MC which was ALSO located in Edinburgh! Small world! ALSO ALSO ALSO have the CSLs, and YES. Do it. You must.
Photos of mine are on this forum and the gallery one also, though a different blue. Like your gunmetal alloys on this. Let me know if you're in the Berkshire/Bucks area and we can 'compare notes'.
Tom
I'm considering one at the moment, any advice welcome
Basically, the engines are rock solid - it's the protection (or lack of) underneath. Luckily it's not quite an epidemic like some Japanese cars of this decade of production, but still worth checking for rust. They will all have some degree of surface erosion, just be careful of examples with it in the usual suspect areas like the arches and sills.
Mine is for sale soon, but not listed anywhere yet... In lime green, one of four left in the UK. But from memory you want a very low mileage one, unless I am confusing you with someone else off PH.
T
clearly a man that knows his s**t..... basically any engine thats highly strung already needs lots of love, s54.. whatever.... the same principles apply.Lower wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:28 am I disagree on the S2000 bullet proof engine front having had to have replacement engines in both the S2000's i owned.
Two things kills these engines. Running low on oil and over revs.
The pre 04 engines use a lot of oil and if owners do not appreciate this and don't top them up between services the engines suffer.
Secondly, its easy to over rev on a down change and this damages the valve stem retainers on the earlier engines. The valve stem retainers then fail some time down the line and a dropped valve ruins an engine. That is exactly what happened to the engine in my first S2000. A previous owner had over rev'ed it and i bought it with 27k miles on it. The valve stem retainer failed 3k miles later, dropped an inlet valve and ruined the engine. Thankfully, Honda covered it under warranty but with the age of the car those days are long gone.
If i was buying another one i would make sure i bought an 04+ car. The engines used less oil and its less likely that one of those engines will have been run low on oil. I 'think' they also had upgraded valve stem retainers.
The second S2000 i owned i bought new. It needed an new engine at 17k miles as it had a faulty oil pump. However, i was either unlucky or taking the car on a trackday having only done 600 miles wasn't a good idea