What have you done to your car today?

[Rsipad]

Not so much today, but I got an evening slot at Donny last night.

The car performed (almost) faultlessly - until I boiled the brake fluid near the end of the evening - pedal went almost to the floor and took a few pumps to get the car stopped - bit scary when approaching Mclean's at something well north of 100mph!!! Brake fluid change now on the never ending list before the Ring trip in 2 weeks!

Trackday photography isn't done yet so you'll have to make do with my 'before' and 'after' photos!

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Oooh and side note, no issues whatsoever with noise limits with the supersprint X-pipe & Race cans

Love the wheel color! And yes, that does sound very scary. Had the remnants of my pads going more and more metal-metal at Laguna Seca, I noticed that braking performance going into T1 (at ~110 mph) from one lap to the next was diminishing, which was very unnerving. Brake issues in general are scary!

[Rsipad]

Front Camber: 3.0 degrees
Front Toe: 0.08 degrees total
Rear Camber: 2.0 degrees
Rear Toe: 0.12 degrees total

Please report back on how you get on

Will do

[Special Kay]

is this the male equivalent of a tramp stamp?

[enuff_zed]

Finally moved enough zeds around to dig this one out of hibernation.
All dusted down and ready for the MOT in the morning.
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Very nice. And will it be going out for a longer drive this Friday?

Sadly not as I am not wedging a pair of ramps in it!

[ronk]

I paid my £415 to the DVLA

[BMWZ4MC]

Both will be great fun. I’ve still not made it to the ring, but I’d love to drive it one day.
No track days for me for the foreseeable future - work is busy and two kids of one and three and a half years keep me busy at home too.
Hopefully, towards the end of the year I’ll have more time. For now, I’m taking the scenic route home as often as possible

If you do get a 'ring date in the diary let me know - if I can manage to get out there too I certainly will

Yeah my son is 3 1/2 too now, and we've got a second child on the way (not sure if boy or girl yet - due October), so I'm getting the trackdays in this year, as I'm pretty sure I'll be limited to taking the scenic route home too next year!

Home is in Sydney at the moment, so a ‘ring trip would have to be squeezed into a European holiday, which makes it even less likely I’d be given permission I still have my RS4 in the UK though, and it would be interesting to drive it on a track. It was phenomenal cross country on broken roads in Devon, and would have left my uncompliant Zed for dead in that environment. I’ll be sure to let you know if I’m heading to any tracks when we’re next back.

Good luck for October, it’s more than twice as hectic when the second one arrives!

ETA good to see you survived Donnington unscathed. That’s happened to me too, also at well over 100mph. I didn’t manage to slow down enough to take the corner, but fortunately there was plenty of run off. It’s certainly wakes you up when the brake pedal offers no resistance!

[Fred Smith]

A few spots of kurust on chips.

Refixed the drivers side door cill cover to the door cill - it has been sat down the side of the drivers seat since purchase a month or so back.

Half put the front bumper back on, before spotting that the near side headlights wasn't sat right, took it off, sorted the light and refixed the front bumper. Looking forward to driving her again, after pretty much 3 weeks of occasional use then 2 weeks off the road in the 5 weeks since I bought her!

Gave the alloys a quick clean for the first time since purchase... I actually know what colour they are now! The graphite grey does look good with the black car... but then again I kinda miss the character and colour the dust gave it and it's making me lean more towards bronze or gold!

[j3nks79]

A few spots of kurust on chips.

Refixed the drivers side door cill cover to the door cill - it has been sat down the side of the drivers seat since purchase a month or so back.

Half put the front bumper back on, before spotting that the near side headlights wasn't sat right, took it off, sorted the light and refixed the front bumper. Looking forward to driving her again, after pretty much 3 weeks of occasional use then 2 weeks off the road in the 5 weeks since I bought her!

Gave the alloys a quick clean for the first time since purchase... I actually know what colour they are now! The graphite grey does look good with the black car... but then again I kinda miss the character and colour the dust gave it and it's making me lean more towards bronze or gold!

I don’t think I’ve seen your car. Any pics you can post?
How did the fog lights turn out?

[Fred Smith]

A few spots of kurust on chips.

Refixed the drivers side door cill cover to the door cill - it has been sat down the side of the drivers seat since purchase a month or so back.

Half put the front bumper back on, before spotting that the near side headlights wasn't sat right, took it off, sorted the light and refixed the front bumper. Looking forward to driving her again, after pretty much 3 weeks of occasional use then 2 weeks off the road in the 5 weeks since I bought her!

Gave the alloys a quick clean for the first time since purchase... I actually know what colour they are now! The graphite grey does look good with the black car... but then again I kinda miss the character and colour the dust gave it and it's making me lean more towards bronze or gold!

I don’t think I’ve seen your car. Any pics you can post?
How did the fog lights turn out?

My "new member" thread is here -

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The first post has two photos - the car as it was advertised on here in 2021, and again as advertised in 2024. My purchase was influenced by how good it appeared to have been 3 years and the belief that with reasonable maintenance since it couldn't be too bad even though I knew it had faults and was rough around the edges.

I haven't done a good job taking photos and she's not had a proper clean either let alone anything more. I will post more soon on my new member thread.

[Fred Smith]

I don’t think I’ve seen your car. Any pics you can post?
How did the fog lights turn out?

Also.. just looked up your car... lovely, classier wheels and much nicer condition (and probably lower mileage) compared to mine. But not too dissimilar.

I will post photos of the fog lights in the next day or two... turned out alright I think, so much better than before, but I'd do a better and quicker job if I did it again.

[j3nks79]

I don’t think I’ve seen your car. Any pics you can post?
How did the fog lights turn out?

Also.. just looked up your car... lovely, classier wheels and much nicer condition (and probably lower mileage) compared to mine. But not too dissimilar.

I will post photos of the fog lights in the next day or two... turned out alright I think, so much better than before, but I'd do a better and quicker job if I did it again.

Mine is currently in the body shop having a full respray. Bar the the roof.
This is the current state.

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[BMWZ4MC]

I’m not sure I would have chosen primer grey, but each to their own

[raymond.harper]

Started work on my second 108 rim. On the first one, I laboriously stripped the rim with a paint stripper. With this rim, I had it sand or probably shot-blasted. Unfortunately, the finish left a lot to be desired, more potholes than my local road! Four coats of filler primer and smoothing and now ready to paint.

[True-Blue]

Having replaced the rear shocks on the Mrs E89 in the last week or so, and previously correcting the Bonnet, roof and boot lid, I turned my attention to both sides today. Doors, rear wings, front wing panels and side skirts all corrected… happy with the results and clarity;

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[Ilogik]

Sorted out the handywork of some twunt hit and run drive. Better than it was for now.