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Timing chain guides and 2015 onwards N20

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by True-Blue » Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:53 pm

Evening all,

The Mrs is looking for an E89 and we viewed two today.

The first was a 2015 15 plate the second was a 66 plate, both had brown chain guides not white??

I’m really confused, as I was convinced from everything I’d read that the 66 plate would have the later white guides… any ideas?

She’s happy to spend more for a later car, but doesn’t want to then spend £1k sorting out old style timing chain guides :(
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Post by B21 » Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:34 pm

True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:53 pm Evening all,

The Mrs is looking for an E89 and we viewed two today.

The first was a 2015 15 plate the second was a 66 plate, both had brown chain guides not white??

I’m really confused, as I was convinced from everything I’d read that the 66 plate would have the later white guides… any ideas?

She’s happy to spend more for a later car, but doesn’t want to then spend £1k sorting out old style timing chain guides :(
Did you find the production date ?…some cars were in UK stock for over 10 months ?
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is :thumbsup:

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Post by True-Blue » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:25 pm

B21 wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:34 pm
True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:53 pm Evening all,

The Mrs is looking for an E89 and we viewed two today.

The first was a 2015 15 plate the second was a 66 plate, both had brown chain guides not white??

I’m really confused, as I was convinced from everything I’d read that the 66 plate would have the later white guides… any ideas?

She’s happy to spend more for a later car, but doesn’t want to then spend £1k sorting out old style timing chain guides :(
Did you find the production date ?…some cars were in UK stock for over 10 months ?
No, not yet, but surely a 66 plate must have been built second half of 2015?
Alpina Roadster S Lux no. 204 (1 of 15 uk cars in Alpina Blue)

Previous Z4’s :E89 30i, E89 20i, E85 3.0Si (X4) E85 3.0i, E86 3.0 Si, E85 2.5si, E85 2.5i

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Post by enuff_zed » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:29 pm

At least it’s not an Audi 😉
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Post by True-Blue » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:36 pm

enuff_zed wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:29 pm At least it’s not an Audi 😉
Yes, we’ve seen one of the immaculate TTS you could possibly hope for today, but the colour wasn’t right and the Mrs much preferred the interior of the E89 :thumbsup:
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Post by enuff_zed » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:44 pm

True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:36 pm
enuff_zed wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:29 pm At least it’s not an Audi 😉
Yes, we’ve seen one of the immaculate TTS you could possibly hope for today, but the colour wasn’t right and the Mrs much preferred the interior of the E89 :thumbsup:
Common sense will prevail. 😁
I know there’s the big RWD discussion but one thing that does do is create a transmission tunnel that cocoons the driver and somehow makes you feel you are sitting within the car, not on top of it.
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Post by True-Blue » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:49 pm

enuff_zed wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:44 pm
True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:36 pm
enuff_zed wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:29 pm At least it’s not an Audi 😉
Yes, we’ve seen one of the immaculate TTS you could possibly hope for today, but the colour wasn’t right and the Mrs much preferred the interior of the E89 :thumbsup:
Common sense will prevail. 😁
I know there’s the big RWD discussion but one thing that does do is create a transmission tunnel that cocoons the driver and somehow makes you feel you are sitting within the car, not on top of it.
It was important that she came to her own conclusion that she needs an E89. :D
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Previous Z4’s :E89 30i, E89 20i, E85 3.0Si (X4) E85 3.0i, E86 3.0 Si, E85 2.5si, E85 2.5i

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Post by enuff_zed » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:50 pm

True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:49 pm
enuff_zed wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:44 pm
True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:36 pm Yes, we’ve seen one of the immaculate TTS you could possibly hope for today, but the colour wasn’t right and the Mrs much preferred the interior of the E89 :thumbsup:
Common sense will prevail. 😁
I know there’s the big RWD discussion but one thing that does do is create a transmission tunnel that cocoons the driver and somehow makes you feel you are sitting within the car, not on top of it.
It was important that she came to her own conclusion that she needs an E89. :D
Well at least the roof won’t unravel 😉
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Post by True-Blue » Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:57 pm

enuff_zed wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:50 pm
True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:49 pm
enuff_zed wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:44 pm Common sense will prevail. 😁
I know there’s the big RWD discussion but one thing that does do is create a transmission tunnel that cocoons the driver and somehow makes you feel you are sitting within the car, not on top of it.
It was important that she came to her own conclusion that she needs an E89. :D
Well at least the roof won’t unravel 😉
Indeed :D
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Previous Z4’s :E89 30i, E89 20i, E85 3.0Si (X4) E85 3.0i, E86 3.0 Si, E85 2.5si, E85 2.5i

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Post by B21 » Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:35 pm

True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:25 pm
B21 wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:34 pm
True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:53 pm Evening all,

The Mrs is looking for an E89 and we viewed two today.

The first was a 2015 15 plate the second was a 66 plate, both had brown chain guides not white??

I’m really confused, as I was convinced from everything I’d read that the 66 plate would have the later white guides… any ideas?

She’s happy to spend more for a later car, but doesn’t want to then spend £1k sorting out old style timing chain guides :(
Did you find the production date ?…some cars were in UK stock for over 10 months ?
No, not yet, but surely a 66 plate must have been built second half of 2015?
It appears some slipped through..I did see somewhere that the revised kits came in April 2015..
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is :thumbsup:

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Post by enuff_zed » Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:37 pm

B21 wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:35 pm
True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:25 pm
B21 wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:34 pm Did you find the production date ?…some cars were in UK stock for over 10 months ?
No, not yet, but surely a 66 plate must have been built second half of 2015?
It appears some slipped through..I did see somewhere that the revised kits came in April 2015..
But that is the car manufacturing date.
Could well have been a stockpile of engines still waiting to be fitted.
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Post by B21 » Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:15 am

enuff_zed wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:37 pm
B21 wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:35 pm
True-Blue wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:25 pm No, not yet, but surely a 66 plate must have been built second half of 2015?
It appears some slipped through..I did see somewhere that the revised kits came in April 2015..
But that is the car manufacturing date.
Could well have been a stockpile of engines still waiting to be fitted.
That could explain it..
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is :thumbsup:

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