Recent content by adam04

One of these in the passenger seat?

Following on from last years event, I'm once again arranging a run through the Peak District. This year it will be on Sunday 8th September. As with last year, we will meet somewhere mid-peak district, this allows those in the North West, Midlands, Yorkshire all a reasonable chance of...

One of my front shocks is shot so I am about to replace them for Bilstein B6 to match the rears that i replaced a short while ago. Ive ordered the new shocks but they dont appear to come with the spring perch at the top of the shock? The part looks exactly like the following link (I didnt...

Repainted my calipers. I painted them about 6 months ago but was never happy with the colour, despite the box being a dark blue the end result was more baby blue so tried again with a different paint. Still would like it a little darker but it looks better than it did

The spring wash / clay / polish / wax yesterday, Took the hardtop off today...

Opening up the bonnet a few weeks ago, I noticed much of the plastic covered in white spots, almost similar to salt drying but its over the top of the engine cover so unlikely to be that. On closer inspection i noticed it was concentrated around the coolant top. I put it down to the cap not...

Thanks all, well having found the part at ECP last night and watched a couple of you tube videos, I got up this morning to replace the gasket. However, having taken the coil packs out, the inside is bone dry, not a drop of oil. I even took out the spark plug and that is the same. So it doesn't...

Yesterday, after driving on the motorway for about 15 minutes, I was stationary at lights when a plume of blue smoke came from under the bonnet, it last a few seconds with the typical oil smell and then stopped. Nothing else wrong with the car, continued to drive with no further issues. The car...

So after a recent visit to DLV, it turns out one of my rear shocks is leaking and so needs replacing. Im wondering what people recommend for both shocks and springs? I cant really go down the lowering path as theres far too many potholes and speed bumps near me, not to mention the bottom of the...

Following on from another thread, it seems a Peak District/Derbyshire/South Yorks meet would be popular, so I've set myself the task of arranging one. Sunday 23rd September is the date for the diary, the weather usually plays ball in September and hopefully an indian summer will mean its a...

Couple of stills from the drone

Evening all, Car decided it didnt want to start today and after various tries of jumping/charging the battery etc I have put it down to a faulty starter motor. Given it a few 'taps' and it tries but doesnt want to start the car. Reading through the forum it seems a fairly simple task, looks...

Anyone any experience of the above tyre? Im looking at ditching the runflats and changing all 4 in the near future. Spoke to my local garage today to get a price for PS4's and he recommended the above tyre, he said its A-rated and he uses them on his Z3. They are about 25% cheaper than the...