Recent content by CliveN

I am on a roll today! Just parked my car up in a nice isolated spot in the underground garage and went back to find a painter painting around the car. “Helpfully” he had put his floor covering over the bonnet to stop it being splashed - after realising he was splashing it. It’s an old cloth. He...

Hot on the heels of another thread saying how great we are at answering questions, I have one today. I am in Spain in the ZM. It’s hot; about 37 degrees. While out today and on a terrible road (but not as terrible as the one I tried earlier which went from a proper B Road to a completely...

I am on the verge of selling my Eventuri air box. I have listened to it in Spain and it’s too much. It makes me change up rather than hang on to revs. Nowadays I prefer a quieter car. Before chucking it up for sale here can someone proficient advise me how I remove it please? Yes bolts etc…...

Well the zed is out in Spain and it is my first real run as driving in the uk is mainly a chore nowadays. Despite having a GM5 module issue while at the ferry terminal (it wouldn’t remote lock) it seems otherwise to be behaving itself. The roads have been a mix of dual carriageways and A/B road...

Does anyone have a GM5 module for an E86/S54 please? Good money paid for one that functions in all capacities. Thank you. Clive

Experts will hopefully know this. My E86 has the boggo hifi system which does not have the speakers in the doors. It merely has the “fake?” grills (in black). I have purchased a set of BMW door speakers from the better OEM hifi and these just fit in the holes. However the grills for these are...

Before I even contemplate buying a 2023 onwards G29 could a current owner please tell me precisely what the procedures are to switch off lane assist and speed limit bongs. And after that whether it not this needs to be done each time the car is started. I would like a new one in green but if...

This is aimed mainly at Mr Tidy who I have spied on another well known forum. I think I need to educate you a little on the wisdom of the oft-maligned and misunderstood i8! Especially in relation to the Z4MC. I love the ZM. But the i8 is spectacular and no it doesn’t need an S54! Waiting for...

I have been an E89 owner since 2017. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised (but I am!), but I found the recent (though steady) decline in E89 prices to be quite shocking. I always thought that 23i prices would be relatively low but was genuinely alarmed to read you could buy a reasonably okay 2.0i...

All the usual places say that BMW fault codes have five digits and usually start with a “p”. Yet my E86 on two types of reader (creator and Launch) give me five error messages which won’t go away. These are window anti- trap left and right (OD and OE respectively) and three relating to the...

Buy car. All fine (apart from airbag light now sorted). Take wheels off over winter to clean underside but otherwise don’t touch anything. Drive car off in spring. Clunk clunk clunk seemingly everywhere (I know sound travels). Seems to be bump related. Come home. Tighten up when nuts to 130nm...

I have bought a Creator 410 for my Z4MC which is moderately useful and it has advised "OD Power Window Open circuit jam protection strip" or some such but without a specific code. It also says Error EKS. This is probably linked to the fact that the windows no longer have a two stage switch (in...

My ZMC has BWM Business CD/Radio. It appears to have a speaker in each door/A pillar area, two in the footwells and two behind the seats. It also has two speaker grills in the door panels but no sound comes out - so I presume these are for a higher spec car? If so, how can easily put speakers in...

Stupid question for a rainy Sunday. My MC has a battery cover in the boot at the rear. It has three holes for three plastic twist clips. I have found the top hole which has a rectangular plastic retainer to locate into. There is a hold at the bottom right which also has a retainer in the metal...