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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by ben g » Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:02 am

So he did! I completely forgot. Cheers!
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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by firebobby » Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:37 pm

Well, my car is booked in for this Sunday with Bowser, so once done, no more motor rust issues. Not that iv'e had any yet...touch wood, touch wood. :)
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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by z4all » Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:54 pm

hopefully mine will be done on the 31st :)

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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by firebobby » Sun Jan 17, 2016 7:05 pm

Well, after a snowy drive down to Bowsers house and a bit of shopping, my car now has the roof motor in the boot and what a great job he's done.
A word of warning about your roof motor, if like me, you clean your drains and have the bungs removed, don't think your motor is safe, when Ross removed the motor, he found it sitting in a nice puddle of mucky water, so be warned. Luckily my motor is in pretty good shape and is now sitting in a dry and clean environment, where BMW should have fitted it in the first place :headbang:
Ross (Bowser) is a top fella and knows his stuff, I won't be giving away any pictures of how the motor sits, so please don't ask, I will show just one of the finished article.

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I'm sure you will agree that's it's almost impossible to see the difference in materials used in hiding the motor.

Thank you Ross :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by markplant » Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:13 pm

Looks atop job
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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by mr.tourette » Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:20 pm

Johnbmwz4 wrote:There is a place in Harrogate that now relocate the roof motor in the boot somewhere and charge just short of £600 all in and that is using a new motor not a refurb one. If, or should I say when mine goes i will definatley be taking mine there to get it done. If you just go on Ebay and put in Z4 roof motor you will see the item
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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by jampudding » Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:39 pm

firebobby wrote:Well, after a snowy drive down to Bowsers house and a bit of shopping, my car now has the roof motor in the boot and what a great job he's done.
A word of warning about your roof motor, if like me, you clean your drains and have the bungs removed, don't think your motor is safe, when Ross removed the motor, he found it sitting in a nice puddle of mucky water, so be warned. Luckily my motor is in pretty good shape and is now sitting in a dry and clean environment, where BMW should have fitted it in the first place :headbang:
Ross (Bowser) is a top fella and knows his stuff, I won't be giving away any pictures of how the motor sits, so please don't ask, I will show just one of the finished article.

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I'm sure you will agree that's it's almost impossible to see the difference in materials used in hiding the motor.

Thank you Ross :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
That looks very neat. Just wondering if it's worth changing my motor when I get this done.
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Re: Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by firebobby » Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:54 pm

If it's working OK, I would just get it moved. :)
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Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by billabongmac » Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:47 pm

firebobby wrote:Well, after a snowy drive down to Bowsers house and a bit of shopping, my car now has the roof motor in the boot and what a great job he's done.
A word of warning about your roof motor, if like me, you clean your drains and have the bungs removed, don't think your motor is safe, when Ross removed the motor, he found it sitting in a nice puddle of mucky water, so be warned. Luckily my motor is in pretty good shape and is now sitting in a dry and clean environment, where BMW should have fitted it in the first place :headbang:
Ross (Bowser) is a top fella and knows his stuff, I won't be giving away any pictures of how the motor sits, so please don't ask, I will show just one of the finished article.

Image

I'm sure you will agree that's it's almost impossible to see the difference in materials used in hiding the motor.

Thank you Ross :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Looks like a top job firebobby, I've got mine booked in with Ross to get it relocated and a new motor installed in a couple of weeks time :)
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Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by Gerry » Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:14 pm

Excellent job :thumbsup:
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Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by firebobby » Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:43 pm

billabongmac wrote:
firebobby wrote:Well, after a snowy drive down to Bowsers house and a bit of shopping, my car now has the roof motor in the boot and what a great job he's done.
A word of warning about your roof motor, if like me, you clean your drains and have the bungs removed, don't think your motor is safe, when Ross removed the motor, he found it sitting in a nice puddle of mucky water, so be warned. Luckily my motor is in pretty good shape and is now sitting in a dry and clean environment, where BMW should have fitted it in the first place :headbang:
Ross (Bowser) is a top fella and knows his stuff, I won't be giving away any pictures of how the motor sits, so please don't ask, I will show just one of the finished article.

Image

I'm sure you will agree that's it's almost impossible to see the difference in materials used in hiding the motor.

Thank you Ross :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Looks like a top job firebobby, I've got mine booked in with Ross to get it relocated and a new motor installed in a couple of weeks time :)
Thanks, Ross does a grand job and is a really nice guy too.
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Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by mattb10 » Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:20 am

Argh, decisions :?

There's another thread about relocating the motor too. However I'm of the persuasion that I'll need a new motor installing too, so I'm tempted to go with, bowser? I'm in Leicester so quite a fair trip to both places it seems.

Ha, first world problems, eh :rofl:
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Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by firebobby » Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:51 am

I'm sure there are others who can do this, who are closer to you, not that I'm putting Bowser down in any way as he does a 1st class job. Just the mileage for you, would be quite high :)
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Post by billabongmac » Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:28 pm

mattb10 wrote:Argh, decisions :?

There's another thread about relocating the motor too. However I'm of the persuasion that I'll need a new motor installing too, so I'm tempted to go with, bowser? I'm in Leicester so quite a fair trip to both places it seems.

Ha, first world problems, eh :rofl:
I Live in Stratford upon Avon so similar distance to travel to either one :driving:
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Is there a market for roof motor relocation?

Post by dhobbs » Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:18 pm

Had mine done yesterday, very neat job. Ross is getting good at these, took less than two hours!
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