My z4 3.0 project thread (lots of pics)

[domsz4]

who ever it was who posted to my comment about the noise inthe sound gen thanks ive only just seen it..

on the brake light thngy what is that other half of the full cirlce for when its not the brake light?

[sam1832]

who ever it was who posted to my comment about the noise inthe sound gen thanks ive only just seen it..

on the brake light thngy what is that other half of the full cirlce for when its not the brake light?

It's nothing

Full circle is just normal side lights, gets brighter when you press pedal

Normally I believe it's called brake force display, I think, when you press the pedal hard the whole circle lights up but its not a function that is turned on in the UK so we only get half a circle, I think it's to do with mot rules why it's not turned on


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[Bing]

When you put the lights on the whole circle lights up I believe... Then the outer half is the brake light.

Which prompts a good point - I guess you will need to change the bulbs in the inner halves so they have the same dual brightness 'function', right ?

[Bing]

Brake force display is enabled on the facelift - lights up both fog lights under hard braking, as well as the brake lights. Though only the driver's side one works as a fog lamp under normal conditions.

[sam1832]

When you put the lights on the whole circle lights up I believe... Then the outer half is the brake light.

Which prompts a good point - I guess you will need to change the bulbs in the inner halves so they have the same dual brightness 'function', right ?

Good point
Hmm the outter half defiantly has the dual filaments

I will check for the other one

Although, I would of thought both are dual filament as the inner circle would either be duller than the half of the brake light or brighter than the other half of the side light

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[sam1832]

No thinking about this it has to be

If you look at the pic both halfs are as bright as each other

The inner half isn't that bright with just sides on

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[Bing]

Yup, if the BFD is disabled for the UK I bet BMW still put dual filament bulbs in as standard. I thought it was enabled though, just like the facelift ? Anyhoo, seems you are sorted

[goon]

same calipers as my M

[sam1832]

So the cold air intake is fitted, it fits perfect and according to a friends it sounds good
It's made a little bit of a difference in the cabin

I will try and get a video of the noise soon

It feels quicker aswell although I'm not sure if that is just placebo lol

Anyway on with the pics

Firstly I changed a bit:

Plastidipped the metal part that goes onto the maf:



And glued some rubber to the part that connects to the oem scoop:


And just touched up some of the clear coat that was damaged:


Here is the engine bay before:


After:




It bolts straight onto where the oem air box did:


I needed to use a bit of silicon pipe to attach on to the maf with jublee clips:


Also I fitted a zhp gear knob,
Before:


After:


The zhp feels soo much nicer and has a nice weight to it

Next thing is to fit my rogue engineering short shifter:


Which means I will have the oem z4 3.0 up for sale soon if anyone wants it

Thanks for looking
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[shawna]

What or how does this short shifter work please?

[sam1832]

What or how does this short shifter work please?

The distance between the pivot ball and the selector rod is shortened

So your hand doesn't travel as far during gear changes

Quickening up gear shifts in theory

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[shawna]

What or how does this short shifter work please?

The distance between the pivot ball and the selector rod is shortened

So your hand doesn't travel as far during gear changes

Quickening up gear shifts in theory

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That's great. How much and what's involved?

[sam1832]

What or how does this short shifter work please?

The distance between the pivot ball and the selector rod is shortened

So your hand doesn't travel as far during gear changes

Quickening up gear shifts in theory

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That's great. How much and what's involved?

Once I have it fitted I will post up pics of how much it shortens up the shift

It was actually quite expensive, £150 from ca automotive

Fitting should be simple, should take around 30 mins. You just need small hands and a lot of patients lol

You need to remove the gear seal to the under side of the car. Squeeze your hand in or swipe nose pliers to remove the clip that holds the bottom of the leaver to the selector rod
pull it out then reverse others for the new one

It just the gap you are working through is the issue lol I have to psyche myself up for it lol

You could do it from under the car but that would be a nightmare, remove exhaust, heat shield and maybe drive shaft


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[GreyZed]

So your hand doesn't travel as far during gear changes

My hand doesn't move at all during gear changes.

[sam1832]

So no update for a while...

Ctech charger as I dont use the zed much over the winter. Went to get it out dead battery doh!





Quick engine bay detail
Before






After








And last but not least, I met up with machinemonkey yesterday to collect a strut brace he made me, its lovely

Thanks matt




Thanks for looking

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