Project 2006 Z4 - restoration (Enjoy!)

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:32 pm

i'm not a jealous guy but a school teacher retired at 54

and teachers say they have it hard ffs lol

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:43 pm

some great work and great pics

MattHall91 · Post by **MattHall91** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:00 pm

Great thread. Enjoyed reading it, thanks.

Geezah · Post by **Geezah** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:08 am

Looking forward to seeing the old velocipede brought back to life. My foglights were beyond saving so bought new ones from eurocarparts for £120 the pair, added extra silicone around the joints to keep the condensation at bay and guess what!? The condensation has returned in less than a year! You won't regret buying a 2 litre, a nice free revving unit which pulls the car well and is perfectly weighted front/rear. Hope you enjoy many smiley miles when it's back on the road Andy.

andyfanshawe · Post by **andyfanshawe** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:34 am

Taz wrote:i'm not a jealous guy but a school teacher retired at 54

and teachers say they have it hard ffs lol

Hi Taz.
Thats why Ive retired at 54! Cos its too hard!

Andy.

andyfanshawe · Post by **andyfanshawe** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:36 am

Geezah wrote:Looking forward to seeing the old velocipede brought back to life. My foglights were beyond saving so bought new ones from eurocarparts for £120 the pair, added extra silicone around the joints to keep the condensation at bay and guess what!? The condensation has returned in less than a year! You won't regret buying a 2 litre, a nice free revving unit which pulls the car well and is perfectly weighted front/rear. Hope you enjoy many smiley miles when it's back on the road Andy.

Hi Geezah.
Shame about those foglights. May even strip mine down and convert them into DRL's.
And its back on the road already! Amazing little car.

Andy.

andyfanshawe · Post by **andyfanshawe** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:36 am

Geezah wrote:Looking forward to seeing the old velocipede brought back to life. My foglights were beyond saving so bought new ones from eurocarparts for £120 the pair, added extra silicone around the joints to keep the condensation at bay and guess what!? The condensation has returned in less than a year! You won't regret buying a 2 litre, a nice free revving unit which pulls the car well and is perfectly weighted front/rear. Hope you enjoy many smiley miles when it's back on the road Andy.

Hi Geezah.
Shame about those foglights. May even strip mine down and convert them into DRL's.
And its back on the road already! Amazing little car.

Andy.

andyfanshawe · Post by **andyfanshawe** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:50 am

Ok., Back brakes done!
Story shown in pics (some crap!)

Even sprayed part of the adjuster on the handbrake mechanism! Well, it was rusty!

Blew softop drain holes clear and used a borescope to check that they were. Motor side certainly was but good now after waterfall!

Then up onto my lift for oil change, air filter change, screenwash top up.

And out for a test drive, and its beautiful and smooth.

Going to scope the coils next to get some baseline readings.

Andy.

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:52 am

andyfanshawe wrote:
Taz wrote:i'm not a jealous guy but a school teacher retired at 54

and teachers say they have it hard ffs lol
Hi Taz.
Thats why Ive retired at 54! Cos its too hard!

Andy.

I just wish I could do, the government think I will be fit to carry on till I'm 68 urghhhhhhh

andyfanshawe · Post by **andyfanshawe** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:29 pm

Okay, we are back on the streets.
So, its ashtray lid time.
Its crap photo time! Bloody phones.
As you probably remember, the ash tray lid was in the boot

It looks as if the lid was removed from the top by twisting and pulling!! As some of you may know, it can onbly be removed from underneath, with the whole assembly removed from the car
These 3 bits had broken off

Here it is removed and broken down into its component parts

And now its repaired and back together! Just missing the ashtray. HOW THE HELL can an ashtray go missing! HOW? Tell me? Bloody irritating I can tell ya. Anybody got one?

obewan · Post by **obewan** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:33 pm

Lovin this thread - do you never sleep!

andyfanshawe · Post by **andyfanshawe** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:38 pm

nightyard wrote:I would look for the cupholder inside the vent.

its attached with like a single screw and I pushed mine into the vent one time.

Well, well, well. I cant believe it! nightyard was right! It WAS inside the dash! Exactly as he said! What a star!

Rescued it, and one of the runners had broken off, but I found that as well inside the dash!

Another crap photo

So, plastic weldedthat back on and used Q bond the furter secure it.

It had broken here

So, complete stripdown (again) and repaired the broken bit and reassembled

May have saved myself some money!! Until my clear boot light!!

Andy.

andyfanshawe · Post by **andyfanshawe** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:40 pm

obewan wrote:Lovin this thread - do you never sleep!

Hi obewan.
Funny you should say that! I dont! I go to bed about midnight, wake up at 4, then thats it! So I go downstairs, do my online courses "engine management system diagnostics" then I go to my workshop......

Andy.

nightyard · Post by **nightyard** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:36 pm

I was waiting for this very post

The suspense was actually killing me to find out if it was or not.

andyfanshawe wrote:
nightyard wrote:I would look for the cupholder inside the vent.

its attached with like a single screw and I pushed mine into the vent one time.
Well, well, well. I cant believe it! nightyard was right! It WAS inside the dash! Exactly as he said! What a star!

Rescued it, and one of the runners had broken off, but I found that as well inside the dash!

Another crap photo

So, plastic weldedthat back on and used Q bond the furter secure it.

It had broken here

So, complete stripdown (again) and repaired the broken bit and reassembled

May have saved myself some money!! Until my clear boot light!!

Andy.

synthedup · Post by **synthedup** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:10 pm

Great project, just one thing missing

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