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What have you done to your car today?

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Post by PDJ » Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:55 pm

DSGRNMCM wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:40 pm Yep intersted
In the rad/engine cover?

These thing quite often end up a labour of love, and due to having a proper day job I can do them at a good price compered to the one offered from a company in the USA and they did not fill in the hole (why when they say they developed a mould)

So the cost or price would end up around the £125 to £150 which if you work it back I make about £40 for my trouble.
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Post by Calps » Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:45 pm

Fitted a new battery. In retrospect, what I removed must've been on its last legs. No idea if it was the original cell (an exide?), but the difference is night and day now.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:34 am

Calps wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:45 pm Fitted a new battery. In retrospect, what I removed must've been on its last legs. No idea if it was the original cell (an exide?), but the difference is night and day now.
It may well have been the original as Exide are US based and that's where our Z4s were made.

My 2nd Coupe needed a new one after 10 years and the original was an Exide, so that's what it got as a replacement!
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Post by ProfCJJ » Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:40 am

Answering my own question on this “slot” - it looks like it’s for the “Hotel switch” available only on American models I believe (but quite retrofit-able if you were so inclined!) 😎

Still don’t know what the other plug is for though.
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Post by fernando306 » Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:07 am

Pulled the cluster out, cleaned it all up, and encased the super master inconvenient beeper in double sided foam tape. :rofl:

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Now it's like: beep beep beep...
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Post by HU51A_FU » Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:27 pm

Dropped the car off at its second home ( Race By Design ) to have some more extras added.

Window tints - Windscreen banner - Gtechniq Roof Treatment. Pretty sure the first two will be controversial LOL... :D

Either way cant wait to pick it up again once its all finished!
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Post by HU51A_FU » Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:30 pm

Calps wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:45 pmGruppeM
You left the best comment till last! GruppeM Theyre mega! Was looking at these, must have pics and sound clips when done! I was looking at the Mishimoto induction :) :D
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Post by PDJ » Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:04 pm

Nothing directly for the car but a test peice for my vacuum bagging so later I will make a radiator/fan cover for my car
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Post by Papa_Zee » Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:44 pm

fernando306 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:07 am Pulled the cluster out, cleaned it all up, and encased the super master inconvenient beeper in double sided foam tape. :rofl:

BEEP BEEP BEEP...
Now it's like: beep beep beep...

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Isn’t that a fire risk from the board heating up?
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Post by PDJ » Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:41 pm

Now onto the radiator/fan cover
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Post by PDJ » Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:42 pm

Now onto the radiator/fan cover
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Post by Julian24110 » Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:41 pm

Fitted a genuine ZHP gear knob and plugged in my new Carly adapter. Cleared some ancient faults and then coded a load of things that I can’t believe weren’t switched on by default.

Slightly annoyed that I couldn’t get the live data to work on Carly
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Post by DSGRNMCM » Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:52 pm

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Post by CryptoWhale » Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:01 pm

Fitted some spacers today - 25mm rear & 20mm front. I know this is slightly higher than what seems to be most popular on here (20 / 15). If there's any issues with rubbing in the coming weeks I'll be changing them though. I'm happy with them, gives it a much more aggressive look :D Excuse the dirt, will be getting a good clean soon!

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Post by Weston Matt » Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:10 pm

@CryptoWhale. Looks good. One pic looks a bit too aggressive for me but the others looks fine.
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