Z4 2.5i from Finland *page 7 new pics with style 108*

[AnttiO]

Time for little update

I am waiting for new brake discs, pads etc.. i took old parts off.

Old rear brakes..



Discs and pads off, all cleaned..



Sandblasted, painted with silver caliber paint

[Grumpyowl]

Your doing a very good job there anttiO
I like your idea of doing the wheels two tone.

[AnttiO]

Yep, i think that is cool too. Quite popular in UK too ?
Tomorrow i will collect set of 108

[philip27]

Looks fantastic wish mine was that clean !

[AnttiO]

Bolts in ironx bath..





Calibers painted



Collected set of styling 108..

[AnttiO]

Style 108 were in the balancing machine yesterday and i have some bad news.

All 4 wheels are some kind of damaged, one of the alloys needs little welding too. Other 3 are not perfectly round. I took all alloys for special shop who fix alloys.
They have 3-4 week waiting list so there is not any hurry any more with these wheels..
After alloys are fixed, next step is sandblasting & powdercoating. Color scheme will be chrome/gunmetal or silver/chrome. I have to drink couple of pints and think about it.

Brakes arrived today from Germany, approx 125£ for complete package

All genuine OEM ATE

[Grumpyowl]

Discs and pads look good value
That's a bummer about your wheels, were they cheap enough to pay for repairs ?
Or can you take them back to whoever you bought them from, if they were advertised as being damage free

[Dale_B]

Great price on the brakes great seeing the progress you are making. Sorry to hear about the 108's you'll get them sorted.

[AnttiO]

Discs and pads look good value
That's a bummer about your wheels, were they cheap enough to pay for repairs ?
Or can you take them back to whoever you bought them from, if they were advertised as being damage free

108 are quite rare here in Finland, and those were the first set i found for sale. Seller did not know if the wheels are straight or not, so in fact those were not sold as damage free set of wheels.
Price was not bad for set of BBS 2-piece 18" alloys in first place, but i think those will be quite expensive when finished.
I would not return this set because i would like to have style 108 for my Z4 and those are so difficult to find here..

Great price on the brakes great seeing the progress you are making. Sorry to hear about the 108's you'll get them sorted.

Yep.. i think we know more about 108 when 1 month have passed..That alloy fix shop has 3-4 week waiting list, this is the time of the year when they have lot of work.
You can check online prices from http://www.profiteile.de , that is my loyal supplier of parts. I dont know the postage price for UK.
If you dont know German, google chrome autotranslates it

[corsaire77]

There is a lot of love being put in that car. Nice to see that.

[AnttiO]

Brakes ready.

All torqued to TIS specs:

Front carrier bolts lubricated 110nm
Front sliders 30nm
Brake disc screws 16nm

Rear carries 65nm
Rear sliders 30nm
Brake disc screws 16nm

Copper paste to slide areas for pads, and ATE yellow brake grease for sliders.

[AnttiO]

And some more pictures
Today i took soft top drains off, and took good look with endoscope. I will upload video later.
All drains were open and clean

[AnttiO]

Little updates for vanos seal replacement.
Next step is valve cover removal / cleaning.

[AnttiO]

Yesterday my progress was interrupted because i didnt have 90 degree pliers. Intake vanos plug was easy to remove with 45 degree pliers..
Next step is to buy 90 degree pliers, and take exhaust vanos sealing plug off.

[Terryvision]

Loving this post.... This is what makes the forum great! Well done, nice work so far....