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

Hi everyone! My name is Antti and i am from eastern Finland. I have had 7 different BMW:s before, mostly e36 & e46. This is my first Z-series car.
I found this for sale in "autumn price" october, i took a testdrive, throw offer for seller and after 1 month of sleepless nights and thinking this over i collected car from Espoo.
Car was in great condition, only thing in the driving was something loose in the front axle but what i know about e36 / e46 front tca bushes are typical items for wear and can really spoil your driving experience. I will not spoil this car, only add some small modifications like led register plate lights & different style gear knob. ( ///M leather).

What i know about this car history, it has been built 2004 in the USA, then sold Germany when new and then imported to Finland 2010-2011. 1. owner in Finland had this car for 3 years but he only drove in summer and just 2000km..
I bought it freshly serviced (inspection II), mileage is 127000km now. New windscreen, no any scratches or dents altough it is 10 year old car.
In my ownership i dont have any plans for winter driving with this. After winter is gone maybe april i will took this out of garage.. depends on weather, you see winter here north can be loooong..
My winterbeater:

http://aor.kuvat.fi/kuvat/BMW E46 325i M-Sport II/20140916_090515.jpg/_full.jpg

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Data for the chassis number
Model name: Z4 2.5i
Version: Europe
Type Code: BT31
E-Code: E85
Body: roadster
Steering: Left
Doors: 2
Engine: M54 - 2,50l (141kW)
Drive: Rear Wheel Drive
Transmission: manual
Exterior color: Maledives Blue Metallic II (A15)
Interior: Leather Oregon / black (LASW)
Production date: 15.12.2003
Factory: Spartanburg

Standard Equipment
S224A Driving dynamic control
S255A Sports leather steering wheel
S548A Kilometer-calibrated speedometer
S851A Language version German

Optional Equipment
S1CAA Selection of COP relevant vehicles
S230A Extra package, EU-specific
S249A Multifunction f steering wheel
S302A Alarm system
S320A Deleted, model lettering
S331A BMW LM Rad Sternspeiche 102
S380A Hardtop-preparation
S387A Wind deflector
S399A Softtop, electromech. all-autom.
S423A Floor mats, velours
S428A Warning triangle and first aid kit
S441A Smoker package
S459A Seat adjuster, electric, with memory
S494A Seat heating driver/passenger
S508A Park Distance Control (PDC)
S520A Fog lights
S521A Rain sensor
S530A Air conditioning
S540A Cruise control (retrofit)
S609A Navigation system Professional
S644A Preparation f mobile phone w Bluetooth
S672A CD changer for 6 CDs
S704A M Sports suspension
L801A National Version Germany
S863A Retailer Directory Europe
S879A On-board vehicle literature German
S8SPA Control unit COP
S925A Transport protection package

Some little fixing and upgrades:

AC Belt


Full detailing and polishing

Lower rad hose o-ring was leaking


New hood gas struts


Canbus combatible led


Some spares




New wipers


Light protection cover


Wash

Wishbones


S540A Cruise control = Yes




New bushes for front tca

This looks clean 8)

DISA repair kit from GAS.






More machine polishing

Fog light condition was horrible



Ebay provided solution



Easy to replace, adjustment done.

Looks excellent, some very good photos, well done! Good to see the attention to detail.
Like your insulated garage, presume there is heating as well?

Komia on

Looks great!

Amazing stuff

ekimj10 said:

Looks excellent, some very good photos, well done! Good to see the attention to detail.
Like your insulated garage, presume there is heating as well?

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Thank you for comments, yep garage is heated approx +18c every day of the year..

Looks great!

A very tidy looking car and I really like the wheels!

Little update , small vacuum leak fixed.

Love seeing threads like this. Really inspirational seeing small differences making a big differance.
Keep the updates coming :driving:

Love it looking great and very jealous of that heated garage

+1 to what everyone else has said ...

You must be an amazing driver to park yer Zed on that L'il board :tumbleweed: (as in the last pic )

Lotsa Polishing !

Cheers from Canada
Bumpy

Today was coding day.
I bought BMWhat software for my android smartphone. Using standard inpa obd/usb cable. Roof remote control is really cool

Some features what i enabled.

Comfort open using remote
Comfort close using remote
Visual indicator for lock
Visual indicator for unlock
Power windows doors open
Power windows after power off

There seems to be more options in that software than in SSS/INPA. I have INPA cable and some softwares in my coding computer.
Do you have some gender changer usb bit or how do you connect inpa cable in your phone?

*edit.... OTG cable found it

jaq03 said:

There seems to be more options in that software than in SSS/INPA. I have INPA cable and some softwares in my coding computer.
Do you have some gender changer usb bit or how do you connect inpa cable in your phone?

*edit.... OTG cable found it

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Yep.. Sony Z3 compact package includes that adapter. I highly recommend Bmwhat if you like to code some special functions to your car..

AnttiO said:

Yep.. Sony Z3 compact package includes that adapter. I highly recommend Bmwhat if you like to code some special functions to your car..

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Bought today OTG cable and BMWhat sw.
Much easier to use than those PC softwares I have. And has more options to code.

I coded visual lock/unlock, which I failed to do with PC sw and remote roof option
But somehow it works quite unreliably. When I hold unlock button car lowers it's windows and starts lower roof, sometimes it goes all the way down and windows raises again, but sometimes it stops moving. When I press lock and hold unlock it resumes lowering. Same happens when locking car.
It could be remotes battery, or something. I tried with two different keys.

But anyway, thanks!!