What have you done to your car today?

[bigwinn]

Busy day today

New wishbones and lollipop bushes
Arb bushes
New discs and pads

Thanks to PDJ for being on call to tell me to hit it harder when a ball joint got stuck!

Only thing that failed was one of the disc retaining screws got stuck- back to that tomorrow to drill the b’stard out

Looking at the bushes that came off, especially the lollipops, they were a bit flaky- deffo expecting a change in handling

[LittleZ4]

Fitted some new grills as mine were flakey and needed constant attention

[patriot66]

Busy day today

New wishbones and lollipop bushes
Arb bushes
New discs and pads

Thanks to PDJ for being on call to tell me to hit it harder when a ball joint got stuck!

Only thing that failed was one of the disc retaining screws got stuck- back to that tomorrow to drill the b’stard out

Looking at the bushes that came off, especially the lollipops, they were a bit flaky- deffo expecting a change in handling

Wow ! A very busy day there Stuart
Has the disc retaining screw rounded-out ? If it's still intact then the following couple of tools will usually do the trick

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[bigwinn]

Busy day today

New wishbones and lollipop bushes
Arb bushes
New discs and pads

Thanks to PDJ for being on call to tell me to hit it harder when a ball joint got stuck!

Only thing that failed was one of the disc retaining screws got stuck- back to that tomorrow to drill the b’stard out

Looking at the bushes that came off, especially the lollipops, they were a bit flaky- deffo expecting a change in handling

Wow ! A very busy day there Stuart
Has the disc retaining screw rounded-out ? If it's still intact then the following couple of tools will usually do the trick 90581-1.jpg43245.jpg

Tried the impact driver- no dice
Think tomorrow I’m going to try to drill it out- then get some mole grips on the stem once off

Enjoyed it all- still going to sort the rear brake pipes and CDV delete

Surprised how easy these cars are to work on-

[patriot66]

Busy day today

New wishbones and lollipop bushes
Arb bushes
New discs and pads

Thanks to PDJ for being on call to tell me to hit it harder when a ball joint got stuck!

Only thing that failed was one of the disc retaining screws got stuck- back to that tomorrow to drill the b’stard out

Looking at the bushes that came off, especially the lollipops, they were a bit flaky- deffo expecting a change in handling

Wow ! A very busy day there Stuart
Has the disc retaining screw rounded-out ? If it's still intact then the following couple of tools will usually do the trick 90581-1.jpg43245.jpg

Tried the impact driver- no dice
Think tomorrow I’m going to try to drill it out- then get some mole grips on the stem once off

Enjoyed it all- still going to sort the rear brake pipes and CDV delete

Surprised how easy these cars are to work on-

The trouble with the disc retaining screw is it protrudes through the back of the hub flange and corrodes from the back. A blow torch usually breaks the bond. Smother the new screw in Copperslip

[Z4C_er]

You could probably get rubber caps to block off the holes. I'll have a look.

I've ordered these:
https://ebay.us/7zPLEs
I'll let you know how they fit.

[Jamezee]

Discovered how to change a headlight bulb.

Open a flap, pull a spring etc etc...........

in the WHEEL ARCH

What a ridiculous design.

Lets put a silly flap in the wettest place on a car.... no wonder the lights corrode inside.

[Jamie-innes]

Finished off my install of carbon fibre trim

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[Weston Matt]

Finished off my install of carbon fibre trim

Looks very nice. 2 questions?
How do you get your plastic trim to look so good and do you have any issues with the vents heating the back of the screen?
Cheers

[Jamie-innes]

Finished off my install of carbon fibre trim

Looks very nice. 2 questions?
How do you get your plastic trim to look so good and do you have any issues with the vents heating the back of the screen?
Cheers

Thanks mate
And to be honest it had a full valet about 2 months back and i haven't touched it since so I can't help you there, must be some sort of plastic conditioner maybe?
And RE the vents, unless it's blowing cold I just have those vents turned off usually don't want to overheat the screen lol

[Jakg]

Only thing that failed was one of the disc retaining screws got stuck- back to that tomorrow to drill the b’stard out

On my Z4 I used a chisel at an angle to tap it round.



On my E91 that didn't work so I ended up hammering a torx socket in



Both likely easier than drilling.

Both times I was using proper tools - never had this on other cars and it's happened to both my BMWs!

[bigwinn]

Only thing that failed was one of the disc retaining screws got stuck- back to that tomorrow to drill the b’stard out

On my Z4 I used a chisel at an angle to tap it round.



On my E91 that didn't work so I ended up hammering a torx socket in



Both likely easier than drilling.

Both times I was using proper tools - never had this on other cars and it's happened to both my BMWs!

Tried using centre punch etc- no joy and they are proper mashed now- drill time tomorrow

[True-Blue]

Made it levitate....

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[Nictrix]

Finished off my install of carbon fibre trim
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Looks good, is it wrapped or carbon fibre skinned?

[Jamie-innes]

Finished off my install of carbon fibre trim
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Looks good, is it wrapped or carbon fibre skinned?

Carbon fibre skinned mate got a pretty good deal on ebay for it