Afternoon Gents!
So I ordered a set of OEM midrange speakers from Umfaan and some soundproofing for the doors. Initially I went for 3 layers, Closed cell foam, mass loaded vinyl and some soft foam eggshell proofing. After posting on 'what have you done to your z toda...' someone pointed out that the soft foam would soak up water like a sponge, and rot my door from the inside out! What a numpty I can't beleive I didn't think of that. I promptly reopened the doors, removed all the proofing, rust treated the lot and applied a layer of hammerite waxoyl to top any pesky rust from forming!
I then applied mass loaded vinyl, butyl and foil soundproofing and closed cell foam, the three layers make so much difference. The door feels heavier, closing it doesn't create a tinny rattling noise and overall the cockpit is quiter as your driving around. During this however, I ended up with an airbag warning
I tested the door wiring loom as this is all i'd really touched, and got a good circuit reading. ColB kindly ran Freya through a full test on his launch tablet, and I had the following errors:
98EA SBSR: Resistance, Firing Circuit, Thorax Airbag, Rear Right (E85, E60, E61), Or Knee Airbag, Front Right (E63, E64), Too Low
98F5 SBSR: Resistance, Firing Circuit, Safety Battery Terminal (E85), Or Belt Tensioner, Rear Right (E6x), Too Low
98ED SBSR: Open Circuit, Firing Circuit, Thorax Airbag, Rear Right (E85, E60, E61), Or Knee Airbag, Front Right (E63, E64)
Clearing the error would clear the dash light until the car was restarted, it'd then appear again. After some research, the satellite module essentially checks the resistance to detect the airbag within the door. If the resistance is off by quite a small margin, then the airbag light shows. So even though the loom didn't test with a multimeter as having a broken circuit, it was damaged enough to throw the light.
DISCLAIMER: DON'T PUT A MULTIMETER ON THE AIRBAG ITSELF, IT PUTS A CHARGE THROUGH TO TEST RESISTANCE AND THIS CAN TRIGGER THE AIRBAG IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!
Umfaan met me at Colb's Zed Shed on sunday, we replaced the loom and the error cleared! Happy days. A donation to the Shed later and I have no warning light. We actually soldered the undamaged connector onto my loom as the replacement loom Umfaan had was for a 6 pin window motor, mine was 2. With a decent solder joint, it's not a problem.
It's worth noting BMW Scanner 1.4 / PA Soft could not read these errors, or clear them. 10 points to owning a proper diagnostic tablet! I think i'll pick up a launch x431 myself!
So, Freya's lights have all been replaced with LED's, interior and exterior, she looks modern and sexy!
I've treated the soft top with autoglym soft top protect, but im not very impressed, it's hardly hydrophobic. I've done some research and ordered Fabsil gold silicon waterproofer, seems to be held in very high regard, and is only £14 on amazon. Shes also had a hand wash, wax and polish
I have some titan silver touch up paint on order, and some medium cut, high gloss polish. I'll be treating all the stone chips and polishing out the scratches. I've previously had amazing results with this work, invisible stone chips from any further than a couple of inches away. I aim to write a guide / create a video for this.
Left to do:
1. Coolant leak from radiator, new radiator is going in on Sunday.
2. Rear lights are going to be replaced with facelift. I have the bumper sourced.
3. PDC sensors need replacing, 2 have failed. Will replace with the rear light upgrade.
4. Need to replace the heated rear windscreen relay as this has failed
5. Creaking noise in steering, will take a further look when i have a 2nd pair of hands around next weekend.
6. Touch up the paint work
7. Get a sexy 'Freya' vinyl print for just behind the wheel arch on each side. If anyone knows anyone who can print something like this in the west country, please let me know.
8. Windscreen and a new surround, found a crack in the top right while polishing. It's not visible from the interior at all, it's edge to edge but right up in the farside corner. Still worth doing as it's just an excess payment and doesn't effect no claims.
9. Source some 108's and have them refurbed to new condition. because the 103's I have are in rough shape. Then get some PS4's or F1's, still not sure which I prefer
^ This will grow ofcourse!
Watch this space gents!
