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SOLD 3.0si Coupe Sport | Montego Blue | Champagne Interior

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Post by lucasxdiniz » Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:29 pm

Here's my E86 Z4 3.0Si Manual Sport Coupe in Montego Blue with Individual Champagne Interior. I am its third owner and have owned this car since June 2019, 82k miles.

Located in Windsor, SL4. Could be seen in Northamptonshire area, NN8.

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I am a big driving enthusiast so I have spent several thousands on handling mods. I don't care for track days, so have never taken this car on track, all the fun driving I do is normally in North Wales or in the Cotswolds. The main modifications are:
  • Wavetrac LSD + new OEM diff bearings and seals (built by Darragh at Everything ///M3)
  • BC Racing coilovers with custom spring rates (on the softer side for coilovers)
  • Adjustable camber arms (no excess camber like most lowered Z4s)
  • RTABs Limiters from Hack Engineering
  • Drilled & coated brake discs, braided hoses and yellow stuff pads.
  • White Line Strut Brace
The handling mods are complemented by new suspension bushes, wishbones and steering arms (all Meyle HD and/or Lemforder items).

Being a Powertrain engineer, I like my preventative maintenance & small improvements. I'm gonna list the main items below in no particular order, much more detail in my thread here:
  • Fully refreshed suspension bushes, wishbones & steering arms.
  • All oil gaskets have been replaced - Oil cooler, Sump, Cam Cover & Valvetronic.
  • New Auxiliary Belt & Tensioner
  • New Expansion Tank & Coolant refresh
  • New Eccentric Shaft Sensor
  • Fully rebuilt shifter mechanism with OE parts
  • New front and rear badges
  • New coil packs & iridium spark plugs
  • Engine oil change every 5k miles or less with high quality fully synthetic oil and filters
  • Recent fluid changes - coolant, oil and brake fluid.
  • Varta Battery in 2019
  • Starter motor in 2019
Other items that are worth mentioning:
  • 108 wheels were refurbished in hyper silver last year
  • Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 5s tyres with plenty of rubber left
  • Immaculate interior with re-trimmed steering wheel and shifter boot to match the leather, and new OE mats
  • ZHP shifter
  • Sound deadening mats inside doors and around speakers
  • 2 new keys
  • Morimoto projectors - see video
  • AFE Intake & custom exhaust - see video
  • Grom Bluetooth - music streaming to head-unit, even displays song titles
  • Automatic engagement of DTC or Traction off upon start-up (can be switched off). Mechanical grip is very high, the car is very neutral with a bias towards oversteer and over the limit it is very predictable and controllable.
Main factory options:
  • Montego Blue paint
  • Individual Champagne Interior
  • Piano black dashboard
  • Manual gearbox
  • Sport specification
  • Heated seats
  • Cruise control
  • Rear parking sensors (PDC)
  • Xenon lights (automatic)
  • Auto wipers
  • Multi-function steering wheel
  • Bluetooth phone pairing
Service History:

04/09/22, 111713 Miles - Oil service, brake fluid, cabin filter, air filter cleaned.
06/02/22, 109078 Miles - Coolant expansion tank, coolant flush
09/01/22, 108714 Miles - Spark plugs, eccentric shaft sensor, cam cover & valvetronic gaskets.
28/08/21, 106972 Miles - Oil service, brake fluid, air filter cleaned.
08/05/21, 102197 Miles - Oil service, brake fluid.
13/02/21, 99400 Miles - 6x Bosch Ignition Coils
30/10/20, 96468 Miles - Sump gasket, oil service.
23/07/20, 93135 Miles - Oil service, brake fluid, air filter, gearbox oil & differential oil.
24/11/19, 86563 Miles - Oil service, oil cooler and oil filter housing gaskets, auxiliary belt + tensioner
17/08/19, 83670 Miles - Oil service, spark plugs, cabin filter, air filter.
26/05/17, 74318 Miles - Oil service.
16/07/15, 62604 Miles - Inspection 2.
20/09/13, 50303 Miles - Oil service, brake fluid, air filter.
06/10/11, 36282 Miles - Inspection 1, brake fluid, air filter.
16/09/09, 17084 Miles - Oil service, air filter.
27/03/08 - Pre-delivery check.


The bad bits:

β€’ Stone chips in the front end - mostly in the lower front bumper.
β€’ Driver's window scratches (the usual Z4C ones).

Worth saying that unfortunately (for me) the majority of the miles I put in the car was up and down the M1. Until Jun 20 I studied in Nottingham and often went home to see my dog in Windsor and between Sept 20 to Sept 21, I commuted to work (SL4 to NN8) at least once per week (expect during lock down) - 40-43mpg was quite achievable on the M1/A45.

Current mileage is around 112800.
Price is Β£*****.

Video and photos taken on the 1st of December 22. The car is clean but by no means detailed as I did not properly hand polish or waxed my car this year. But it does get sprayed with Wax every time I dry it after a wash.

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Post by hopz121 » Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:27 pm

Looks like a nice car and I bet the diff has made all of the difference to it as well.

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Post by MKZ4000 » Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:26 am

That's a lovely looking car and you clearly have put a lot of time and effort in restoring and refreshing many components.

A great opportunity for someone to acquire a well sorted coupe who can just get on and enjoy driving it. GLWS
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Post by TOMGREEN413 » Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:41 pm

Very nicely sorted Coupe.......keeping my eye on this one , need to save up a few more beans otherwise I think I'd be very interested ,
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Post by Special Kay » Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:59 pm

wonderful car mate, sorry your having to sell after all the hard work carried out. Hope your dog gets better. GLWTS :thumbsup:

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Post by lucasxdiniz » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:40 pm

hopz121 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:27 pm Looks like a nice car and I bet the diff has made all of the difference to it as well.

GLWTS
Thank you. Yes, the LSD made transformed it into a proper sports car.
MKZ4000 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:26 am That's a lovely looking car and you clearly have put a lot of time and effort in restoring and refreshing many components.

A great opportunity for someone to acquire a well sorted coupe who can just get on and enjoy driving it. GLWS
Thank you. Yeah, I agree.
TOMGREEN413 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:41 pm Very nicely sorted Coupe.......keeping my eye on this one , need to save up a few more beans otherwise I think I'd be very interested ,
Thank you. Hopefully you get enough beans to get your dream Z4, not necessarily this one.
Special Kay wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:59 pm wonderful car mate, sorry your having to sell after all the hard work carried out. Hope your dog gets better. GLWTS :thumbsup:
Thank you very much for the kind words. :)
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Post by lucasxdiniz » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:42 pm

Unfortunately I can confirm this car is officially for sale. :(

Today I have gone out in it to take some photos to show you the most up to date state of the car (it's lovely). Couldn't upload all the photos to the main post, so here's a few more. Check out the new walk around video in the main post.
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Post by lucasxdiniz » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:43 pm

And more photos:
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Post by TOMGREEN413 » Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:52 am

It's incredible how many high mileage Z4s still look stunning like this , it's a credit to your hard work especially seeing the photos of when you first took ownership. I'm sure this will sell quickly.
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Post by Oilyfingers » Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:20 am

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful πŸ˜πŸ‘πŸ€€
If only it had the steering wheel on the other side I would be on the phone right now

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Post by TOMGREEN413 » Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:46 pm

I hope you don't mind me asking but is this advertised anywhere else?
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Post by lucasxdiniz » Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:53 pm

TOMGREEN413 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:52 am It's incredible how many high mileage Z4s still look stunning like this , it's a credit to your hard work especially seeing the photos of when you first took ownership. I'm sure this will sell quickly.
Thank you!
Oilyfingers wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:20 am Beautiful, absolutely beautiful πŸ˜πŸ‘πŸ€€
If only it had the steering wheel on the other side I would be on the phone right now
Thanks! I hope you find a good one where you are, they're just brilliant cars with the right parts.
TOMGREEN413 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:46 pm I hope you don't mind me asking but is this advertised anywhere else?
I don't mind at all. No it is not anywhere else for now.
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Post by TOMGREEN413 » Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:20 am

Well if its still on the market (it'll probably get snapped up soon as the spec is amazing)) in the new year then I'd definitely be asking to view it, but at the moment I'm not going to waste anyone's time as other financial commitments and work commitments mean I can't get serious until then,. Sorry to hear about you dog BTW.
For now I'm just spending time understanding and researching as much as I can about them in the vain hope I don't buy a dud.
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Post by djglover » Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:19 pm

Hi Lucas, I'm new to the forum so can't pm you but I am super interested. Not sure best way to directly contact you?

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Post by lucasxdiniz » Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:46 pm

TOMGREEN413 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:20 am Well if its still on the market (it'll probably get snapped up soon as the spec is amazing)) in the new year then I'd definitely be asking to view it, but at the moment I'm not going to waste anyone's time as other financial commitments and work commitments mean I can't get serious until then,. Sorry to hear about you dog BTW.
For now I'm just spending time understanding and researching as much as I can about them in the vain hope I don't buy a dud.
Well it would give me some level of consolidation if whoever got it lived in Wales. I've mentioned this before, but my car was built for the roads in (North) Wales. If you lived closer, I'd still be happy to show you the car and talked about it - always nice talking to enthusiasts and sharing some knowledge.
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