What have you done to your car today?

PAC_Z4_F31_110Puma · Post by **PAC_Z4_F31_110Puma** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:39 pm

Engine rebuild process now in the final and slowest stages consisting of multiple trips to BMW parts to get alu bolts, finding everything and getting it back in, good excuse over Christmas to slink off to the garage.

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grannyknot · Post by **grannyknot** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:09 pm

PAC_Z4_F31_110Puma wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:39 pm Engine rebuild process now in the final and slowest stages consisting of multiple trips to BMW parts to get alu bolts, finding everything and getting it back in, good excuse over Christmas to slink off to the garage. IMG_7085.JPEG

Beautiful! That silver will certainly let you see any oil leaks, nice work.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:28 am

Always impressed by someone that can do a job like that.

Barty · Post by **Barty** » Wed Dec 07, 2022 8:06 am

Wow, great job!

T_J_G · Post by **T_J_G** » Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:31 pm

Refitted fixed GM5 unit, and everything now works as it should.

BumpyZ4 · Post by **BumpyZ4** » Wed Dec 07, 2022 9:48 pm

T_J_G wrote: ↑Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:31 pm Refitted fixed GM5 unit, and everything now works as it should.

Redmex · Post by **Redmex** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 6:05 pm

After getting quotes of between £200/£300 to supply and fit an offside front brake caliper and we will probably want to put new discs and pads this was quick fit, other local garages too busy and need the car dropped off for all day.
I bought a caliper for £48, brake fluid for £3.50 and maybe an hour and a half to change it myself, I bought a brake bleeder that connects to an inflated tyre but never used it as I had a tube from my old Gaggia coffee machine lying beside a jam jar and let gravity do its thing for 1/2 hr as the reservoir is right above the caliper. The caliper was unfit due to burst seal as I had checked the bolts and greased them with a wee bit silicon grease and didn't work
I will buy new discs and pads maybe 2 calipers from auto doc soon and refresh the front brakes

Drunkpanda42 · Post by **Drunkpanda42** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:51 pm

Left it alone - far too cold!

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Scubaregs · Post by **Scubaregs** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:32 pm

First "wash" in weeks. Rinse car, snow foam and leave for 5 minutes, rinse again and dry off. The benefit of ceramic coating.

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Drunkpanda42 · Post by **Drunkpanda42** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:38 pm

Scubaregs wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:32 pm First "wash" in weeks. Rinse car, snow foam and leave for 5 minutes, rinse again and dry off. The benefit of ceramic coating.

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You missed a bit - on the bottom of the door sill - half baked job

Scubaregs · Post by **Scubaregs** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:42 pm

Drunkpanda42 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:38 pm
Scubaregs wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 4:32 pm First "wash" in weeks. Rinse car, snow foam and leave for 5 minutes, rinse again and dry off. The benefit of ceramic coating.

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You missed a bit - on the bottom of the door sill - half baked job

That was left for contrast.

Barty · Post by **Barty** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:59 pm

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Crashed it. Coming out of turn 12 at Zandvoort I started to accelerate out of the corner, lining up for an overtake when I went onto the wet. The moment that happened, the back snapped out and I slid onto the wet grass, at which point you’re a passenger. In the last moment on the tarmac I managed to slightly adjust my angle, preventing me from sliding into the metal barriers, instead ending up backwards square into the tyre barrier. The right corner just “kissed” the metal barrier, showing what damage I would have had on the entire right flank had I not corrected in that final moment.

Ultimately it’s just plastic and carbon, and nobody got hurt other than my ego

New bumper arranged on the way home, diffuser is cracked and torn, scratches on the hatch and rear quarter panel, but nothing that won’t sand out.

Now where’s that 18-year old Macallen…

N4LLY · Post by **N4LLY** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:10 pm

Barty wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:59 pm 163581C3-290D-43E2-A755-9CD37493DE38.jpeg

Crashed it.

Oh crap, so sorry for you

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 6:37 pm

Oh no, I feel your pain

MKZ4000 · Post by **MKZ4000** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:25 pm

That will buff out

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