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What have you done to your car today?
- PAC_Z4_F31_110Puma
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What have you done to your car today?
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.
2006 E85 3.0Si - Restoring a previously unloved gem. Addressing all common faults one at a time..
F31 - rapidly approaching 200k miles & Defender 110. Glutton for mechanical punishment.
Regret the username... Peter
F31 - rapidly approaching 200k miles & Defender 110. Glutton for mechanical punishment.
Regret the username... Peter
- grannyknot
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Beautiful! That silver will certainly let you see any oil leaks, nice work.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
2008 E86 M coupe
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
- MikeyH
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Always impressed by someone that can do a job like that.
Now, Sterling grey Z4 2.2 with cup holders, stubby aerial and sport seats. Roadsters ‘cause they’re great with the roof down.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
- Barty
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Wow, great job!
Four Alfa's and a Ducati later, I've turned to the dark side...
"Drive German, wear Italian, kiss French"
Z4: Tiefgrüen Metallic E86 3.0Si / Insta @bartsbuilds
"Drive German, wear Italian, kiss French"
Z4: Tiefgrüen Metallic E86 3.0Si / Insta @bartsbuilds
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Refitted fixed GM5 unit, and everything now works as it should.
E85 2003 Z4 3.0i
- BumpyZ4
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What have you done to your car today?
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
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
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Left it alone - far too cold!
- Scubaregs
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What have you done to your car today?
First "wash" in weeks. Rinse car, snow foam and leave for 5 minutes, rinse again and dry off. The benefit of ceramic coating.
Abstinence is fine, in moderation.
San Francisco red G29 30i. BMW S1000r Sport.
San Francisco red G29 30i. BMW S1000r Sport.
- Drunkpanda42
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That was left for contrast.Drunkpanda42 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:38 pmYou missed a bit - on the bottom of the door sill - half baked job
Abstinence is fine, in moderation.
San Francisco red G29 30i. BMW S1000r Sport.
San Francisco red G29 30i. BMW S1000r Sport.
- Barty
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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…
Four Alfa's and a Ducati later, I've turned to the dark side...
"Drive German, wear Italian, kiss French"
Z4: Tiefgrüen Metallic E86 3.0Si / Insta @bartsbuilds
"Drive German, wear Italian, kiss French"
Z4: Tiefgrüen Metallic E86 3.0Si / Insta @bartsbuilds
- N4LLY
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What have you done to your car today?
Oh crap, so sorry for you
- MikeyH
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What have you done to your car today?
Oh no, I feel your pain
Now, Sterling grey Z4 2.2 with cup holders, stubby aerial and sport seats. Roadsters ‘cause they’re great with the roof down.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
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