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I think you must have a brake in the wiring running to the sensors and you need to replace the sections of the wiring with some highly flexible wire, if you do a search for broken wire you will find plenty of information.

At least whoever stacked them was consistent and got them all the wrong way.

Sometimes you just can’t get the staff 🤦🏻‍♂️

Sorry to hear you are having problems, first step is to find out where the water is getting in and fix that. It sounds as though the car is unsure of the roof position, probably the rear clam section , I believe there are 2 micro switches responsible for the rear clam position, so perhaps one is...

If it’s an alloy is probably got some lacquer of some sort on it so I’d be very wary of using anything abrasive.

How are you closing it? You need to gently lower it until it rests on the catch and then press down on it and then the soft close should pull it down.

That would be very useful if you could.

The hall sensors are magnetic so you really need to hold a piece of steel against them.

Top marks for saving the Z4, I admire your commitment and I’m sure you are grateful for all the assistance your father has given you. I feel confident that in the end you will have a beautiful 3.0 to be proud of. 👍

Over the last 12 months or so I’ve had a problem with the Mr12volt MMI randomly shutting off and reverting to the BMW radio for a few seconds and then it would carry on as usual, I presumed that it was overheating and shutting down, I’d repositioned it for a little more ventilation but the...

It often feels like it takes that long in a 20 zone 😁

I believe there are sellers on eBay where you can buy the maps and a lifetime key, although they are also available online if you know where to look, I had help from Dave, AnubisZed when I updated mine back in 2019, although since fitting the mr12volt MMI unit I haven’t used the BMW satnav, I...

Yes you are right, I thought the photo was of the end of the boot seals, still worth checking them though.

When you replace the ones around the boot you will probably find that the sealant has turned to powder, make sure you use a decent sealant when fitting the new one as that’s can be an area prone to leaking, which is something you definitely don’t want with all the electrics in the boot.

I’ve noticed over the last few days that occasionally when using safari on my iPhone 13, that when I reopen the web page there are no graphics/ images and just lines of writing for the different links running down the page, once I refresh the page it all back to normal.