Recent content by itguy

Selling on behalf of my mother in law. 6 months old, black, bought for £75 new, asking £40. She's listed it on gumtree and I don't have the photos so please excuse the gumtree link below; Thanks https://www.gumtree.com/p/car-part-accessories/bmw-z4-custom-roof-protector/1225711362

Evening all Fitted some new front lower control arm bushes today and have just taken the old girl out for a spin round the block. The old ones looked original to me and at 78k and a 2003 car, well past their best. Wow. What a difference. Before I was having a steering wheel shimmy at 55mph...

Hi Everyone Right, I'm getting annoyed with the Zed now. Have had the wheels balanced on the car 4 times now and at two different places and STILL I get a 55mph occasional steering wheel shake. This cannot be down to wheel balance now surely. Doesn't do it all the time, just sometimes and...

Ok, so i'm still loving the gap tech module even after having it 2 months now. A few things have occurred to me though and i thought i'd post them up to see if it's just me or not... Gaptech owners only need reply! 1) Who else uses their head to amplify the remote key signal to get the roof...

Hi everyone In an effort to find the cause of my odd 50-60mph steering wheel wobble (sometimes there, sometimes not - had the front wheels balanced 3 times) I want to check over all bushes and ball joints this weekend on the front end of the car. What's the best way to do this and is there a...

I know it's been said before a million times but having just only fitted my GapTech RCH+ today - WOW. How have I not bought one of these before - truly excellent! :driving:

Hi Everyone I'm trying to sort a problem with my car that the standard satnav screen always is quite dark when I first start the car (from cold) and it takes a while to get to full brightness. I know some designs of LCD are prone to this, but it does seem a little excessive in the Zed. Today...

Hi Everyone Well I've just had an eventful 24 hours! I decided I wanted to swap the LCD part of the nav system by opening up the screen module and pulling it out and swapping a new one in. Thanks to sk93 on here I managed to get a second hand one to try too. So, pulled it apart, put the new...

Hi Everyone Things are going awry with my nav and I need to see if the MK4 DVD unit has gone into 'mono' mode rather than colour as it should be. Does anyone on here have navcoder + an ibus interface by any chance that I could borrow for a few beer tokens??? Thanks

Hi Everyone I'm looking to replace the LCD screen in the flip up display for my nav. The current LCD is getting weak and is a bit dim until it's warmed up to about 20c, so when I get in the car at 10c it can take 20-30 mins to get bright enough to really use. I know I could just splash out and...

Hi everyone I'm after a gaptech for my E85 - ideally one that does both the remote key open/close function and also the one-touch option inside the car. I think it is the RCH+ that I'm after. Thanks, Will.

Hi Everyone I am having trouble resolving my steering wheel shake issue. It is worst at 50mph and seems to get a bit better as you go faster and goes completely when driving slower. I've had the front wheels balanced again today (3rd time) and this was after having them off the car overnight...

Hi Everyone Need some help with this. I've recently had the front passenger caliper binding (which I then replaced with a new one) and have had my wheels refurbished and put non-RFT tyres on. All seemed ok but i've noticed a light steering wheel wobble/shake at around 50-60mph when you take...

Hi everyone What's the current thinking on panel filters and cold air induction filters? I've modded the foam on my noise generator but want a bit more induction noise, but not a crazy amount. Have has kn induction kits on cars before and i have a feeling it might be a bit much/chavvy on the...

Ok, so having lived with my 3.0 SE for a while now I've been thinking. It's not really the kind of car that makes me just want to go for a drive. It's not really a proper sports car in my opinion, more of a GT. Having recently put proper non run flats on that has helped but I can't stop...