Recent content by lukekarts

E86 3.0 Coupe owner here. Not sure exactly what speaker setup I've got, but my drivers side rear sub has blown, I've removed it/disconnected it and surprisingly the audio sounds acceptable without it, just lacking some bass. It's a Philips speaker. Anyway, I've got a picture of the speaker...

So I've got a 2007 Z4 3.0 Coupe. All has been fine with the car except a persisting but infrequent flat battery issue. It has been flat in the morning 4 times in the space of 8 months, for no immediately apparent reason. The car is mainly a weekend car - which might lead you to conclude it is...

Nice plate Mat! I finally got around to getting mine on a couple of weeks ago: http://i.imgur.com/9WcEMXV.jpg A present from my dad 14 years ago, he bought a car with this plate on it and it was a good fit as my initials.

I've never taken my Z4 on the track (and wouldn't, because I run a 944 racecar with my dad), but based on experience with the racecar: - Get some list 1B tyres on it. I'm not sure what are available in Z4 sizes, but some Dunlop Direzza hard compound would be ideal if they're available. You'd...

Just 2791 Coupes? Didn't realise it was so low, I must be misreading surely?

Thanks - I'll do two things later: 1. Try to borrow an old ipod/iphone to see if it is working 2. Remove the stereo (if it appears this connection is the issue...) and figure out the connections. Thank you for the pointers on how to remove the stereo. :thumbsup:

Z4 Coupe 3.0 SI Sport... the one I've had two flat batteries with but fingers crossed OK for now... Anyway, I went to plug in the Aux cable for the first time yesterday, but there's no sound. Then I see there's a USB and old Apple connector wired through the glovebox... I thought the Aux...

I love this colour. It seems to amaze people how the car is sometimes blue, sometimes black, and then sometimes a turqoise-ish colour appears in certain light when it is wet. Last photo, it was a lovely dark blue:

So this topic deserves an update, seeing as I find it frustrating when I search for things to not find a resolution, and I don't want to be a hypocrite. Right now, however, there's not much to update. The car continues to start every morning despite me feeling worried it won't. Why the new...

Thanks for that, might be a worthwhile investment! I just went to the car this evening, having left it parked - battery attached - since doing all the tests on Wednesday. I was going to check the voltage and charge the battery. Lo and behold, the battery is still at 12.8 volts and the car...

Thanks for the suggestions. My dad works in the motor trade and has a few people that might be able to look at it, so I'll drive up to Lincolnshire this weekend and leave it with them for a week. Good job I still have my old car at his place! Just wish I had these problems closer to people who...

So a friend came over and we used another multimeter to test it. With the glovebox light disconnected, the draw was 0.9 amps. I understood from reading around the subject of parasitic drain 3 amps or something is the likely culprit, but doing some maths just now and 0.9 amp draw would reset...

I've tried this now, it still reads 0 irrespective of whether I try it on the positive or negative side - even YouTube videos have not helped. Maybe my new multimeter is faulty? Would be just my luck :headbang: This is the multimeter: http://www.all-sun.com/products/EM8900_d.jpg I've tried...

I'll give that a ho shortly, just off for a 20 mile drive now. Is it normal for the remote central locking to die (on both keys) after removing the battery for a while? Thanks for all the help guys.

Ok so the car starts with a charged battery - reading 12.65 now. When I attach the multimeter when it is running, it shows 14.32 which does suggest the alternator is running fine. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me work out how to get a drain reading on the multimeter I've got, it just...