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    So erm....I need a new front bumper.

    Get home to be greeting by my gf almost in tears that she's wrecked my car! Turns out she's pulled into the drive and scraped the front-side of the front bumper on the gate hinges. I need a new front bumper, mines a 55 plate so it's the facelift. Obviously everyones closed at this time, what...
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    Roof down - Light wont stop flashing red.

    Hi guys. My roof doesn't seem to be sitting correctly when I drop it down, the motor is still trying to work and the light flashes red when I let go. The luggage switch is working fine, its as if the roof wont go down the last few mm's, Ive tried pushing and that hasn't helped. I also had a...
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    Runflats on the front, normal tyres on the rear?

    Hi, picked up my Z4 yesterday and one tyre had an advisory for 1.7mm and the other rear 2.0. At the moment the car has runflats on but on my last Z4 I changed them all for Falken (452) iirc. The two front tyres are pretty much brand new run flats. Question is, can I replace the rear tyres to...
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    Going to look at a 3.0 Si tomorrow...

    :D Its been far far far too long since I sold my Z4. Ive decided its time to buy one again, I sold mine a while ago as I bought my first house. The bug never went away despite having a 330ci to replace it followed by a Clio 182 that I bought just to bide some time and I fancied something a...
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    Anybody used liquidleather - scuffmaster before?

    Im struggling to choose the colour for my red leather. Would Imola red leather dye be a good choice? My car is a 2003 Z4. http://www.liquidleather.com/auto%20colour%20bank.htm#BMW
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    ##SOLD## FS : '53' Plate BMW Z4 3.0i - £10,995 ONO

    Reluctantly seeling my Z4 :( Want to free up some cash and going have to downgrade to fund a house deposit :thumbsdown: This car has been my dream car since I first saw it about 7 years ago. I've owned it for 14 months now. Far too soon to let go but I will be back in one within 2 years...
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    So erm...My strut brace just came apart in my hands!

    Been having an annoying rattle which sounded like it was coming from the dash initially. Decided to open the bonnet up to have a look and saw that the strut brace was a little loose, tapped it and it was the same noise that had been driving me crazy. Went to tighten the nut up but then realised...
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    Anyone fitted facelift style exhaust tips to pre facelift?

    So I know dannyboy did this and I have Pm'd him a while ago but hes not read the message yet. Anyone have any tips for getting it on? The older ones had a simple screw in the bottom, but the newer ones as you can see have a few brackets inside. Without being heavy handed and ripping all the...
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    FS : OEM Chrome Exhaust tips for pre-faclift 3.0i

    Getting rid of these if anybody is looking for some? Here are a couple of photos... These were taken about 12 months ago but I will clean them up again and post pics if there is interest for them. Looking for £20 delivered.
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    MV1's on a Z4?

    Guys, Im looking to refurb my alloys (108's) so need something to stick on my car while I attempt this over christmas. MV1's are available pretty cheap on ebay so I was thinking they'd be a good choice. Does anyone know if they are the right sizing for my car, 2003 3.0i? While were on the...
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    Facelift Exhaust Tips?

    Im after the more rounded edge exhaust tips for my 3.0i Z4. Ive seen them on a few coupes. I know Dannyboy has them on his Z4 now as he sent me a PM ages ago about them which Ive never got around to ordering and the ebay link he sent me to has now expired. Are the new ones the satin style...
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    Z4 ECU/Remap/Chip etc...

    Has anypne pn here gone down this route? My friend uses VIEZU at his garage and will do it for £200. Think its usually £240. The figures quoted are : (on an E46 3.0i, Z4 isn't listed on their site) Power Increase: 17bhp Torque Increase: 18Nm Would I notice the difference with that? My dad had...
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    Help with liquid leather colour

    I have a 2003 Z4 with red leather. Its slightly scuffed on the side bolsters so I am looking into using liquidleather scuffmaster kit... Does anyone know what my red leather is called? here's the list.... http://www.liquidleather.com/auto%20colour%20bank.htm#BMW I always thought it was...
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    BMW FILMS - Z4 & Clive Owen

    So, most of you have probably seen this already, but as Im fairly new to the Z4 Ive just watched these short films and its great to see the Z4 in a movie style role! :D Brief History ... The BMW film series, The Hire was a series of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each)...
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    Inspection II service advise?

    Hi my car is due its Inspection II service in the next couple of weeks. Going to ring around for some quotes this coming week. Im expecting in the region of around £350-£400. A friend suggested trying the local BMW specialist and I had a look on their site and its arouns £170 for an Inspection...
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    MFSW fitting, Urgent help required.

    :headbang: So my retrofit cable came from bmw today. Following the guide on shipkillers site, I connected H1 & H2 into the green socket underneath the steering wheel... Then the other two end were fed up behind the Instrument dials and I used the Scotchlok's (Ive never used these before) to...
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    MFSW fitting advice...

    Hi guys, just bought a standard MFSW for my 03 Z4. (Dec 2003) The only difference in connectors to my standard wheel were a White,blue & red wired connector, this plugged into the top of my wheel, to the right of the big black one (which has 2 other ends going into the airbag) I plugged...
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    Maybe too basic? Pads & disc change.

    Most of you will probably laugh but a well documented guide to changing the pads and discs would be a massive help to people like me who are wanting to learn to do mechanical things to their Z4 but have zero confidence in their ability to get it right. I know its a pretty basic thing to do to...
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    DIY roof motor repalcement...progress thread.

    Thought some of you on here might be interested in this thread... It's not a How to or a problems matter so I thought this would be the best place for it. First things first, Shipkiller should be knighted! If you have the dreaded roof motor failure, his How-to guide on http://www.shipkiller.com...
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    MPG driving through europe?

    Hi all, Planning a pretty big road trip for this summer. Will be ending up in Murcia, Southern Spain :D It will be a 3000 mile round trip and Im just deciding on which car to do it in. I have my 3.0i Z4 but also have my parents spare car Renault Megane 1.4 :cry: Only driven in Italy &...
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