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doddel

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will collect my 2004 2.5i z4 at the end of this week!

bought a car with some bad bits, hence a really good deal. And I can upgrade over time. Most important flaws: scratch in the roof and roof motor not working

previous owner upgraded the springs to eibachs after one broke :thumbsup:

it's on 19" wheels right now, would prefere to downgrade to 17 or 18" for more comfort, this will be my daily driver
 
Welcome to the forum from another Belgian :thumbsup: .

Before you change to smaller wheels, get some normal tyres in stead of run-flats, it will give you a much better ride
Hope you get all the flaws fixed, Roof motor is quite expensive to fix though :(
 
srhutch said:
Hi and welcome, roof and motor not to expensive if you can find one on ebay and fit yourself.
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that's the plan :wink:

I'll buy one of these repair patches for the roof, and manually open and close the roof for the time being

in the mean time, I'll hunt for a new/used roof and the roof motor on ebay. As soon as I've found both, I'll do the repair (together with a friend; we've both worked on landrovers, so a BMW should be a piece of cake :driving: )
 
collected the Z4 yesterday, and had a nice 180km drive back home. Average fuel consumption 7,4 :o , and I wasn't trying to be economical!

the bad news:

-rims are in worse condition than expected. Wasn't going to keep them anyway, but I will have to be lucky to find someone who wants to swap for 17 or 18". No possible profit here
- bit of damage on the drivers side (few dents with paint chipped off). Got a quote of 400 euro from my dealer to repair and respray the door and rear body panels.

the good news:

I lubricated the roof joints, fiddled a bit with the manual release switch in the boot, and, the roof works! Without hickups. Seems that I won't have to replace the roof motor!!
 
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