E86 Monaco Coupe Progress Thread

[inkey$]

This is true ^
Gear shifting is night and day with the SM unit. I think it’s about £75 these days. They do the matching handbrake units too and also in a rather lovely titanium finish.

 

[inkey$]

Sunny day here is south London, so decided to take a few pictures of a very dirty looking Monaco Blue coupe

 

[sjj84]

Looks fantastic in that colour

 

[inkey$]

Looks fantastic in that colour

Thanks. Yes, its a lovely colour - but - horrific to try and keep even slightly clean :lol:

 

[inkey$]

New cubby door arrived today. Shoutout to kis for helping me figure out how to remove the old door lugs that were left in the cubby hinges...
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=126355

New door cost me £75 posted from Sopers (took about two weeks from Germany), and standard door replaces the old and broken phone prep unit (phone prep and OEM BT electronics still doing well in my makeshoft LEGO container in lower cubby slot). Forgotten how good the door springs open when it works too, so a nice little interior repair.

 

[flimper]

Looking good Inkey

 

[inkey$]

Looking good Inkey

Thanks Flimper. She’s slowly coming together

 

[inkey$]

Christmas present, installed. Engraved 6-speed Storm Motorwerks V1. Think it works well with the light interior. Does get a bit cold though :lol:

 

[Worcester_spoon]

^ proper knob!

 

[inkey$]

^ proper knob!

:lol: Always!

 

[Z4hid]

My favourite colour for the Z and enjoying this thread and your photos!

 

[inkey$]

My favourite colour for the Z and enjoying this thread and your photos!

Appreciate it, Z4hid. Next up; discs and pads.
Likewise on the spec of yours too. One day I’ll have Amerone in something!

 

[inkey$]

Last drive of the year and a new years eve hack out into the frosty south London and Surrey countryside, today.

God I love this car. Needs new brakes (and tyres soon), plus my washer jet replaced next week (to save me stopping and tipping water over the windscreen every hour), but I’m really enjoying life with the coupe and this engine.

Pictured with my friends ‘new’ 323i coupe (one owner and just 43k miles) for a socially distanced hello at Ryka’s Cafe.

 

[inkey$]

Replaced both rear boot struts today with SGS units, What a difference proper gas levels make.

https://www.sgs-engineering.com/gsc3052-bmw-z4-boot-strut

 

[inkey$]

Brodit clip arrived today. Install took a few minutes longer than planned as I hadn't pushed the 2 x gap wedges in far enough and the end snapped off of one

Still managed to get them both in far enough though and inserted the clip itself. Quite a tight fit of course and required a little shifting towards the middle slightly in order to ‘latch’ into the trim gaps on the underside of the dash.

Just need the holder now and then wire in hidden USB power source - which I think is going to be placed next to the glove box, along with a very short USB power cable.

 

[inkey$]

Another arrival; this time from Germany. Ordered and delivered within a few days. Look to be great quality and the squarer shape of the fins will really update the look of the front end I think.

 

[Lynchy]

They look great Dave

 

[inkey$]

I'm really impressed with the quality. Will post another pic once they're on the car.

 

[HU51A_FU]

Super! Can't wait to see the grills fitted, love the Monaco blue

 

[inkey$]

Little update. The car is loaded up and ready for the next chapter of remedial work happening tomorrow (yes, I have the weather for it :| ).

- ATE brake discs all round
- Textar pads all round
- New n/s headlight washer jet (finally able to stop carrying around a large bottle of water)
- Replacement O2 sensor (EML hasn't come on since the first time it happened a while back, but changing anyway)
- After cleaning post-deluge, fit the Salberk kidney's.

Springtime jobs so far include:
- 4 x new tyres
- Potentially replace the mint MV2's for something else
- Wheel alignment
- Deep clean interior and leather
- Finish hardwire USB install and Brodit phone setup
- Stone chips and detailing - might experiment myself
- Wrap/dip/paint my spare interior trim set
- Learn wet sanding and DA polishing (on something other than my car first)