Is this the end? 180k miles, £3k+ bill for suspension and universal joint?
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Attleborough, Norfolk
firefoxchris
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Why not? I included me.pvr said:enuff_zed said:I thought Chris was a newbie, but he's just pointed out he joined in 2012. So we owe him some assistance for putting up with the other idiots for so long.
Trust you did not include me in this sweeping statement
North West Surrey
Any Z4 is worth saving, especially the rare Coupe so it's good to see yours will get sorted Chris. 
Zedfest was a great weekend - that's my MC next to the black E85!
I bought a new front BMW badge online from BMW Park Lane in September 2019 for posted. Part Number is B51.14.7.044.207.
To replace it you need to pop out a kidney grille and you can get to the back of it. There are two nuts (pretty sure they need a 10mm spanner). Don't lose those as the new badge doesn't come with new nuts.
Zedfest was a great weekend - that's my MC next to the black E85!
I bought a new front BMW badge online from BMW Park Lane in September 2019 for posted. Part Number is B51.14.7.044.207.
To replace it you need to pop out a kidney grille and you can get to the back of it. There are two nuts (pretty sure they need a 10mm spanner). Don't lose those as the new badge doesn't come with new nuts.
Maybe it might be worth looking for a good "indy" mechanic (I found mine by asking a car rallying fanatic co-worker).
There are plenty of them out there but of course they won't have huge neon lit signs above a prime location.
With a bit of luck he'll tell you you to order the parts you need and he'll fit them on for you - I think my mechanic would rather get on with wielding spanners than clicking mice and maybe it's a more profitable way working from his p.o.v. anyway.
Could save you hundreds mate.
There are plenty of them out there but of course they won't have huge neon lit signs above a prime location.
With a bit of luck he'll tell you you to order the parts you need and he'll fit them on for you - I think my mechanic would rather get on with wielding spanners than clicking mice and maybe it's a more profitable way working from his p.o.v. anyway.
Could save you hundreds mate.
Well Chris dropped his lovely looking coupe off with me today. For a car that ticked over 180k on the way here it is in fine fettle. Engine purrs nicely.
Very trusting chap, handed over the key and jumped on a train back home.
If the rain ever stops I shall make a start!
New knuckle bolts arrived while Chris was still here and Autodoc emailed to say the order had just been packed for dispatch.
I've only moved the car on my drive but I'm already wondering if the noise may be a broken front spring.
Tomorrow I'll hopefully get the front end off the deck and make a start on dismantling. Nice to have a bit of time to free off the old knuckle bolts without the worry of rushing it and shearing one. Only done that once but in the end it turned out easier to replace the hub than drill it out!
Very trusting chap, handed over the key and jumped on a train back home.
If the rain ever stops I shall make a start!
New knuckle bolts arrived while Chris was still here and Autodoc emailed to say the order had just been packed for dispatch.
I've only moved the car on my drive but I'm already wondering if the noise may be a broken front spring.
Tomorrow I'll hopefully get the front end off the deck and make a start on dismantling. Nice to have a bit of time to free off the old knuckle bolts without the worry of rushing it and shearing one. Only done that once but in the end it turned out easier to replace the hub than drill it out!
I’m retired now so plenty of time to do things at my usual slow pacebigwinn said:enuff_zed said:
Thought you said coupes were rubbish, all owners were deviants and a strange bunch?
Plus what you been playing at? I did a vanos, oil change with housing gasket AND brake fluid change WITH man flu?
Good work chap!!
Slightly out of context to be honest :roll:bigwinn said:
I don't see the appeal myself, though today was the first time I sat in one. Didn't move me.
A roadster with a solid roof? Hmmm.
However, the whole point of taking this on was nothing to do with the shape of the car.
It will save the OP over £2k on his initial quote, and also be a more complete refurbishment than he was quoted for.
The point is to help a long term owner hang on to his car and continue to enjoy it.
Makes it worth my while.
pvr said:
Last resort, but I have done once.
If I was only heating a component that was being discarded I wouldn't worry so much, but I am wary of doing too much to the hub.
Again, I think it comes down to how you're taught.
A mechanic in a garage would happily blowtorch the whole thing, but with an apprenticeship in aerospace engineering, including quite a bit of theory on metallurgy etc., I guess i'ts just ingrained in me to do it this way.
I'd never make a living from fixing cars as I take too long. :roll:
enuff_zed said:I’m retired now so plenty of time to do things properlybigwinn said:enuff_zed said:
Thought you said coupes were rubbish, all owners were deviants and a strange bunch?
Plus what you been playing at? I did a vanos, oil change with housing gasket AND brake fluid change WITH man flu?
Good work chap!!
Ooof
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