Me and my Z4 journey

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With the car back on the road, it was time for a new roadtrip.



Not the Bond ferry this time.



After a nights sleep.



...we put the roof down



And blast thru Denmark (although, I put the roof up quite quickly, as it was really cold)



Had a stop at My garage in Denmark. A kinda dealer/museum/workshop place.

 

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...and after a while we entered Deutchland yet again.



A quick turn to the right, and we enter yet another country, Holland.



Great weather and empty roads. It's a shame that the speed limits are just stupid.





Entering Afsluitdijk. I've been here before, but it's quite special to drive here, as you don't see the end of the road.









Then we encountered rain, and it was not much else to down than find a hotel for the night.



Obviously a maritime themed hotel.

 

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Not the greatest weather next day either, but the journey continues.



...and we enter Belgium!



A really nerdy stop, the ruins of an old car factory with a roof test rack! Like the Fiat factory in Italy, just way smaller.



The cars produces here where called Impéria, and the factory closed down in the fifties.



Further down the road, we found yet another factory.



...but we weren't here to look at old factories, this was our goal for the day.









Unfortunately no driving on Spa for me, but it was fun to see and be there. After wards I had a quick detour into Luxembourg to buy something for my eldest daughter.

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...and of course filled the thank while visiting.

 

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...before entering the last stop of the day, and same place as I Was last time; The Nürburgring.





Visited the now abandoned Südshleife.



...and some mandatory photos.







Found a sibling.



...and went for a few laps.





A fun couple of days, but times flies, and eventually I was back home. This time with all my emblems still on.

 

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Then we entering the summer, and not much happening to the car. Had a few small road trips around the fjords and attended some car meets.





27 hairpin turns to get down here.











...and eventually the car was parked for the winter yet again.

 

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Before parking it for the winter, the roof failed on me the third time. I quickly found what wire that was broken, but I couldn't locate where it actually was damaged.



To be able to run the roof and diagnostic further, I had to just make a new cable outside of the car to the sensor.





The car sat over christmas, and when it was time to start dismantling stuff.



Removed the rear roof panel.





New cables. I'm changing all cables to the rear panel. I went for .25mm LiFY wires, as it seems like these are quite flexible.



I also twist two and two wires together, so each wire is replaced by two new one, to have some kind of redundancy if it breaks again. Also twisted wires are less likely to break than non twisted.



This was a pain to do.



The passenger side had been repaired before (before I bought the car), and it wasn't the most impressive work.



For each "step", I reconnect the new wires sith the old ones to see that everything functions like it should.



Bought OEM zip ties. Most expensive zip ties ever, but I try to make it as OEM as possible.



...and sort of done.

 

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This was also a nice opportunity to clean the rear window.



Made sure that the correct shims is placed where they should.



And back on with the panel.



Spent some time adjusting it, but it went quite well.



New OEM bolts.



...with the correct force.



And all done.



And now we're at real time, so my posting well be way less frequently from now on. Thanks.

 

[Mr Tidy]

That was quite a marathon with your roof but it should now work properly for many more years.

Now that E89s are getting older I imagine other owners will be encountering similar problems so it might help some out if you posted your fix in the "How To" section of the forum.

 

[sakamoto]

Great maintenance, helpful.
I gave it a makeover by pasting red synthetic leather on black leather

 

[B21]

Great maintenance, helpful.
I gave it a makeover by pasting red synthetic leather on black leather

That’s very very red..

 

[Reamesy]

Great maintenance, helpful.
I gave it a makeover by pasting red synthetic leather on black leather

Is this not the journey of awt?

 

[B21]

Great maintenance, helpful.
I gave it a makeover by pasting red synthetic leather on black leather

Is this not the journey of awt?

Good point..another detour..

 

[Gwest44]

Hi.

Here's an attempt to make a thread about my Z4 and my journey with it.

Enjoyed reading that - some great photos and a good mixture of DIY repairs & mods with some road trips using the car as intended