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greggy50

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Hi,

Picked up a Z4 recently so thought I would join the forum. This is actually my 2nd as I had a 2003 Z4 3.0 about 18 months ago.

The car itself is a 2006 Z4 2.5 SI Sport and given the price I paid (£3.1k) is a bit of a project. The car itself has 120k miles and generally drives great for the age however its a bit flat below 4k so I have ordered some vanos solenoids for £70 which will hopefully resolve the issue.

I hope to pick up some 19" CSL reps on Saturday which I will get refurbed and then look to sell on the current wheels on the car. Apart from this I will get the front bumper repainted, replace the suspension bushes/front arms and generally do a few other bits to tidy the car up such as clean the leather and then enjoy it.

Hopefully after the wheels are sold I should end up about about £3.7/3.8k all in which still seems reasonable to me.

Handful of pictures below... so far I have polished the exhaust up and washed it 😅

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Welcome to the forum, 2.5 engine is a sweet engine and not much less power than the 3.0. Nice colour as well and I am sure you will have it looking even better very soon.
 
gadgetJunky72 said:
Welcome to the forum. Are you noticing much of a difference in power/torque between the 3.0i and 2.5si?
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No, but it has been 18 months since I had the 3.0i.

They is only 15bhp in it and to be honest at the age they are now you could lose more that due to knackered vanos or a tired engine etc.

It doesn't sound quite as good in the cabin however...

My daily driver is significantly faster than this anyway I just wanted something cheap and fun rather than straight line performance.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum with your good looking Z4 in a great colour combination. :thumbsup:

I've read positive reviews of Scuffmaster / Liquid Leather dyes for seats, but haven't needed to use one so far!
 
greggy50 said:
If anyone has any tips on DIY leather refurbs (seat and steering wheel) it would be appreciated.
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Hello. I bought some restorer from the following; It's good and smells lovely :thumbsup:
If you search their website they do colour matching to most BMW colours too
https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/leather-care-products
 
Pondrew said:
greggy50 said:
If anyone has any tips on DIY leather refurbs (seat and steering wheel) it would be appreciated.
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Hello. I bought some restorer from the following; It's good and smells lovely :thumbsup:
If you search their website they do colour matching to most BMW colours too
https://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/leather-care-products
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Thanks, I have purchased the steering wheel kit and if that works well I will do the seats.
 
Welcome to the forum. Lovely car, quite rare colour on a roadster. It will look a lot better with CSLs on it. If it doesn’t sound right, have a close look at the exhaust, it appears to be OEM but seems to be sticking out too far.

Shame that bicycle is taking up all your garage space.
 
Zedebee said:
Welcome to the forum. Lovely car, quite rare colour on a roadster. It will look a lot better with CSLs on it. If it doesn’t sound right, have a close look at the exhaust, it appears to be OEM but seems to be sticking out too far.

Shame that bicycle is taking up all your garage space.
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It sounds right, it just isnt as loud in the cabin as my 03 3.0 was as that had the sound generator with all the foam removed...
Regardless it sounds a lot nicer than my Polestart 2 does :rofl:

My garage is converted to a gym but being a new build it would only just fit a car in anyway...
 
Hi,

Does anyone know how I can find out the interior colour? I want to refurb the leather using a furniture clinic kit.

It appears to be a light grey colour.

Thanks
 
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