Newbie - E85

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DooLallie

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 Warwickshire
Hey All,

Bought an E85 3.0i as an weekend car.. turned out to be in worse condition than originally thought so has kind of turned into a mini restoration project :thumbsup:

Spec: msport seats, dsp hifi, xenon lamps and memory electric seats.

Current plans: respray, exhaust, stubby aerial, seats re-trim, black kidney grilles & new plates

"This thread is worthless without pics" sooo :P

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Welcome. A nice looking Zed there and a 3.0 is always a good thing. Sounds like your plans will have it back to its former glory very soon.

I look forward to seeing the progress. :thumbsup:
 
Oh, it was all going so well until I read.. stumpy :P
welcome to the forum and your car is in the best colour :wink:
:worthless:
We want to see the inside too :poke: :P
 
Great colour!

I think we should open a book and take bets as to whether your cam cover gasket needs replacing.... they all do!
:evil:

And ignore Fred; he's in a minority. Stubby's the way to go!
:thumbsup:
 
Chris_D said:
Great colour!

I think we should open a book and take bets as to whether your cam cover gasket needs replacing.... they all do!
:evil:

And ignore Fred; he's in a minority. Stubby's the way to go!
:thumbsup:
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It’s all about the antenna :P
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Rob
 
Welcome to the forum. :) Hope your project turns into a great weekend toy. 8) Oh and nicely researched on the pics quote. :thumbsup:
 
Welcome to the forum.

That's a good looking Z4, and has some great options. Good luck with your plans. :thumbsup:
 
Chris_D said:
I think we should open a book and take bets as to whether your cam cover gasket needs replacing.... they all do!
:evil:
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Gasket was delivered yesterday :wink:

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome!
 
So it’s been while since I updated this with any project progress. Funds have been tight of late, along side Covid being a PITA :thumbsdown:

I have been hard at work this weekend fitting new pads and discs. I have fitted Mintex pads with Grooves discs from MTEC. Annoyingly while fitting these, I noticed the anti-roll bar bushes are practically shot so another thing to be done.

Thought while I had everything apart I’d give the calipers a lick of paint also. :roll:

MOT was due recently, passed with an advisory, rear brake lines corroding so they are on the todo list.

As we all know the standard Xenons are abit pants, so I have replaced the projectors and bulbs with Morimoto projectors and OSRAM bulbs. Wow what a difference!

VANOS seals and cam cover gasket have also been done.

When funds allow I will be looking at doing a suspension refresh. Looking at bilstein B4 / B6 dampers and possibly eibach springs. Was going to do poly bushes but these have already been done by the previous owner. :thumbsup:
 

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A belated welcome from NZ to a fellow Toledo Blue Z owner. Looks like you’ll have a very nice car when you have finished your work on it, already looks good.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum.

A shame your car needs a bit more work than you hoped, but at least you've found one with a good spec!

Good luck getting it how you want it. :thumbsup:
 
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