When I bought my first Z4 back in 2019 I was choosing between a Monaco Blue 2.5si and a Stratus Grey 2.5si, the grey car presented better and had better history - so head ruled heart and I bought the Stratus.
Since then I’ve bought and sold a further eight Z4’s, some of which have been beauties, which makes this one number 10.
Over the last 4 1/2 years I’ve put up a number of wanted adds for Monaco/Midnight/Carbon, and I’ve even PM’d Monaco owners on here asking if they want to sell… hopefully I didn’t offended anyone.
I’ve been to see a few over that period, but none were for me.
A car was listed on auto trader on Saturday evening and I contacted the seller immediately. I Drove 90 minutes to see it on Sunday morning, agreed a deal, drove home to get straight on the train to go back to pick it up and drive it home in thunderstorms on Sunday evening :dizzy:
The seller seemed really genuine and had spent a significant amount on routine, but essential, maintenance at RBM. He’d also replaced tyres with quality Michelins, had the cam cover gasket replaced etc. I would say ‘improved it in his tenure’.
It did come with some ‘interesting’ features, which the seller assured me were on the car when he bought it - I’ll put a few photo’s up 8)
It comes with almost complete service history and a massive wedge of invoices - always encouraging
It’s fair to say the one of the previous owners liked gadgets, badges, lights, stick on trim and door protectors - with more ‘Mpower’ the better. So it was a case of seeing past all that…
As it stands the project is under way, everything in the photo’s, with the exception of the DRL’s and the ‘mini-canons’ on the front bumper have gone.
There are some jobs to do;
Remove DRL’s and replace the front lower grill
Fully correct the paintwork and ceramic coat the car
There are a few car park dings - I’ll be on to the dent man
There are a couple of minor spots that could do with paint
The shocks are original, they’ve done 82k and so the ride is crashy on poor road surfaces - on the look out for new ones already, will also order brand new spring plates and rubbers etc from BMW Cheltenham, might go with eibach springs.
The seats need a good clean firstly, but almost definitely removing and refurbishing with furniture the clinic kit.
Loose wire on the seatbelt circuit so the car sometimes thinks the passenger seatbelt isn’t plugged in when it is
Work out how the hell the dash cams work and how to download footage
I’m sure there’s other stuff which escapes me now…
I will update as I go
This might actually be ‘project keeper’
Since then I’ve bought and sold a further eight Z4’s, some of which have been beauties, which makes this one number 10.
Over the last 4 1/2 years I’ve put up a number of wanted adds for Monaco/Midnight/Carbon, and I’ve even PM’d Monaco owners on here asking if they want to sell… hopefully I didn’t offended anyone.
I’ve been to see a few over that period, but none were for me.
A car was listed on auto trader on Saturday evening and I contacted the seller immediately. I Drove 90 minutes to see it on Sunday morning, agreed a deal, drove home to get straight on the train to go back to pick it up and drive it home in thunderstorms on Sunday evening :dizzy:
The seller seemed really genuine and had spent a significant amount on routine, but essential, maintenance at RBM. He’d also replaced tyres with quality Michelins, had the cam cover gasket replaced etc. I would say ‘improved it in his tenure’.
It did come with some ‘interesting’ features, which the seller assured me were on the car when he bought it - I’ll put a few photo’s up 8)
It comes with almost complete service history and a massive wedge of invoices - always encouraging
It’s fair to say the one of the previous owners liked gadgets, badges, lights, stick on trim and door protectors - with more ‘Mpower’ the better. So it was a case of seeing past all that…
As it stands the project is under way, everything in the photo’s, with the exception of the DRL’s and the ‘mini-canons’ on the front bumper have gone.
There are some jobs to do;
Remove DRL’s and replace the front lower grill
Fully correct the paintwork and ceramic coat the car
There are a few car park dings - I’ll be on to the dent man
There are a couple of minor spots that could do with paint
The shocks are original, they’ve done 82k and so the ride is crashy on poor road surfaces - on the look out for new ones already, will also order brand new spring plates and rubbers etc from BMW Cheltenham, might go with eibach springs.
The seats need a good clean firstly, but almost definitely removing and refurbishing with furniture the clinic kit.
Loose wire on the seatbelt circuit so the car sometimes thinks the passenger seatbelt isn’t plugged in when it is
Work out how the hell the dash cams work and how to download footage
I’m sure there’s other stuff which escapes me now…
I will update as I go
This might actually be ‘project keeper’
It’d be interesting to see a few pics of the entire car!
At the summit of the picturesque fens
Caerdydd
