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Well good evening ladies and gents. New here and alittle green around the gills about all things Z to be honest but am learning fast thanks to this place which I find compulsive reading each day now. Ok so alittle about the title,.... Last year I was unlucky enough to have a full size stag deer run across the motorway straight into my Audi which was written off in the process, the deer was also a write off ! Not a nice experience but the search for a new daily car meant I got to drive my weekend toy( mx5 ) around for a while. I couldn't afford what I wanted which was a new Audi unless I sold the MX5 sold I decided to do exactly that, and as it happens I friend wanted it for his good lady and asked me to take his daughters 03 plate Z4 in part ex. A deal was struck my new Audi was bought and I still retained a weekend toy. Now even though the Z was filthy inside and out and seemed to be basic to me it drove well and it all seemed to be there although a few things needed attention. So I set to work.
Well after a week or so working in the evenings all seemed well with the Z and considering all the other weekend toys I've owned , 911, Boxster S , SLK AMG , s2000' MX5 this little Z being the oldest ( apart from the 911) this car is a great little car, it's not the fastest or the most comfortable ( SLK for these) or the best handling ( Boxster S) but it does everything really well it's the best all round car I've had for a sports car. I took it around Europe last summer for 5000 miles and it didn't miss a beat and now I'm totally smitten the her.
Ok so a friend of mine was smitten with my car too and decided to set about buying one which is how I ended up on here, and I think a purchase may happen tomorrow from this very forum . However it has astounded me the crap that is out there. I'm sure there are many great cars here that far out class my Z but out in the big wide world of the general public there is certainly a lot of rubbish .
When I did finally did get to look here the car my friend is looking at tomorrow stood out as by far the best one we'd looked at by some margin ( I checked it out last week for her ) , but in that meeting with the seller I learnt a few things myself, so from last week I now have a gap tech roof module fitted and cruise get added next week when the stalk arrives
Now a few questions if I may ........
I find I have am amp in the boot ........how do I know if this works ? I mean it may well be but how do I check as I never had a Z without to know the difference ?, I have speakers behind the seats instead of storage bins but I'm not sure they work or do the only work for the DSP modes ?
I seem to have a small area of sage on the head lining .....on initial investigation through the side when the roof is half open I can see a small plastic lip that come off the stitching line in the head lining that is screwed in to a bar on the outer headlining/or bar in the frame, and I can see a few screws that are not attached to this plastic lip anymore, but I can't see how to get the lining down to reattach the fixing and cure the sage ? ...... Can anyone help with details
I also see various threads here about multi function steering wheel conversions, does anyone have one they want to sell me or can I just fit the buttons as a kit ( yes I need the wiring mod as my car is May 03) ?
The car also has a parrot Ck3100 kit fitted. , but the car that I looked at last week for my friend has a Denison kit kitted that streams from his phone, I assume Bluetooth , and plays music , sat nav instructions etc and has a usb charge socket / stick dock........ I'd like one of these fitted myself but which denision unit or should I get something else . I know I will probably loose the cd changer as an option but my parrot kit doesn't Bluetooth when the changer is selected as a play mode anyway so no real loss there ?
And finally ..........thanks very much for such an wealth of knowledge and experience, and what appears to be community spirit....... My faith is restored in the human race !
Bryan
Well after a week or so working in the evenings all seemed well with the Z and considering all the other weekend toys I've owned , 911, Boxster S , SLK AMG , s2000' MX5 this little Z being the oldest ( apart from the 911) this car is a great little car, it's not the fastest or the most comfortable ( SLK for these) or the best handling ( Boxster S) but it does everything really well it's the best all round car I've had for a sports car. I took it around Europe last summer for 5000 miles and it didn't miss a beat and now I'm totally smitten the her.
Ok so a friend of mine was smitten with my car too and decided to set about buying one which is how I ended up on here, and I think a purchase may happen tomorrow from this very forum . However it has astounded me the crap that is out there. I'm sure there are many great cars here that far out class my Z but out in the big wide world of the general public there is certainly a lot of rubbish .
When I did finally did get to look here the car my friend is looking at tomorrow stood out as by far the best one we'd looked at by some margin ( I checked it out last week for her ) , but in that meeting with the seller I learnt a few things myself, so from last week I now have a gap tech roof module fitted and cruise get added next week when the stalk arrives
Now a few questions if I may ........
I find I have am amp in the boot ........how do I know if this works ? I mean it may well be but how do I check as I never had a Z without to know the difference ?, I have speakers behind the seats instead of storage bins but I'm not sure they work or do the only work for the DSP modes ?
I seem to have a small area of sage on the head lining .....on initial investigation through the side when the roof is half open I can see a small plastic lip that come off the stitching line in the head lining that is screwed in to a bar on the outer headlining/or bar in the frame, and I can see a few screws that are not attached to this plastic lip anymore, but I can't see how to get the lining down to reattach the fixing and cure the sage ? ...... Can anyone help with details
I also see various threads here about multi function steering wheel conversions, does anyone have one they want to sell me or can I just fit the buttons as a kit ( yes I need the wiring mod as my car is May 03) ?
The car also has a parrot Ck3100 kit fitted. , but the car that I looked at last week for my friend has a Denison kit kitted that streams from his phone, I assume Bluetooth , and plays music , sat nav instructions etc and has a usb charge socket / stick dock........ I'd like one of these fitted myself but which denision unit or should I get something else . I know I will probably loose the cd changer as an option but my parrot kit doesn't Bluetooth when the changer is selected as a play mode anyway so no real loss there ?
And finally ..........thanks very much for such an wealth of knowledge and experience, and what appears to be community spirit....... My faith is restored in the human race !
Bryan
any other plan's for it ?
) from on here; investigations showed a number of possible replacements, and some without the connecting pins for the MFSW controls...)