Want to be back in an E85 - budget of £4,000

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windy

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Ten years ago I bought my 2nd ever soft-top after a Mk4 Escort Tennis Cabriolet... :?

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It was a 3.0 with black leather heated sports seats, MFSW, and all I did was fit a weighted shifter then drive the backside off it :driving:
With summer beginning to tease us again I'd quite fancy another! I'm aware my budget isn't huge, but I don't think it's unrealistic. Ideally black, dark grey, dark blue or possibly silver and to be in those sports seats again would be a bonus! Ideally mileage as close to 100k as possible, though of course lower would be even better!

I'm based just outside Chester but can of course travel for the right car.

I viewed one locally last week with about 90k on and it was perfect (even had nav) but the chap selling had recoloured his light-grey roof black and it looked awful - reminded me of the nasty vinyl roof on my Escort before I put a mohair one on it [shudder]

Thanks in advance!
 
Not having a pop Windy but you're going to have to accept some compromises @ 4K, if you found your perfect car and it's just the roof colour putting you off I'd be spinning round and wrenching it off him before someone else does. :thumbsup:
 
The colour wasn't the issue - it had been very badly recoloured, so in some places the stuff had been put on so thick you couldn't even see the texture of the fabric anymore. From a distance it looked like a very worn roof but up close it was awful - the shiny bits were just badly applied dye. Shame as the rest of it was good. Oh, except the wheels that had been painted black with a brush... :rofl:
 
The guy had used Renovo and I remember reading a post on Detailing World where someone had the same issue...

"the whole thing looks like a mess - odd shades of black that reflect the sun in all directions, patchy, and crispy and scratchy. It doesn't look like a fabric hood at all"

It was a lot worse than this pic...

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I'm guessing there was still some waterproofer present in places when it was applied.
 
windy said:
The guy had used Renovo and I remember reading a post on Detailing World where someone had the same issue...

"the whole thing looks like a mess - odd shades of black that reflect the sun in all directions, patchy, and crispy and scratchy. It doesn't look like a fabric hood at all"

It was a lot worse than this pic...

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I'm guessing there was still some waterproofer present in places when it was applied.
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Should be easily sorted, wants the renovo stripping off and redoing properly.

Mike
 
Already tried that - he felt it was fine so I'm not sticking £500 onto the price.

I've recently had to sort the roof on a TT, Mini and Mk1 Golf and the mini in particular was a pain and just never looked right, so I don't want the gamble of buying something that can't be sorted.
 
I've got a 2004 3.0 manual I'm looking to sell. It's Titanium Silver with under 99k miles, no sports seats though unfortunately.

Your budget is a bit lower than what I'm wanting but happy to talk about it, PM me for details if you're interested. I will be putting an ad up on here shortly but haven't had chance to take any detailed pictures as yet.
 
Just a thought OP, but have you seen this one? http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=95842

I know it's a 2.5, but it is a facelift Si so should be pretty near a pre-facelift 3.0 in terms of performance.
 
I've got a 2004 3.0 manual I'm looking to sell. It's Metallic Titanium Silver with 120,000 miles, has heated electric memory M sports seats, new alloy wheels and tyres, new headlights, new roof motor and moved into the boot, Hi-Fi loudspeaker system, CD changer for 6 CDs, exterior & interior mirrors auto dimmin, active cruise control, wind deflector, multi function steering wheel. £3,480 worth of optional extra equipment

Your budget is a bit lower than what I'm wanting (looking for £4,500-£,5000 but happy to talk about it, PM me for details and phots if you're interested. I will be putting an ad up on here shortly but haven't had chance to take any detailed pictures as yet.
 
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