What have you done to your car today?

LordOxygen said:
Nice! Looks great, a good days work.

I was surprised when i first touched the silver trim in a Z4 to find it felt cold and realised its actual metal.


Thanks! I was surprised as well at the metal backing. Made me wonder if this stuff could be powder coated.
 
After vinyl wrapping my interior trim, I had a bit left over. Coincidentally I had been looking at the underside of my front bumper to inspect for rock chips as the bumper and paint are only 6 months old. I noticed a few nicks and thought that the thickness of the vinyl would be a good buffer. So I started to work on it. This is actually 3 pieces and is fitted as a test. I like the way it looks and I am sure it will keep most of the smaller road rocks from pitting it any further. I'm ordering some more black to redo this with a much better fit. The plan is to have the visible side about like this but have the entire underside of the bumper to be guarded.

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Had a set of MPSS fitted to my new wheels ready for taxing the car and getting on the road from Wednesday :driving:
 

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co-pey said:
LordOxygen said:
Nice! Looks great, a good days work.

I was surprised when i first touched the silver trim in a Z4 to find it felt cold and realised its actual metal.


Thanks! I was surprised as well at the metal backing. Made me wonder if this stuff could be powder coated.

Yes, you can powder coat alloy parts (I used to do this) sometimes the anodized finish can cause issues though :?
Rob
 
Finally cleared the airbag error code, caused whilst i was repairing the snapped widow cable in the passenger door last year.

Carly read it, but wouldn't clear it.
INPA likewise.
Finally cleared it with DIS :)

Mike
 
Finished with suspension for now..

Today -;

Control arms replaced
tie rods replaced(were seized, couldn't align)
full hunter alignment




over the last month and a bit -;

new rear springs
lolipop bushes
end links

now drives like it should!
 
Full oil change to Millers Oil (as recommended by Mr Wilks) - what a difference! Feels like a new car. Best thing I've done on my car (and I've done a lot).
 
With temperatures now >7C most days, replaced the Winter wheels / tyres and refitted them with my 19" 313M wheels with Eagle F1 tyres. Before the swop, cleaned the 313s, treated the rims with a coat of Gtechniq C2, the tyres with Gtechniq T1 and after the swop checked the tyre pressures and topped them up to 33psi F and 36psi R. All set now to fit Eibach Sport Springs and Eibach F&R anti roll bars followed by Hunter alignment check next week. :)
 
Darren Slone said:
Had a set of MPSS fitted to my new wheels ready for taxing the car and getting on the road from Wednesday :driving:


Y'all are killing me on the wheels. I am normally not a wheel guy, but there are some damn fine looking sets on here!

And this is what I did to my Zed today. Little bit of black vinyl work on the whitey.

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co-pey said:
Darren Slone said:
Had a set of MPSS fitted to my new wheels ready for taxing the car and getting on the road from Wednesday :driving:


Y'all are killing me on the wheels. I am normally not a wheel guy, but there are some damn fine looking sets on here!

And this is what I did to my Zed today. Little bit of black vinyl work on the whitey.

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Door handle looks good but the petrol cap looks s**t :cry:

Always good trying something new thou :thumbsup:
 
Fitted msport steering wheel with custom paint job , and fitted door cards with custom paint job piano black
 

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Yorkie Z said:
co-pey said:
Darren Slone said:
Had a set of MPSS fitted to my new wheels ready for taxing the car and getting on the road from Wednesday :driving:


Y'all are killing me on the wheels. I am normally not a wheel guy, but there are some damn fine looking sets on here!

And this is what I did to my Zed today. Little bit of black vinyl work on the whitey.

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Door handle looks good but the petrol cap looks s**t :cry:

Always good trying something new thou :thumbsup:

Man, tough crowd!! :D
 
co-pey said:
Buckz said:
^^ I think that looks completely out of place. :(

Sound like my wife! :P

Looks better in person. Was mainly looking to play with this roll of vinyl I got.


I dunno man, looks like someone forgot to paint it or you replaced the cap/door handle and never got to it.

it looks weird! but each to their own ;)

i'd black out the roof but other than that i think z4c looks great in a single colour.
 
Popped a new alternator on and rebuilt the disa valve, which bizarrely the pin was still tight after just passing 100k but had too much play in the flap and was also missing the main sealing 'o' ring so drawing air in past the MAF making it pink like a bitch. All sorted now, running lovely and smoothly, although I've lost some amusing induction roar. Hey well just have to do the foam removal mod. :D
 
john-e89 said:
Popped a new alternator on and rebuilt the disa valve, which bizarrely the pin was still tight after just passing 100k but had too much play in the flap and was also missing the main sealing 'o' ring so drawing air in past the MAF making it pink like a bitch. All sorted now, running lovely and smoothly, although I've lost some amusing induction roar. Hey well just have to do the foam removal mod. :D

That's a lot less hassle than your engine eating the disa valve John :o
Rob
 
Smartbear said:
john-e89 said:
Popped a new alternator on and rebuilt the disa valve, which bizarrely the pin was still tight after just passing 100k but had too much play in the flap and was also missing the main sealing 'o' ring so drawing air in past the MAF making it pink like a bitch. All sorted now, running lovely and smoothly, although I've lost some amusing induction roar. Hey well just have to do the foam removal mod. :D

That's a lot less hassle than your engine eating the disa valve John :o
Rob

Indeed Rob, it's an easy job well worth doing. What's not so easy is fishing a dropped screwdriver out from the undertray, ask me how I know..... :roll:
 
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