What have you done to your car today?

[ARCS]

Removed the wiper arms and scuttle panel. Rubbed down and resprayed the wiper arms with a few coats of satin black (they look brand new again). Gave the scuttle panel a coat of Gtechniq to take away the faded grey look. It too looks brand new again.

 

[z4too4]

Removed the wiper arms and scuttle panel. Rubbed down and resprayed the wiper arms with a few coats of satin black (they look brand new again). Gave the scuttle panel a coat of Gtechniq to take away the faded grey look. It too looks brand new again.

Nice, mine shows signs of deterioration as does the mirror trim. Is it a big job to remove?

 

[LittleZ4]

Yep... If you haven't done it... do it

I haven't! I need to read up on it (again) I did research it before but I've forgotten ha. Is it something I can do on my drive easy enough or do I need to get my garage owning friend to do it on on of his lifts?

Lifts will definitely make it easier. You could do it on the drive though, really quick job, we barely lost any fluid when mine was done. Worthwhile mod!!

 

[ARCS]

Removed the wiper arms and scuttle panel. Rubbed down and resprayed the wiper arms with a few coats of satin black (they look brand new again). Gave the scuttle panel a coat of Gtechniq to take away the faded grey look. It too looks brand new again.

Nice, mine shows signs of deterioration as does the mirror trim. Is it a big job to remove?

Simple. Wiper arms off and pop a couple of clips. It was very grey looking but I forgot to take a before pic.

 

[z4too4]

Removed the wiper arms and scuttle panel. Rubbed down and resprayed the wiper arms with a few coats of satin black (they look brand new again). Gave the scuttle panel a coat of Gtechniq to take away the faded grey look. It too looks brand new again.

Nice, mine shows signs of deterioration as does the mirror trim. Is it a big job to remove?

Simple. Wiper arms off and pop a couple of clips. It was very grey looking but I forgot to take a before pic.

Cool. Thanks!

 

[thanatu55]

Got my new splitter to replace the battered and broken one currently attached to my Zed...

I hope this one lasts longer !!

 

[adam04]

adam04, can you provide the brand of paint and color you used for your calipers? Excellent color match!! Thanks.

It was from euro car parts. Im away at the minute but will try and find a link and drop you a PM.

 

[wyshyvanuk]

Thank you, sir!!

 

[BSVA]

Today I replaced the coolant temperature sensor.

 

[z4too4]

A few small dents on the Z need seeing to.
First off, one of the previous owners must have crammed the boot and having no liner protection, the skin took the brunt in a couple of places.




Progress...


Not perfect, but much, much better. Time to quit this one while I am ahead.

 

[thanatu55]

Carbon leather roll bar covers.... they're a b***h to do, a lot harder than they look !!

They're not perfect, but they'll do.

 

[IAmOrion]

Carbon leather roll bar covers.... they're a b***h to do, a lot harder than they look !!
They're not perfect, but they'll do.

They look good to me! What glue did you opt for?

 

[thanatu55]

Carbon leather roll bar covers.... they're a b***h to do, a lot harder than they look !!
They're not perfect, but they'll do.

They look good to me! What glue did you opt for?

I used the Q-bond, nothing else seems to work with this material. That E6000 stuff was useless!

Getting everything to line up wasn't so easy so once you get it where you want it you need something thats going to cure quickly and hold tight. I think the carbon leather is thicker and allows you to rip off and re position without going too crusty.

 

[Z4 COUPSTER]

Carbon leather roll bar covers.... they're a b***h to do, a lot harder than they look !!
They're not perfect, but they'll do.

They look good to me! What glue did you opt for?

I used the Q-bond, nothing else seems to work with this material. That E6000 stuff was useless!

Getting everything to line up wasn't so easy so once you get it where you want it you need something thats going to cure quickly and hold tight. I think the carbon leather is thicker and allows you to rip off and re position without going too crusty.

look sweet! There's the grill question answered me thinks. Stick with the theme.


D

 

[Z4 COUPSTER]

Enquired about a remap for the coupe. I know a man that can. I'll keep you updated.
D

 

[thanatu55]

They look good to me! What glue did you opt for?

I used the Q-bond, nothing else seems to work with this material. That E6000 stuff was useless!

Getting everything to line up wasn't so easy so once you get it where you want it you need something thats going to cure quickly and hold tight. I think the carbon leather is thicker and allows you to rip off and re position without going too crusty.

look sweet! There's the grill question answered me thinks. Stick with the theme.


D

Haha typical me working on the next job before finishing the last, the theme is good... it's worked for me so far anyway

 

[IAmOrion]

I used the Q-bond, nothing else seems to work with this material. That E6000 stuff was useless!

Getting everything to line up wasn't so easy so once you get it where you want it you need something thats going to cure quickly and hold tight. I think the carbon leather is thicker and allows you to rip off and re position without going too crusty.

Interesting, the Q-Bond was useless for me on the handbrake leather, I had to use the E-6000... although I also needed to repair my MFSW trim, in which the E-6000 was completely useless, and the Q-Bond with powder was king lol

 

[Mr Tidy]

Fitted the 295 wheels I bought a couple of weeks ago from a true gent on the forum.

Thanks also to Chris999 who got the previous set and the input he got from mr wilks, which helped persuade me!

They've certainly improved the stance at the front! (Even if it was a 350 mile round-trip to pick them up).

 

[ARCS]

Fitted new badges to the original centre caps so I can get rid of the cheapy ones currently fitted.

 

[thanatu55]

Rain stopped just long enough for me to refit these bad boys