What have you done to your car today?

[patriot66]

Having never detailed a car and only previously washing it with a bucket of soapy water and a sponge, today it had the full treatment.

With a kind offer from Patriot the whole car has been cleaned all over. Roof, engine bay, wheels off, arches, interior, paintwork cleaned treated and waxed. Car looks amazing and all ready for next week. Picked up some great tips on techniques and products to use. Thanks So for all your help and hard work. Top bloke. Will get more pics tomato

Looks the dogs mate ! No problem, it was my pleasure.

 

[patriot66]

Switched to black alloys & tried out a short front plate then drove it some more

Nice ! Have you got a bigger photo so we can see the alloys? I like a black alloy !

This do ?

Ooh yes ! Very nice. I DO like those !

 

[Silverzedtom]

Got my Wiechers sport Racingline strut brace fitted today . Nice to have something shiny under the bonnet :roll:

 

[Steve84N]

Can you still open the oil filler cap? I have the same brace but in the M version that bends towards the back of the engine bay so it doesn't go over the cap.

 

[markeg]

This do ?

Welcome to the red on black roadster club, Mr W Very select group, think there's only me, you and Marlon in it....

Which alloys did you go for?

 

[mr wilks]

This do ?

Welcome to the red on black roadster club, Mr W Very select group, think there's only me, you and Marlon in it....

Which alloys did you go for?

Indeed it was yours & Marlon's red-black combo that lead me to try it myself :wink:
They were a shabby set of reps i picked up last year , stripped / powdercoated gloss black , tyred up with PS2s .
The gen csl,s will be back on when ive sorted some rear tyres then most likely sell this black set :roll:

 

[Silverzedtom]

Can you still open the oil filler cap? I have the same brace but in the M version that bends towards the back of the engine bay so it doesn't go over the cap.

I can indeed open the cap , I was expecting the cap to be covered completely as I've seen that most braces do cover it on z4's. I've got the 2.5si, I'm not sure if it would cover the other models as the covers may be slightly different. There's not much clearance at all above the cover, made to measure is an understatement.

I was surprised to see a reference to the e89 on the badge

 

[Ben-R]

Headlights were in much need of a refresh, was going to sand them and polish but thought I would have a quick go by hand with Meguiars Ultimate Conpound. Came up pretty well

From this


To this

 

[Steve84N]

Can you still open the oil filler cap? I have the same brace but in the M version that bends towards the back of the engine bay so it doesn't go over the cap.

I can indeed open the cap , I was expecting the cap to be covered completely as I've seen that most braces do cover it on z4's. I've got the 2.5si, I'm not sure if it would cover the other models as the covers may be slightly different. There's not much clearance at all above the cover, made to measure is an understatement.

I was surprised to see a reference to the e89 on the badge

That's good, I assumed it wouldn't so I liaised with them directly before buying the M version. Mine is the 3.0si but it's the same engine cover.

 

[1000rr]

Gave the interior good valet, cleaned and treated the seats with leather balm, and used a magic sponge on the aluminium trim to remove all marks and stains.

 

[Smartbear]

That's looking nice & sparkly 8)
Rob

 

[1000rr]

Cheers rob, just waiting for the treatments to dull as i hate shiney interiors.

 

[Smartbear]

Shiny badges on their way tomorrow Mr 1000rr 8)

Rob

 

[1000rr]

Thanks Rob!

 

[nick_l]

Bent bits removed, un bent bits on order. Black Betty will live to fight another day.

 

[Silverzedtom]

Bent bits removed, un bent bits on order. Black Betty will live to fight another day.

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Hope the rebuild goes smoothly
would have been a shame to hear it went to zed heaven.

 

[MJJamieson]

Went for MOT and to get alignment checked after my tinkering, Passed mot no problems and alignment was miles out, got realigned to M settings, not sure what difference is but feels a million percent better.

 

[Silverzedtom]

Having recently unwrapped a custom covers roof cover for my birthday I finally got a chance to pop it on for the first time earlier. Needs to settle down as it's probably been folded in its bag for months.

Although I can't sing it's praises in terms of durability etc it looks to be high quality and it took two minutes to fit first go.

 

[Any1else]

Washed the car and Renovo'd the roof. Fixed the wiper park position and also de-squeaked them when I had them off. Broke the compulsory clips on the wiper tray and dropped a plastic rivet down the engine bay .

Glue gun fixed the broken clips, ordered new rivets from ebay and some high-G cornering will shift the dropped rivet from the engine tray.

 

[Behr]

Fitted my new seats after a hot air gun shrinking and Meguiars cleaning session. They look a lot better and will suffice until a possible re-trim later this year.