What have you done to your car today?

Got up ready to go to the Newlands Corner meet and looked out the window.

Car looked filthy - I couldn't take it like that, so out came the car wash kit!

Better late and clean than early and dirty - well with cars anyway! :lol:
 
Had to nip to collect my squeeze from Birmingham airport so spent the journey trying the multi adjustments on my new seats.....finally getting the perfect seating position. Hope the memory works as it took me about 50 miles to perfect that one
 
Sheared the bolt holding the front hub to the strut, yay! :headbang:

Found a replacement hub locally for £20 and a new bolt is £4 from BMW and is on order for later today, seemed a far smarter idea than mucking about with welding/drilling when I don't have the kit myself anyway. :rofl:
 
Number5 said:
Steve84N said:
Number5 said:
Blue sky so popped out for a few photos
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Why was the bridge closed?
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For planned maintenance, mainly at the Welsh End (Expansion Joints, Central barrier repairs and resurfacing patches)
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Good stuff. I don't know if you've noticed but the outside lane is much less of a bump over the expansion joint so it pays to be the quicker car! :rofl:
 
The severity of the bump depends on the weather temperature. You'll feel it more in the cold and Eastbound on the Wye bridge end.

It was too good an opportunity to miss, especially with the weather thrown in :D
 
Yesterday I sheared the bolt that holds the front hub to the strut... luckily it was loose enough by that point that I could knock the hub free from the strut.

Quick visit to the scrappy today and for £15 I have a replacement hub. Came off a car with lower miles than mine so the bearing should be in better condition hopefully, and I now also have a spare ABS sensor.

Got onto the rears too and my god, they needed doing! No rebound at all on one of the struts when off the car, and very little on the other. Incredibly easy to compress too, no wonder the rear end felt very crashy on bumps!

Going to do the rear trailing arm bushes and sway bar links/bushes at the weekend, then alignment Monday and I'll be happy

Left the car on stands for the week and borrowed my dads F10... after the Z4 it feels like you're up in the air captaining a boat! Very gentle over bumps, and being a 3 litre auto its totally effortless to drive.

Would I swap my Zed for a 5er? On yer bike! :poke: :rofl:
 
Travelled back from Bedfordshire at a decent rate - the front end looked suede !
I gave it a dose of bug cleaner and a quick wash down!
 
Soooooo my car doesn't have a CDV appaz.

Would've been nice to know that.

Anyway......new brakes and.....pads.........and sen.....sors.

Bored.

Got 155 out of her again.

I'm done.
 
Picked it up from TWG Automotive after an oil service, Inspection I, brake fluid and gearbox oil change - lovely!

Just the MOT to sort now.
 
Got mullered by a 140i on the bypasses' on my way home from work yesterday morning those things are rapid ,so my car got nothing done to it except a good talking to for being too slow :headbang: :topicclosed:
 
Changed transmission and rear differential oil. Royal Purple Sychromax for the transmission and Amsoil Severe Gear 75W90 for the diff. Test drive tomorrow!
 
So I decided today it was time for the zed's monthly scrub, switch the compressor on (karcher k2 compact), get about half way covered in foam. blows up. That nice burning smell filling the air, and its only been used for 3 hours max! emailing karcher now to see if they can sort it out, but what a load of rubbish!
Got it done to my cleaning standard (rough and ready) all the while remembering I much prefer hooning it than I do detailing.
But now ready for some scratch removal and waxing. Highly overdue because I've been putting it off since buying her in April!

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MV2s are still a bit dirty, but I almost forgot they were gloss black! I'm waiting an a nice set on BBS CH-r to take their place so I'm not too bothered about that, just glad I'll soon have to spend even less time having to clean my wheels!

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