What have you done to your car today?

[Jamie25]

actually, it only bothered me after 5k+ rpm
I thought it was more noise than pleasure in my ears, so put back the one nearer to the engine.
had a quick blast afterwards and all is right with the world!!

Might just be me but it seems to be more related to throttle position than rev counter position. Either way when pressing on it's LOUD.

 

[Jl-c]

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On a side note, if anyone wants some 225/45/17 Vreds let me know. 2 with 6mm tread, 1with 5mm & 1 with 4mm, all 2013 date. 103 daisies are probably best scrapped. I think I was sold a pup with these but you live & learn :| .

Nice new wheels but why are the daisies best scraped? No good as a track wheel/tyre?

When I had the Vreds put on them I was told the wheels didn't quite run true. There's a fair amount of balance weights on a couple of them but I've not noticed any issues whilst driving tbh. The finish looks nice from a distance but is failing for some reason, sort of crazing:
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now, I could be wrong but wasn't it daisies that I bought from you recently?

 

[oldgitdave]

Nice new wheels but why are the daisies best scraped? No good as a track wheel/tyre?

When I had the Vreds put on them I was told the wheels didn't quite run true. There's a fair amount of balance weights on a couple of them but I've not noticed any issues whilst driving tbh. The finish looks nice from a distance but is failing for some reason, sort of crazing:
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now, I could be wrong but wasn't it daisies that I bought from you recently?

Yes it was Jonathan, they were the original's. I bought these ones because they were shadow chrome colour that I liked at the time. I've now switched to 18" MV3'S that I've always fancied.

 

[Jl-c]

Ahhh !

 

[Spaniarduk]

Taxed it and drove it,
Was bored of waiting for the first of March, it's mild and dry so why not?

Getting back in a car with a fairly big engine is always a novelty after living with my daily driver over the winter, the shove in 3rd is lovely.

Good for you! I envy you a little - I was really tempted to do the same yesterday, but didn't. I realised during the course of today rhat there's still quite a bit of salt on the motorways in my area,.so that sort of made me think I should still wait till March. Anal or what.... :?

 

[CHIMV8]

oil change and and half returned the sound generator in its previous state; with both foams out, hard accelerating was unbearable.
or I'm getting too old.

I put one back in yesterday,its all right having the sound inside, but you want that noise outside so all can hear,and yes its a bit much inside with hood up under acceleration

 

[MrPT]

Well today I battled removing my “old” number plates to be compliant with the spacing rule - well until after tomorrow’s retest anyway!

I only just realised that the place that repaired my front bumper must have taken my (acrylic) front number plate and have replaced it with a v much thinner aluminium backed plate - I didn’t know you could get them. The upshot is that although they fit really well with the amount of double sided tape on the back I struggled to budge it.

Do you reckon I can bend it back into shape to reuse or will I need to order another??

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You need to cut a thin sheet of plywood (or similar) to the same size as the plate and then hold the two tightly together while you gently flex the plate back into shape.

 

[ProfCJJ]

Well today I battled removing my “old” number plates to be compliant with the spacing rule - well until after tomorrow’s retest anyway!

I only just realised that the place that repaired my front bumper must have taken my (acrylic) front number plate and have replaced it with a v much thinner aluminium backed plate - I didn’t know you could get them. The upshot is that although they fit really well with the amount of double sided tape on the back I struggled to budge it.

Do you reckon I can bend it back into shape to reuse or will I need to order another??

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You need to cut a thin sheet of plywood (or similar) to the same size as the plate and then hold the two tightly together while you gently flex the plate back into shape.

Thanks - I was going to try something similar

 

[Jl-c]

I know it is after the event but if you saw through the pads with fishing line or that plastic banding they use on pallets you would have got it off without “ gorilla-ing it”

 

[Jamie25]

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Gave it a spring clean this afternoon.
Clay, Diamond White using my cheap no brand buffer then Collinite 427 (I think).
Still need to Milton and fabrasil/shoe polish the roof and sort the misty headlights. Gave them a go today with wet n dry but not enough me thinks.
Gave the engine bay it's first once over and the interior got some badly needed attention. Finally got around to cleaning my little boys fingerprints off the windows as well.
Didn't even touch the wheels as they'll hopefully get a full wheel off clean and some protection soon.

 

[ProfCJJ]

I know it is after the event but if you saw through the pads with fishing line or that plastic banding they use on pallets you would have got it off without “ gorilla-ing it”

I didn't have any to hand, I tried nylon chord (all I had) but it didn't have much effect - brute force after heating with a hair drier was plan B!

 

[MDUBZ]

MOT on Saturday and the car has been sitting around for 6 weeks; made sure the battery had a full charge on Saturday - it was given fresh rubber a few weeks ago so fingers crossed it should be all good. I let it warm up and then took it for a bit of a blast. Also used it on the commute this morning all in the interests of making sure the pipes were clear so it would have no trouble with emissions Also fitted a brodit proclip mount and attached a quad lock mount to it to serve as a phone holder.

I’d picked up a 13 MINI JCW which is was using for the commute hence not really using it much - fun little car but likes a sip of oil (within BMW tolerances) - having taken it out last night was genuinely quite excited to use the z4 this morning; it’s the earliest i’ve left the house in weeks - i’d forgotten how sweet that engine is..

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[Vijay]

Hi all,
Did anyone here get Dans' air scoops fitted; I'm having issues fitting it and was wondering if anyone could give me a steer...

 

[ben g]

Hi all,
Did anyone here get Dans' air scoops fitted; I'm having issues fitting it and was wondering if anyone could give me a steer...

Fitted mine years ago. Whats the issue you're having? I removed my front bumper to fit the scoop as it's much easier than trying to mess about through the kidney grille hole.

 

[Vijay]

yeah I'm messing about through the kidney grill hole!
I've photos with it fitted here - https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=109608&start=30
It's at an odd angle as I wanted all three holes flush to rubber so it would screw in firmly without gaps down the sides. As one can see, that's a fail, especially the top screw! How is yours angled?....

 

[ben g]

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yeah I'm messing about through the kidney grill hole!
I've photos with it fitted here - https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=109608&start=30
It's at an odd angle as I wanted all three holes flush to rubber so it would screw in firmly without gaps down the sides. As one can see, that's a fail, especially the top screw! How is yours angled?....

I've just removed mine this afternoon as the paint was flaking off, so I'm sanding and repainting it.

It was sitting correctly. Here's a photo from when I installed it.

 

[Vijay]

Thanks, does seem higher up than mine.
Can I ask: the third screwhole that is at the bottom as opposed to the two on the tab, how far is it from hole where the original pin went in for the OEM airscoop

 

[ben g]

I'm not sure, I'll check tomorrow when I refit the scoop and post some more photos of the screw locations

 

[Silverzedtom]

Thanks, does seem higher up than mine.
Can I ask: the third screwhole that is at the bottom as opposed to the two on the tab, how far is it from hole where the original pin went in for the OEM airscoop

Two pics of mine if that helps. It’s a tight fit, you’ll want a long pozi and a stubby too. Luckily I’m used to working on boilers so have about ten joints per finger :roll:

 

[Vijay]

Thanx Silverz, yes I have a stubby n long screwdriver,
@Ben would it be possible to take a picture of the holes you’ve removed the screws from; that may help as well!