What have you done to your car today?

I finished off the stainless braided hose fitment with fresh brake fluid and whilst the wheels were off took the opportunity to give them a good clean and inspection. Considering that they were refurbished about ten years ago they have stood up remarkably well, although to be fair they have never been out on gritted roads and probably only seen the rain a handful of times :D

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Ewazix said:
I finished off the stainless braided hose fitment
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Same make lines as I used :thumbsup: Wheels looking good and would like to see more of the Laverda
 
1536Z4 said:
Ewazix said:
I finished off the stainless braided hose fitment
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Same make lines as I used :thumbsup: Wheels looking good and would like to see more of the Laverda
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There you go, it's was my lock-down project. A rare 1971 750 sf cross-over model in factory spec' with the earlier 'camel back' tank and anti-social pipes, plus the sf upgrades including Ceriani suspension and monstrous magnesium race-spec drums.... great care is required in the wet! :lol:
It had one owner for 45 years before being restored and toured on by the owner's club chairman, then I bought it and have been fettling/detailing it between rides. I think There may be 5 or 6 on the road in the UK. I cannot believe how few people, including 'bikers' don't know what a Laverda is (was), particularly since the 750 cleaned up in endurance racing for several years and the Jota was the fastest production bike in the world for some time. They were fairly rare TBF, expensive and exotic at the time.Somerset moors Jul21c1.jpg
 
The passenger door has never unlocked since buying the car, so spent the afternoon either rummaging inside the passenger door or upside down in the passenger footwell trying to debug it. The previous owner informed me the previous to them owner had disabled the passenger door from unlocking, wasn't clear if that was a physical cut or just software coding. I believe it's coded to unlock the passenger door on single unlock press of the key (easy entry), so should work but it doesn't.

I'd ordered a replacement lock but on testing it before ripping the old one out of the door it also doesn't unlock so now suspecting an electrical issue. Traced all the wiring from lock to GM5 module and verified the pins are in the right locations / wires have continuity.

Now pretty sure the relays in the GM5 are failing, so getting that fixed is likely the next job. Forum history has been fantastically helpful as always, especially when upside down in the footwell :rofl:

Also (retro)fitted the passenger cup holder. Guess which muppet ordered one on ebay without really checking which side of the car it was for. Driver's side now on order… :headbang:
 
caius said:
Now pretty sure the relays in the GM5 are failing, so getting that fixed is likely the next job. Forum history has been fantastically helpful as always, especially when upside down in the footwell :rofl:
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I've done a couple of these, fingers like ET come in handy as well :lol:

https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=102586&hilit=GM5
 
Ewazix said:
I've done a couple of these, fingers like ET come in handy as well
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Oh ace, thanks. I must admit I got into quite a nice position upside down in the footwell, having done a cycle sportive this morning it was quite nice not being on my feet for a while :rofl:
 
I finished a 2-day HPDE class at Nelson Ledges track in OH. I learned a ton about myself an my 2007 3.0si. This was only my second HPDE (first at Mid Ohio in 2019) and I know that I need to spend money on track time way before considering upgrades of any sort.
 
Another day another roof motor moved- still find it bonkers that at some point someone has paid good money to fix this issue, then put the motor back in the place that caused the issue in the first place?!?!?

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Front disks and pads, number plate plinth delete, satin sill-stripe-decal-thingies (MPower stickers ommited of course), and satin black wrapped A pillars.

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Fitted an aftermarket radio, way easier than I was expecting having done it in a e87 previously.

Then retrofitted the drivers cupholder, after I ordered the correct one this time :oops:
 
Fitted new weather strips to the bottom of each door, put new fixing clips onto the Aero's as they're only 1 time use and the ones from when we did the swap were originals. Also bought another lock clip for the battery cover in the boot, I got 3 as they were missing then another went missing xD Went to BMW to pick up new BMW emblems for the indicators and boot.

Also took my Supra to Pro-Tyre to get one of my tyres plugged as I'm sure some asshat screwed a large torque screw into it. If it wasn't such a large headed one it could have been a lot worse >:( They plugged it though, saves new Pilot Super Sports being needed on the front.
 
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