What have you done to your car today?

Fred Smith said:
enuff_zed said:
Yes it sits fairly deep into the groove and there is a lot of sealant. It will work.

I am far from convinced that the hot water did much good... but it still soaking (cold now).... in the meantime, with a pen-knife, small screwdriver and gentle use of a car interior removal tool thing I got the second one apart dry in about an hour or an hour 15.
you have to work on them whilst they are hot and the sealant is soft
 
Fitted some new non M steering wheel trims bought from the forum, pleased with how it has turned out...
 

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SimonAW said:
Fitted some new non M steering wheel trims bought from the forum, pleased with how it has turned out...

Wow you didn't hang around, you were faster than the postage :rofl:

Looks great btw and goes really well with the alcantara :thumbsup:
 
Lol, yeah.. :D

Just need to pull off the cowling and see if the car is pre-wired, it's 56 plate 07, so unsure if it will be. Fingers crossed, but no biggie if not.
 
Fitted BC Racing BR coilovers on my Z4 last week. Am planning on lowing the car a little more today but that almost didn't happen; someone ran a red light and almost t-boned me at ~55mph :thumbsdown:
 
SimonAW said:
Lol, yeah.. :D

Just need to pull off the cowling and see if the car is pre-wired, it's 56 plate 07, so unsure if it will be. Fingers crossed, but no biggie if not.
Unlikely, only pre Sep 04 cars came with the full loom.
 
Zedebee said:
SimonAW said:
Lol, yeah.. :D

Just need to pull off the cowling and see if the car is pre-wired, it's 56 plate 07, so unsure if it will be. Fingers crossed, but no biggie if not.
Unlikely, only pre Sep 04 cars came with the full loom.

Just checked and mine is wired, so that’s a bonus.
 

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SimonAW said:
Zedebee said:
SimonAW said:
Lol, yeah.. :D

Just need to pull off the cowling and see if the car is pre-wired, it's 56 plate 07, so unsure if it will be. Fingers crossed, but no biggie if not.
Unlikely, only pre Sep 04 cars came with the full loom.

Just checked and mine is wired, so that’s a bonus.

That's lucky, I think I did read, that Colb said in facelift cars they started adding the wiring back in for the mfsw :thumbsup:
 
MFSW wiring should be in all Cars manufactured from October 2003
Previous to this to get MFSW to function you need a 2 wire modification from the Squib green plug to the LCM
 
Umfaan said:
MFSW wiring should be in all Cars manufactured from October 2003
Previous to this to get MFSW to function you need a 2 wire modification from the Squib green plug to the LCM
Good to know. Everyday is a school day.
 
Gents! Ripped out the absorbant foam, thanks for the tips by the way, live and learn!

Rust treated & protected the inside of both doors (even though there was no signs of any rust at all) Replaced with butyl foil panels and a layer of closed cell foam. Installed oem speakers from umfaan and connected to the tweeter line, easy as and it all works a treat. Huge difference! Car doors feel and sound heavier and the audio quality in the cabin has improved 10 fold.

While I was working a bloke rode up the street with a split in his tyre, I offered some tyre weld but said it probably wouldn't work (it didnt), he then begged for money and food, I made him a sandwhich and some water, refused him dosh and he drive off with a flat tyre having 5 fingered my jack, and leccy tape. No reward for kindness these days, geezers probably used it to nick one of my neighbours wheels I bet...

So I need to buy a new jack, as my radiator replacement has just arrived, current ones cracked and not leaking slow.. then will refill the coolant and bleed the system :thumbsup:
 

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TomK said:
Yeah, let me know how you get on, I've heard varying reports... I just have the ss race backbox now, standard everywhere else. Airbox makes a bit of a racket too mind so that probably didn't help.

Just remembered, my mate who had this exact exhaust set up (same OE cats, X-pipe & Cans) that Donny evening session we met at last April was out on track with no issues, so unless they've changed their criteria since I should be ok!
 
Fred Smith said:
STC_Zed said:
Removed the badges from the front wings for a cleaner look.

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I did that a week or two back, partly for the cleaner look and partly because they weren't on straight anyway (and the near side was an inch higher on the body than the drivers side!) Unluckily for me the paintwork was damaged under one of the badges.

I think mine were level (I didn’t check to be honest, I just dived into removing them and polishing the wings).

Annoying that you found some paint damage and under the badges - I found similar with my wife’s 330i when I debadged that. After removing them I had to polish the boot lid and refit the badges.
 
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