Z3 Hardtop
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Fermat said:Hello
Yes, I know this is the Z4 forum (I do have one of those)
Just wondering is anyone might have any suggestions as to where I might source a Z3 hardtop, or have any suggestions as to the best Z3 forum to poke around in.
Thank you!
Hi, the hardtops themselves aren’t difficult to come by, it’s the mounting brackets that are like rocking horse sh*t!
At the front it’s just a couple of screws, it’s the brackets at the rear that are the problem, bmw stopped making them years ago & the z3 never had them fitted as standard.
Just keep an eye on eBay/z3roadster.org etc and save a big pile of money up
Rob
Smartbear said:Hi, thehardtops themselves aren’t difficult to come by, it’s the mounting brackets that are like rocking horse sh*t!
At the front it’s just a couple of screws, it’s the brackets at the rear that are the problem, bmw stopped making them years ago & the z3 never had them fitted as standard.
Just keep an eye on eBay/z3roadster.org etc and save a big pile of money up
Rob
Hello Rob
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
In our case the mounting kit shouldn't be an issue because the Z3 already has a hard top fitted, including the rear demister. The issue is that the seals on the existing roof are pretty much shot, and the seals are not a part in their own right that you can get hold of or order. The car has a tendency to leak when it rains hard, and it is never used to do that in the early days. I have been looking on eBay and they run to £800 to £1k ish, and I think the z3roadster site is dead isn't it?
So, in order to keep the rain out, the only thing to try is to replace the hard top, or the seals for the hard top (from another hard top), and redo all the window alignments. It is a completely pointless exercise from an economic point of view, but to keep the lovely little car, we have little choice.
Failing that, it would be a case of trying to find someone to make up a set of seals, but I would have no idea where to start with that. Any ideas?
Thanks
The Zroadster forum is still going strong:
https://zroadster.org/forums/
https://zroadster.org/forums/
srhutch said:
I haven't actually. Sorry, not a huge car tinkerer generally, but sort of starting to need to be if I want to hang on to a Z3 and Z4, as they are not new cars anymore.
The garage that looked at the Z3 for me (after I gave up trying to resolve the issue myself) are of the opinion that the windows have been repeatedly been adjusted incorrectly (by former servicing garage) in an attempt to maintain the water seal. The result of that is that the roof seals have been bent out of shape over time, for want of a better explanation.
It seems that BMW have never made the hard top roof seals as a part, and therefore the only source of the roof seals would appear to be another roof with better seals, unless I can find someone who will make up new seals from scratch.
Fermat said:Hello
Yes, I know this is the Z4 forum (I do have one of those)
Just wondering is anyone might have any suggestions as to where I might source a Z3 hardtop, or have any suggestions as to the best Z3 forum to poke around in.
Thank you!
Found this,..
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/790666164617328/