Bognor Lean-to Project

[RickyBobby]

Neither my original nor replacement boot lids had the engine size on. Nor my 1.9 actually. All pre-facelifts.

Did the engine size badges only start appearing on facelift cars?

All the facelift cars I've owned had the engine size badge - 1.9i, 2.2i and 3.0i.

Only 1 of the facelift cars I've owned had the engine size badge and with the paperwork for the car was an invoice from the supplying BMW dealer for the supply and fitment of said badge - not surprisingly it was a 2.8 badge.

 

[John_B]

 

[AntStark]

Removing badges from panels is best done with Carp braid, it's multi filament, whereas mono filament line will break easily when it heats up cutting through the adhesive tape. That doesn't happen with braid.

Tony.

Dental floss works ..especially if you don’t have any carp braid to hand

 

[Mazza]

Loads of effort but no further forward

Trying to remove all this bloody silicon that someone used is a nightmare !!

But how ever long it takes it has to be removed so I can get a good seal when I put the new butyl strip round.

 

[John_B]

I used Goo Gone if you're really stuck (excuse the pun) and need to try something else. It worked really well

Amazon.co.uk

 

[Mazza]

I need to be careful that I don't ruin the roof material with a solvent

 

[AntStark]

WD40 was quite good

 

[Mazza]

Day 5 cleaning this sh** off the back of the roof….

getting there but still some to remove … don’t want to take the chance of it leaking so making sure all the traces of the crap silicon sealant are removed before put the butyl strips on

I did notice that on RealOem the description is 15mm x 1.5mm which is quite thin … I have 20 x 2mm grey butyl which I thought was going to be too thin after seeing the crap that mine was smothered in… I’m sure most people put 6mm dia as they use on the doors but who knows what is. correct !!!!


I have cleaned the lower part of the roof

I know one person who will be impressed

And to treat it …..

and I also have a fabric sealant that I will treat it with as well before fitting it back to the car

 

[AntStark]

Clean, but don't seal it !

 

[Mazza]

Clean, but don't seal it !

why is that Ant. ???

 

[AntStark]

why is that Ant. ???

Restoring and waterproofing canvas roof

I’ve been a little quiet on here since joining a year ago. Acquired my Z3 a year ago and have done a number of jobs to recommission the car and in the process had some successes with products that I think are worth passing on to the community. Amongst those has been the use of Protex Canvas...

zroadster.org

Make up your own mind….” I know ..nothing”

 

[andyglym]

why is that Ant. ???

In short by applying the 'protector' you prevent water getting to the waterproof membrane which, in time, dries out, cracks and leaks. These roofs are not supposed to be 'proofed' by design. The rain keeps the waterproof membrane supple.

 

[Mazza]

A step forward today

Got the plastic bow set in….
used the grey butyl 20 x 2 mm, but used two layers ….
Put the first layer so it ran round the back of the car just level with the two drain holes either side …peeled off the backing and put another on top but left some longer lengths of backing.
Put the bow in place and put the 4 screws in just to locate the position…. ( checked every one of the other holes for alignment )
Then carefully pulled out the backing tape and from the centre working out pushed the bow onto the butyl strip…

To make it easier I used the kitchen roll holder with a new kitchen roll to support the butyl and moved it as I worked my way round … worked ok !!!!!

Enough left to do the same to the roof … once I work out where it needs to go

 

[Eddie Zedder]

once I work out where it needs to go

On your second picture you will see 2 faint lines above the holes, that's where the butyl goes.

 

[Althulas]

I zip tied my roof up from the metal bow to the frontso I could mount the frame to the body and nipped up the nuts without having the roof flapping around and was able to manage it by myself that way but far easier with a glamorous assistant or your brother at a pinch

 

[Mazza]

I thought the bow had to go in first before mounting the frame on the studs ???

 

[Althulas]

That’s how I did mine, I didn’t say it was the correct way

 

[Eddie Zedder]

If I remember correctly, frame bolts in first and tightened, fit the bow but leave the bolts loose, latch the catches at the front, then tighten the bow bolts starting at the centre and work outwards down both sides.

 

[Althulas]

That’s how I did mine. The front catches did fall a little long once all tightened up. You can buy the shims to space but a few spring washers did just a good a job.

 

[Althulas]

Just to clarify how I shimmed mine.