Gookah's Progress Journal

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and the remotes can be pressed without lifting the armrest .

How does that work then?

 

[gookah]

I can curl my finger underneath and press the relevant buttons

 

[David]

I can curl my finger underneath and press the relevant buttons

Smut.

 

[Sir Percival]

I keep a tiny well trained primate inside my glove box, to work my remotes, curling my finger round got too tiring.

 

[g8jka]

Any other updates? I'm sure you have done more than this

 

[gookah]

wait....Patience is a virtue

 

[gookah]

So I decided to fit some Daytime Running Lights, but was spoiled for ideas.
This one started off a possibility but stuck out a bit far so was scrapped:

So I decided on some of these "eagle eyes" instead

Originally I fitted two per side in the blanking plate by the fog light,

They were bright , even in daytime as can be seen here:

Anyway my son G8JKA copied me.... but fitted 3 per side and made his flush, so I was not happy..
But, after stripping them apart and fitting them flush, mine are now like that too....

 

[gookah]

This was another purchase:

Not the photobombing dog, but this:

complete with senders and Prosport guages, Volts, Oil temp and pressure.

I decided to carbon wrap but this time in a brighter blue than before.

I think I will roll this colour out to steering wheel tabs and the door trim.

 

[gookah]

Onto the gauges, and more importantly sensors, fitting is not without issues.

Oil pressure sensor just fits into a tee, branched off the oil filter housing

However with the oil temperature, when fitted in the tee, it means it sits in cold static oil, and its much the same problem if its in place of the sump plug, that also reads colder than normal so I thought I would experiment

This involved buying a cheap (£15) filter housing:

and being able to see where it would be best placed to fit the temp sensor so its in flowing oil.
Incidentally there is already a temperature sensor in place in the housing

but that is already used for ECU reasons,

but it gave me a pointer as to where else would be good.

So I drilled and tapped a 1/8 bsp hole to mount it...

Tested and all working:

Now I just have to find some time to fit it.. the console is in, but not the filter housing as of yet..

 

[gookah]

Speaking of photo bombing. the dog checked this new purchase over as well:

 

[g8jka]

Shall I bring my car round so you can get some more ideas to copy You need another layer of tint film over the DRL's to make them more invisible, I used 2 on mine.

Them gauges would look nice in my car.

 

[gookah]

I have just bought a darker tint film and will do the fog lights too

 

[Rha]

Glad I'm not trying to keep up with you two, even being retired I just wouldn't have the time. Two real nice cars (Z3s) but what about doing something to that Z4???????.

Roy.

 

[g8jka]

what about doing something to that Z4???????.

I keep telling him to get rid of it for another Z3

 

[t-tony]

I keep telling him to get rid of it for another Z3

Well you're obviously talking to the wrong person Dave

Tony.

 

[gookah]

but what about doing something to that Z4???????.

Roy.

Well it's funny you should say that. The missus signed up to do a journal about it, but its not really her cup of tea, So I will do a thread in the near future....

 

[t-tony]

I keep a tiny well trained primate inside my glove box, to work my remotes, curling my finger round got too tiring.

I thought he was working on the new series of the Grand Tour. . . . . . .

Tony.

 

[5harp3y]

great update!

Massive console envy!

 

[Dino D]

I love/hate these updates. Love seeing what can be done, hate the fact it make me think mmm...something else to do!

Amazing Z’s, love it!

 

[g8jka]

New number plates?