1955Davidr
Zorg Addict
Glad to see you are still saving these beautiful cars, my MOT tester last week was extremely complimentary about your work on mine https://zroadster.org/threads/taffdaddys-2-2-schnitzel.39743/
Wow that was 4 years ago. The process we follow has changed quite a bit now. Every year we refine the process bit by bit.Glad to see you are still saving these beautiful cars, my MOT tester last week was extremely complimentary about your work on mine https://zroadster.org/threads/taffdaddys-2-2-schnitzel.39743/
Hi Peewee, the dampers are the same length between sport and non sport. Think this was something we looked at nearly 10 years go. The valving internally is what they use to control damper feel again I don't think the shocks actually differ between models something we also debunked years ago. For this build due to the unavailability of replacement sport springs we've gone with the readily available standard height spring and due to order times/costing we chose the Monroe shock. We prefer the Sachs shock but the prices can be wild and almost double the cost of buying Monroe, for a car that's only used on the public road Monroe are fine.Many thanks, good info.
A combination of standard dampers and struts (OEM or aftermarket) with refurbished Sport springs seems the way for me to go. I would assume that the reduced damping effect would not be noticed by most drivers and the 15mm reduced stroke to closure of no real concern (Sport springs are 15mm shorter and probably slightly stiffer that standard ones). The bump stops may get hit a bit more often that's all!
BMW have confirmed to me that Sports dampers and struts are available. Odd, because I thought they were no longer available a while ago. This would be an option, but price could rule it out compared with alternatives. I'm currently waiting on feedback from BMW on who their manufacturer is and dates they were made before committing either way.
Cheers,
oh wow. Please share more photos of your progress, that will be very testing. Bear in mind there’s always a way to remove things even what it looks like that.I am glad I found this thread. I have just taken on a 1998 Z3 that hasn't been looked after very well over the past, well, 16 years really.
Gave it an oil and filters change today, and a set of plugs, but it needs some work.
This thread is going to be an excellent guide to get me going
I'll attach a couple of pics to show you what I mean...View attachment 293917View attachment 293919View attachment 293921View attachment 293923
Thanks for the encouragement yeh its definately going to be a long term project, as I work away through the week and am heading to Cyprus next week for a fortnight.oh wow. Please share more photos of your progress, that will be very testing. Bear in mind there’s always a way to remove things even what it looks like that.
So far so good with that fitting. I’ve done a test drive and it’s holding fine. Need to book it in for its MOT now so will see what they say.Another great write up guys and first class work as usual.
@Lee be interested on an update on the brake pipe fittings you are using.
Stephen.
I was hoping you n Steve would know. But I guess looking at it logical, if they’re holding and not leaking they shouldn’t cause an issue.Unusual to see compression fittings on brake pipes, but, as long as they don't leak under a pressure test they can't fail them. Some would advise maybe?
Tony.
Thanks Steve. This is exactly what I needed. Back to the traditional flairs.I was with Tony never seen this type of fitment on brakes.
I have looked into it this is what the manual say regarding repair of metal pipes View attachment 293951
You may find a number of tester will look at them and just fail it as a unsuitable type of connection as it is not what they usually see on pretty much every car that is out there going way back.
Stephen.