I broke all my own rules...

[Dino D]

The little 1.8 sounds great with an induction kit - reminiscent of the good old Weber carbs noise.

Nice sound and makes it feel fast without actually going fast

 

[bombur]

The little 1.8 sounds great with an induction kit - reminiscent of the good old Weber carbs noise.

Nice sound and makes it feel fast without actually going fast

think I want an induction kit for my 2002 1.9 after reading this...good idea?

 

[AntStark]

Oh...do you have a link to one ?

 

[Alan Slade]

Hi Ant,
Welcome to the forum from us in Portchester, Hampshire.
Alan & Maxine

 

[Ian&Sue]

Hi Ant, from North Yorkshire.

Ian & Sue.

 

[AntStark]

Hi Alan and Maxine..I’ll give you a wave next time I go to Tesco. I am in Bishops Waltham

 

[t-tony]

think I want an induction kit for my 2002 1.9 after reading this...good idea?

As with everything, there’s for and against. Personally I like the noise they make, but then I am biased.

Tony.

 

[BillyB]

from Edinburgh

 

[Shelly]

 

[Nickskip]

....I bought a car..... sight unseen... from ebay... when I was lets just say "in no state to drive" .........but..... how glad I did!

Hi everyone, I'm Ant, a new south coast member and first time Z3 owner.

I was only looking for a cheap convertible for the summer. The idea was to have some fun in the sun and just sell it on. Unfortunately I seem to have developed an obsession with this car, I think in part due to this forum.

The Z is a year 2000 (Mnf late 1999) 1.8 in Titan Silver. Yes its the base, under powered, 4 pot but it was the only one I could get my 19 year old daughter insured on without a second mortgage. It still gives you a massive grin through the twisty bits.
On the positive side its only done 52k (300 miles last year), had just 3 owners and came with a stack of history, including all the old tax disks. That's usually a good sign

Here's the work done so far in my 4 weeks of ownership:-

1 - EML came on within the first day...here we go I thought! Fuel trim error. Actually it just turned out that the previous owner had replaced the vacuum hoses with ones that were too big. Quick fix with OEM ones, reset the code and its not come back. Always worth checking hoses before pulling sensors/MAF out.
2 - Replaced the top of the air box with a salvage part. Sure this is a design fault in the 4 pot as alot seem cracked where the resonator joins. Presume where they are accidently lent on. Worth removing the old sound deadening material if you are doing this too as mine had almost turned to dust and was flowing straight in to the engine.
3- New Avon ZV7s all round (As recommended on here). Made a lot of difference.
4 - Major service, oil flush and MOT at Halfrauds. Cheap way of getting the basics done I find. MOT passed with random advisories.
5 - The car came with the Business CD player which I will obviously keep, but swapped it out for a Pioneer SPH EVO62DAB. My son couldn't work out why the original CD player wouldn't pair with his phone.
6- Bought an genuine BMW wind deflector from ebay, very cheap by all accounts, but no extended Tenax bolts! Again I only read about those on here. They seem be discontinued at the BMW main stealers now so they came from Germany in the end
7 - Discovered over the past couple of weeks that the roof leaks at the A Pillars... again fixed thanks to some great advice on here. Loosened the grub screws on the roof clamps and tightened them up one rotation, then applied some GummiPfleger to the seals.
8 - Slow electric windows ... bit of silicon spray and a clean of the channels and they are happy again.

Tomorrows jobs

That slightly perished aerial grommet needs replacing.......now did I bookmark that "how to" thread?
I need to look for some Jack Pads. - all 4 of mine seem to be missing!

Ant

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Hi Ant, I am also a new member and live on the south coast Bognor Regis. Like you I bought a 1999 silver Z 3 it a 1.9 in need of some TLC but runs and drives great. It’s a 2 owner car with 74,000 miles on the clock but as I said needs some TLC. I love the car so much so I am on my way today to collect another one! So I will be selling the silver one soon if you know anyone who might be interested. I have attached some pictures of it as well as a couple of my new one, so excited

 

[Nodzed]

 

[mwpe]

Hi Ant and from Surrey.

 

[hard top]

Welcome on the forum @AntStark ....

 

[Mint]

Bit late but hi and from me too in Stafford.

 

[MartinJ]

I broke all my rules too. Bought my Artic Silver 1.9 on A very wet raining late evening in Winter. My son went to meet the owner who was dropping it off at the local train station. Son rang and said when I asked about it’ not so much as buying a car dad as a project. I think you have bought well.

 

[MisterP007]

Welcome from the Kent/Sussex border. There are no rules so long as the price was right. Great cars!