Aaron MacQ
Zorg Guru (I)
So, another update.
With parts starting to use up a bit too much floor space in the office, I took the opportunity on a dry afternoon to have a poke around in the arches and examine the sills a bit more closely.
With my other cars in winter hibernation, I'm stuck in the drive, but at least i can let the power hose loose.
First up, off with the wheels. They're heading off for a refurb in a brighter silver finish anyway. First impressions, not bad. Bit dirty, but the arch lips look fine. Just those sills.... concerned.....
So, let's get the arch liners off..... oh dear,, loads of dirt and the inside of the sill really not looking great.....
I gave the sill a little wiggle and it started to break apart.....
Ok, so lets look past the sills for now....
Out came the power hose with a Citrus foam, quick clean up....Everything else looks great actually, no chassis corrosion anywhere. Even the rear springs are in great condition with just slight paint flaking at the bottom. Never mind about that, they'll not be staying there much longer anyway.
Next up, I asked my dad to drop the spare wheel out, so we could clean that up too. 10 mins later, still not out.... Ok, my turn.... oh look and nice little guide on the boot floor flappy thing. Yes, it helps to start on point 1, rather than point 9..... hehe. Anyway, down it came and quite clear it's never been used. Again, nothing nasty, just dirt so that got cleaned up.
Ding dong.... the postman arrived with more treats.... great I thought. Oh, it's the wheel centers and the recon'd front calipers.
The calipers look grand tho we'll be painting them before fitting.
Lets have a look at these 'genuine' wheel centers..... eh, NO!
So much for this ebay special offer, as these are cheap knock-offs at just under OEM prices in cheap packets with some rather lazy quality labels with the OEM part number code printed on them. Sorry BMW, I shouldn't have strayed, but it was 2am when I ordered them and you weren't open! Lesson learnt, and back these pieces of crap go.
So, on to the front wheel.... off with the liner.... lol. Look how much dirt has gathered!
In saying that, hardly anything too nasty going on, so cleaned up and moved on....
Over to the other side....
With all 4 arches stripped of their dirt and liners, and now wearing my wifes F20 18" rims (as she still on her Winters), I gave it a quick rinse and another coat of aqua wax as i'm trying to build up as much weather protection as possible. All done for the day and my dad headed home with the wheels which should be back with us early next week.
Btw, the F20 rims look awesome on a Z and the huge offset is perfect to avoid any fitment issues!
It was dark by the time I was tidying up so didn't get a photo, but will grab a few tomorrow..
If the weathers looking promising for Feb (haven't checked), then I'm hoping to pull the cover of one of these which will give me some garage space to start the real work on the Z.
Final act for the day was to pull the trigger on some HEL brake and clutch lines. With the new brake disks and calipers looking so good on the office floor, the boring black rubber hoses just didn't look like they should make the cut.
With parts starting to use up a bit too much floor space in the office, I took the opportunity on a dry afternoon to have a poke around in the arches and examine the sills a bit more closely.
With my other cars in winter hibernation, I'm stuck in the drive, but at least i can let the power hose loose.
First up, off with the wheels. They're heading off for a refurb in a brighter silver finish anyway. First impressions, not bad. Bit dirty, but the arch lips look fine. Just those sills.... concerned.....
So, let's get the arch liners off..... oh dear,, loads of dirt and the inside of the sill really not looking great.....
I gave the sill a little wiggle and it started to break apart.....
Ok, so lets look past the sills for now....
Out came the power hose with a Citrus foam, quick clean up....Everything else looks great actually, no chassis corrosion anywhere. Even the rear springs are in great condition with just slight paint flaking at the bottom. Never mind about that, they'll not be staying there much longer anyway.
Next up, I asked my dad to drop the spare wheel out, so we could clean that up too. 10 mins later, still not out.... Ok, my turn.... oh look and nice little guide on the boot floor flappy thing. Yes, it helps to start on point 1, rather than point 9..... hehe. Anyway, down it came and quite clear it's never been used. Again, nothing nasty, just dirt so that got cleaned up.
Ding dong.... the postman arrived with more treats.... great I thought. Oh, it's the wheel centers and the recon'd front calipers.
The calipers look grand tho we'll be painting them before fitting.
Lets have a look at these 'genuine' wheel centers..... eh, NO!
So much for this ebay special offer, as these are cheap knock-offs at just under OEM prices in cheap packets with some rather lazy quality labels with the OEM part number code printed on them. Sorry BMW, I shouldn't have strayed, but it was 2am when I ordered them and you weren't open! Lesson learnt, and back these pieces of crap go.
So, on to the front wheel.... off with the liner.... lol. Look how much dirt has gathered!
In saying that, hardly anything too nasty going on, so cleaned up and moved on....
Over to the other side....
With all 4 arches stripped of their dirt and liners, and now wearing my wifes F20 18" rims (as she still on her Winters), I gave it a quick rinse and another coat of aqua wax as i'm trying to build up as much weather protection as possible. All done for the day and my dad headed home with the wheels which should be back with us early next week.
Btw, the F20 rims look awesome on a Z and the huge offset is perfect to avoid any fitment issues!
It was dark by the time I was tidying up so didn't get a photo, but will grab a few tomorrow..
If the weathers looking promising for Feb (haven't checked), then I'm hoping to pull the cover of one of these which will give me some garage space to start the real work on the Z.
Final act for the day was to pull the trigger on some HEL brake and clutch lines. With the new brake disks and calipers looking so good on the office floor, the boring black rubber hoses just didn't look like they should make the cut.
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, but we'll end up somewhere in between...
