Hello guys, my name is Faheem, I'm only 19 years old - so I'm probably a lot younger than the majority of the users on here. 
Ever since I was young I wanted a Z3 as I loved the look of the car. Dad owns an E36 and he has done for 16 odd years - my family does have a thing for old BMW's - and I'm proud to carry that tradition on!
When I passed my driving test I wanted a Z3 fast, I was looking at getting one with 160, 000 miles, fortunately dad found one with 62000 miles from new very, very cheap. I bought it! Best decision I've made so far!
Insurance is very expensive - I'm paying about £4500 (~$6000) a year on a car that I purchased for £2500!!
Since purchasing the car I've gone from knowing absolutely nothing about cars - to knowing an awful lot about them. Before I purchased my Zed I couldn't even identify the oil dipstick in the engine bay.
So far I've:
- Fixed my third brake light and the wiring loom in the boot
- Replaced both front control arms
- Changed both front brake pads
- Painted the headliner inside the car - which had started to flake paint
- Painted the mirror base (followed Dan's guide - long before I was a member here)
- Fixed some very minor surface rust on the O/S wheel arch - and unfortunately I was newbie so I made a slight mess of the paint work
- Fixed the issue of my leaky roof - used petroleum jelly on the rubber plugs and cleaned them out, then stuck a piece of rubber from a car mat to the roof itself.
- Installed a K&N Air Intake
- Fixed my MAF Sensor - contaminated by the K&N Air Intake
- Removed the K&N Air Intake
- Replaced all the cracked and perished vacuum tubes
- I've also driven 10000 miles in a year
- which I know I wouldn't have done had I got a Corsa!
- Seat bushings were replaced in the first week of me having the car - it was that bad.
I've paid to have all the brake pipes replaced - and for a new roof as mine was 19 years old (my car actually rolled off the factory a month after I was born - and somehow it looks better than I do) Everything else I've done to the car myself. I know there is a LOT of things I've forgotten to mention as I remember having a two page list of things I'd done to my car.... I can't find that list
What I've got left to do till she's perfect!
- Redye drivers side seat and steering wheel
- Get the car resprayed to fix even the tiniest imperfections (I can't stand imperfections in the paintwork lol).
- Fix the annoying issue where my boot refuses to lock. Initially when I got the car the third brake light didn't work, so I fixed the broken connections in the boot wiring loom - after fixing all the connections, the third brake light worked as did the light inside the boot and the central locking in the boot HOWEVER MY REMOTE LOCKING STOPPED WORKING. I had to disconnect a wire to get my remote locking back - this means that the boot doesn't lock unless I lock it manually.
- The interior dome light doesn't work when I open the drivers side door - it did when I bought the car - probably a bad sensor.
-There is also a nasty rattle from the back of the car, it's not the anti-roll bar links or the shock absorbers - hell I even took the spare tyre out to see if there was something that had fallen in there. It's a tiny 1.9 and I really, really hope it's not a subframe issue. Problem is that it is not from the rear right or left just generalised to the back of the car.
- ALSO THE SEATBELT IS LAZY!!
-The large puddle of water under my drivers carpet is unbearable, it kills me to think what damage it could be causing to the electrics and the chassis of the car, I got a towel to dry most of it when I removed the seat but there is still quite a significant amount there - not something I'm proud of....
I loved my Z3 so much that I had to buy another one as a project, so now I have two Z3's. Interesting fact: they are only two cars apart in terms of the VIN number - made in the same year - about 10 days apart if I recall correctly. The Z3 I bought as a project had to be towed to my house - this is because the clutch had been abused so much that the car wouldn't move, so far I've installed the clutch, attempted to fix the horrible paint job on it (looks like its been done with tip-ex)
Anyway - pictures of my Z3
^^ You can see my white project Z3 in the above photograph too.
So that's it from me, please help me with all my problems. And if you see me on the road flash your headlights continually at me.
Also never try and fit an E36 Strut brace in a Z3 as it may leave a dent on your bonnet.
Ever since I was young I wanted a Z3 as I loved the look of the car. Dad owns an E36 and he has done for 16 odd years - my family does have a thing for old BMW's - and I'm proud to carry that tradition on! When I passed my driving test I wanted a Z3 fast, I was looking at getting one with 160, 000 miles, fortunately dad found one with 62000 miles from new very, very cheap. I bought it! Best decision I've made so far!
Insurance is very expensive - I'm paying about £4500 (~$6000) a year on a car that I purchased for £2500!!
Since purchasing the car I've gone from knowing absolutely nothing about cars - to knowing an awful lot about them. Before I purchased my Zed I couldn't even identify the oil dipstick in the engine bay.
So far I've:
- Fixed my third brake light and the wiring loom in the boot
- Replaced both front control arms
- Changed both front brake pads
- Painted the headliner inside the car - which had started to flake paint
- Painted the mirror base (followed Dan's guide - long before I was a member here)
- Fixed some very minor surface rust on the O/S wheel arch - and unfortunately I was newbie so I made a slight mess of the paint work
- Fixed the issue of my leaky roof - used petroleum jelly on the rubber plugs and cleaned them out, then stuck a piece of rubber from a car mat to the roof itself.
- Installed a K&N Air Intake
- Fixed my MAF Sensor - contaminated by the K&N Air Intake
- Removed the K&N Air Intake
- Replaced all the cracked and perished vacuum tubes
- I've also driven 10000 miles in a year
- which I know I wouldn't have done had I got a Corsa!- Seat bushings were replaced in the first week of me having the car - it was that bad.
I've paid to have all the brake pipes replaced - and for a new roof as mine was 19 years old (my car actually rolled off the factory a month after I was born - and somehow it looks better than I do) Everything else I've done to the car myself. I know there is a LOT of things I've forgotten to mention as I remember having a two page list of things I'd done to my car.... I can't find that list
What I've got left to do till she's perfect!
- Redye drivers side seat and steering wheel
- Get the car resprayed to fix even the tiniest imperfections (I can't stand imperfections in the paintwork lol).
- Fix the annoying issue where my boot refuses to lock. Initially when I got the car the third brake light didn't work, so I fixed the broken connections in the boot wiring loom - after fixing all the connections, the third brake light worked as did the light inside the boot and the central locking in the boot HOWEVER MY REMOTE LOCKING STOPPED WORKING. I had to disconnect a wire to get my remote locking back - this means that the boot doesn't lock unless I lock it manually.
- The interior dome light doesn't work when I open the drivers side door - it did when I bought the car - probably a bad sensor.
-There is also a nasty rattle from the back of the car, it's not the anti-roll bar links or the shock absorbers - hell I even took the spare tyre out to see if there was something that had fallen in there. It's a tiny 1.9 and I really, really hope it's not a subframe issue. Problem is that it is not from the rear right or left just generalised to the back of the car.
- ALSO THE SEATBELT IS LAZY!!
-The large puddle of water under my drivers carpet is unbearable, it kills me to think what damage it could be causing to the electrics and the chassis of the car, I got a towel to dry most of it when I removed the seat but there is still quite a significant amount there - not something I'm proud of....
I loved my Z3 so much that I had to buy another one as a project, so now I have two Z3's. Interesting fact: they are only two cars apart in terms of the VIN number - made in the same year - about 10 days apart if I recall correctly. The Z3 I bought as a project had to be towed to my house - this is because the clutch had been abused so much that the car wouldn't move, so far I've installed the clutch, attempted to fix the horrible paint job on it (looks like its been done with tip-ex)
Anyway - pictures of my Z3
^^ You can see my white project Z3 in the above photograph too.
So that's it from me, please help me with all my problems. And if you see me on the road flash your headlights continually at me.
Also never try and fit an E36 Strut brace in a Z3 as it may leave a dent on your bonnet.
) of things I want to do and buy as most of us on here probably do. 
