New to the forum and saying hi

[pgunter]

Efforts by its owner though. Pah!

Black is the fastest colour so has to be right.

Sorry to disagree. The fastest colour would have to be.....

 

[t-tony]

That's a lovely shade of pink .........................

Tony.

 

[Eddie Zedder]

Hello and

 

[t-tony]

per

Sorry to disagree. The fastest colour would have to be.....

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Nah mate, the fastest colour is,

They even tested it out on some of the last Z3's ................................ You ask @Shortie_gal and @swamper

Tony.

 

[Craig Giblett]

Estoril blue all the way... Although I do like space grey metallic and I'm a little biased towards it as my 2015 x5 is that colour!

 

[Barry78]

Black is the colour. ;-)



Fastest colour war started...jeesuz I'm outa here! Haha

 

[swamper]

per
Nah mate, the fastest colour is,
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They even tested it out on some of the last Z3's ................................ You ask @Shortie_gal and @swamper

Tony.

theres only one fast colour matey....

 

[t-tony]

Id forgotten that picture mate.

Tony.

 

[ZTec]

Hi and welcome from South Wales.

 

[Craig Giblett]

Some suspension porn as fitted including new wishbones and poly bushes.

 

[Redsheep]

Did you go for this for a sports set up?
I thought the b4 was Oem and half the price.

 

[Craig Giblett]

I went for the b12 set up yes. I've always liked bilstein as a brand and have used there b12 kit before on other cars and it transformed the handling so I decided to do the same with the z3 as the existing suspension probably would have coped with the lowering springs but decided it needed freshened up.

 

[Mint]

Hi @Craig Giblett, belated to the forum from me too in Staffordshire.

 

[Craig Giblett]

Afternoon all.

New to the forum but have been watching from afar for a couple of months now after purchasing a 2002 BMW Z3 Estoril blue 2.2 sport - you'll know it well as it was a previous forum members car SK02 FLY.

Its a bit of a convoluted story how I ended up buying but here were are with it…. thanks to my friend Barry who recently purchased a similar car and well I thought I'd dip my toe in the water so to speak too!

We have spent the last 6 weeks since purchasing the car addressing many an issue, in no particular order to date we have undertaken:

• Full inspection 1 & 2 service including water pump, thermostat, filters, fluids and belts change.
• Replaced crank sensors.
• Full overhaul of the braking system including new discs and pads all round. Replaced ABS sensors.
• New H & R lowering springs all round on Bilstein B12 sport shocks (b8's on front and b6's on rear). Mounts refurbished and bolts / gaskets replaced.
• Refurbished the 17" wheels with new boots on all corners, we even replaced / refurbished all the wheel bolts and removed locking wheel nuts as the car came without the locking nut - handy!
• Interior refurbishment including seats and steering wheel refurb, replaced gear knob with correct sport version, full cleaned, addressed issues with missing trim, clips and such like. Installed wind deflector c/w correct clips and fixings. Installed DAB / Bluetooth stereo, addressed issues with door seals (replaced) fully steam cleaned interior and new mats ordered….
• Removed the horrible chrome side vents and door handle trims and replaced vents with Estoril blue versions and cleaned up original door handles upon removing chrome trim.
• Refitted convertible hood properly as it hadn't been correctly refitted following a hard top removal, replaced missing trims, bolts and such like.
• Dechromed bonnet vents - gloss black, not sure I like as yet but we will see!
• New number plates.
• New BMW badges all round.
• Removed spare wheel frame / casing / spare wheel - as in my opinion it looks naff from behind. Plugged holes in boot floor with cut up spare wheel frame fixings.

Works planned / in progress:

• Rust rectification - the sill design manufactured by BMW is to be honest rubbish. Offside completely stripped back to bare metal, all rust removed (all wheel arch liners removed, jack points and deflector trims removed), prepared and treated to waxy oils finest primer, stone chip and underseal. Outer sill long past saving so replacements being sourced via BMW as to find good used versions is like finding a needle in a haystack….
• Rust rectification cont'd - nearside to be completed as above.
• Polybushing all round - on order, will end up being a winter project I think.
• Convertible roof replacement - work in progress as a potential replacement may have been found, will be replacing the roof seals as they have been gummed up with silicon!
• Full tracking and alignment.
• Cloudy headlight refurbishment - I've bought the refurbishment kit, just need to get round to doing it.
• Re MOT
• Dent and ding removal - local dent removal specialist lined up for early next week, I stopped counting at ten dents….
• Fully repaint car - winter 2016 / spring 2017.
• Stainless steel exhaust / forced induction kit - tbc when.
• Strut braces upper (front) and upper / lower (rear).

Bit of an update....

Decided to replace the wishbones, ball joints and drop links so they were changed over the weekend. Fitted poly bushes too.

Also managed to get the nearside outer sill panel off also and the inner sill and underside prep'd, treated and suitably protected, primed, undersealed and stone chipped. So now the bottom of the car looks tidy. Managed to get chassis rails and floors painted too.

New sills ordered late last week from BMW arriving tomorrow and ordered all new fixings for sills, jack pads, wheel arch liners and also ordered new trim panels that sit behind the rear Jack point in front of rear wheel arch liner as they were shot too!

Painter lined up also now to paint sills to get the car put back together and then it's off to get alignment and tracking done, MOT'd then to the painters for some cosmetic tlc....

Slowly but surely getting there!

 

[t-tony]

Always work in progress Craig, going to be good when you get the paint done.

Tony.

 

[Craig Giblett]

Ps thanks for all the welcomes to the forum and the positive comments received.

Hopefully I'll get car out for a couple of runs before its taken off the road for the winter!

 

[Craig Giblett]

Wee further update....

Sills arrived today along with new plastic trims and also purchased new 8mm self taping fixers too for liners from BMW....

Also managed to pick up a new roof too!

Roof will need to wait to be put on however until I've got the car back together after sill replacement.

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

Wee further update....

Sills arrived today along with new plastic trims and also purchased new 8mm self taping fixers too for liners from BMW....

Also managed to pick up a new roof too!

Roof will need to wait to be put on however until I've got the car back together after sill replacement.

That's not a 'new' new roof is it?

Would like to know the cost if it is.

 

[Craig Giblett]

That's not a 'new' new roof is it?

Would like to know the cost if it is.

It's not a new roof no.... Bought a good condition used roof which I managed to source online... Damage, tear, cut and worn stitching / fabric free!

 

[spurs fan in a coupe]

It's not a new roof no.... Bought a good condition used roof which I managed to source online... Damage, tear, cut and worn stitching / fabric free!

Sounds good, for a minute I thought you'd re-mortgaged your house!