Newbie with a Z3

[Matt Barnes]

Afternoon all !!.. I have (or rather my missus has but I do the work!).. a 1999 Z3 "Individual" in Fiji Green...done a few jobs, discs and brakes are up next but I've noticed the sills are on their way out..anyway here's the car !!

 

[t-tony]

Hi Matt, welcome from me near Lincoln. The sills may be repairable but they are still available from the Dealers if not. Fiji is a great colour for an Individual. Where are you located please?

Tony.

 

[Matt Barnes]

so this is the offside sill....

 

[Matt Barnes]

Hi Matt, welcome from me near Lincoln. The sills may be repairable but they are still available from the Dealers if not. Fiji is a great colour for an Individual. Where are you located please?

Tony.

Hi Tony !!! thanks for the reply !.. I'm from Portsmouth,..yeah I've seen the sill linings and everything else unbolts..not sure if the sills are too far gone to repair locally, they were an advisory last year..

 

[t-tony]

Looks like it’s had it’s day then mate, however the inner sills hopefully will be in better condition. There’s been a few threads about sill replacement lately so you will find some info. One good thing about a Z4, you don’t have this worry.

Tony.

 

[t-tony]

Hi Tony !!! thanks for the reply !.. I'm from Portsmouth,..yeah I've seen the sill linings and everything else unbolts..not sure if the sills are too far gone to repair locally, they were an advisory last year..

The outer sills are not a testable item Matt, so an advisory is unfair unless they were just making you aware of it. The inner sills are the structural part of the side of the car, the outer is just “bodywork”.

Tony.

 

[Matt Barnes]

cheers Tony...I've seen replacement sills for about 130 quid...but I'm no welder !!

 

[Matt Barnes]

The outer sills are not a testable item Matt, so an advisory is unfair unless they were just making you aware of it. The inner sills are the structural part of the side of the car, the outer is just “bodywork”.

Tony.

Thanks mate..yeah to be fair the advisory did say it wasn't a structural weakness

 

[Matt Barnes]

other little jobs were to replace the cracked centre console and switch plate..managed to glue the rear window back in by sandwiching the plastic between the stitching as it's the stitched type not the zipped type

 

[t-tony]

cheers Tony...I've seen replacement sills for about 130 quid...but I'm no welder !!

That doesn’t matter mate ALL the outer panels are “bolt on” so you can get them painted and fit them yourself.

Tony.

 

[Matt Barnes]

really??...wow that's brilliant..cheers mate

 

[Matt Barnes]

That doesn’t matter mate ALL the outer panels are “bolt on” so you can get them painted and fit them yourself.

Tony.

really??...that's brilliant cheers mate!

 

[Matt Barnes]

That doesn’t matter mate ALL the outer panels are “bolt on” so you can get them painted and fit them yourself.

Tony.

ooo sorry mate I meant the box section UNDER the green sill cover...that's welded, no?..as that's what is going...

 

[t-tony]

Quite often they’re like that, but when cleaned of the surface rust and treated with appropriate products they are sound. I’ll try to find some threads and post links later.

Tony.

 

[Matt Barnes]

Quite often they’re like that, but when cleaned of the surface rust and treated with appropriate products they are sound. I’ll try to find some threads and post links later.

Tony.

brilliant thanks for you help !

 

[andyglym]

to the forum from West Cumbria.

 

[Jjim]

Hi, welcome from Mansfield

Love the Fiji editions. Is it a 1.9 or 2.8?

 

[Matt Barnes]

Hi, welcome from Mansfield

Love the Fiji editions. Is it a 1.9 or 2.8?

1.9 mate...loads of jobs..brakes, brake pipes, new exhaust..but above the wheel arches she's great and engine bay very clean

 

[Jjim]

Sounds like a great project

 

[Stevo7682]

Hi and welcome from me in Scotland .