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Oxford Green 3.0i Z3
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Now that is a clear reflection which equals a great buff job.
Read this thread front to back - interesting to see how I have a 3.0 and done almost exactly the same mods down to the fluids used for the trans and diff and the choice of wheels, same suspension and down to the Gateway adapter (mine minus the BT) and a few other things - I run no spacers - did you put 15 or 20mm in the end? Top notch - I wish mine looked that shiny though 
Long overdue update!
Due to spending alot of time working on the garden over the past year I didn't get too much time to work on my zed. Whilst my wife was awaiting delivery on a new car due in Septembershe was having to use my 1 series as her daily driver for roughly 6 weeks which meant I had to use the zed as my daily over the summer months which was fantastic. The new exhaust is perfect and I love driving the car even more! Once spring arrives I'll get her out of the garage and get some videos of the exhaust in actionl.
This is what I did manage to find the time to do:
- 15mm Rear Wheel Spacers
- Gearbox oil change using 2L of Red Line D4 ATF.
- LSD oil change using 2L of Castrol Syntrax Limited Slip 75W 140.
- Installed BMWP E81 1 series aluminium pedal covers. BMW don't supply official aluminium pedal covers for the Z3 but I noticed that the dimensions are identical to my 1 series pedals and that the performance pedal covers should fit, which they did.
- Install new fuel filter. Mann-Filter WK 532/1/
- New front bumper, number plate holder and new number plates. A colleague at work decided to accidentally reverse into my car which unfortuantely caused some damage. This resulted in BMW supplying, spraying and fitting a brand new front bumper which was annoying at the time but it looks so much better now.
- New stainless steel cat-back exhaust fabricated and installed by Fast Road Conversions. Their first exhaust sounded incredible but was very loud and amazing but it gave me a headache on the drive home which was a shame. I took it back down there a few days after and they played around with it and it now sounds incredible. It sounds exactly what it was meant to sound from the factory!
Due to spending alot of time working on the garden over the past year I didn't get too much time to work on my zed. Whilst my wife was awaiting delivery on a new car due in Septembershe was having to use my 1 series as her daily driver for roughly 6 weeks which meant I had to use the zed as my daily over the summer months which was fantastic. The new exhaust is perfect and I love driving the car even more! Once spring arrives I'll get her out of the garage and get some videos of the exhaust in actionl.
This is what I did manage to find the time to do:
- 15mm Rear Wheel Spacers
- Gearbox oil change using 2L of Red Line D4 ATF.
- LSD oil change using 2L of Castrol Syntrax Limited Slip 75W 140.
- Installed BMWP E81 1 series aluminium pedal covers. BMW don't supply official aluminium pedal covers for the Z3 but I noticed that the dimensions are identical to my 1 series pedals and that the performance pedal covers should fit, which they did.
- Install new fuel filter. Mann-Filter WK 532/1/
- New front bumper, number plate holder and new number plates. A colleague at work decided to accidentally reverse into my car which unfortuantely caused some damage. This resulted in BMW supplying, spraying and fitting a brand new front bumper which was annoying at the time but it looks so much better now.
- New stainless steel cat-back exhaust fabricated and installed by Fast Road Conversions. Their first exhaust sounded incredible but was very loud and amazing but it gave me a headache on the drive home which was a shame. I took it back down there a few days after and they played around with it and it now sounds incredible. It sounds exactly what it was meant to sound from the factory!
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Duplicate post. Delete.
I think it's time to wake the car up from it's winter hibernation and give it a good detail!