@Nodzed bought himself a second Z3M but wanted to give this zed the full overhaul treatment. We had a great turnout that day to welcome the delivery of the Imola.
It was a right mix of cars round the zed shed that day.
We started the Imola this weekend just gone because we were finishing off the Velvet blue zed. It didn't take long to get it totally in bits it was also the first time we've done a build on the new car lift.
First off were the exhausts, and as you all know the M has a quad pipe setup which means there has to be a connection at the rear to make their removal a lot easier over normal zeds.
Once they were out the way its really easy to have a good look around.
First thing Niall spotted was a broken rear spring.
Took some getting used to, not used to being sat up under the zeds. I was actually have a good look around seeing what order we had to remove things in.
Another thing that became clear was how much more room we had with the car up so high.
Diff hanger bracket was in good condition
Then it was off with both swing arms complete with drive shafts.
Leaving just the beam and diff in.
Few minutes later followed by the Diff with the rear beam.
And there you have it a stripped rear Z3M. Some of you might notice how the M brake lines are setup differently, they run the lines above the rear beam so all you have to do is tie up the callipers.
This took a little longer because at the same time we were changing Sunnys suspension along with shocks. But all this work on both cars took half a day.
Part 2 will involve the strip down and cleaning up of all the components, powerflexing bushes. Fitting new brakes, Spax suspension, braided lines etc etc.
Also stripping out the front components. They look well past it.
Look out for part 2
It was a right mix of cars round the zed shed that day.
We started the Imola this weekend just gone because we were finishing off the Velvet blue zed. It didn't take long to get it totally in bits it was also the first time we've done a build on the new car lift.
First off were the exhausts, and as you all know the M has a quad pipe setup which means there has to be a connection at the rear to make their removal a lot easier over normal zeds.
Once they were out the way its really easy to have a good look around.
First thing Niall spotted was a broken rear spring.
Took some getting used to, not used to being sat up under the zeds. I was actually have a good look around seeing what order we had to remove things in.
Another thing that became clear was how much more room we had with the car up so high.
Diff hanger bracket was in good condition
Then it was off with both swing arms complete with drive shafts.
Leaving just the beam and diff in.
Few minutes later followed by the Diff with the rear beam.
And there you have it a stripped rear Z3M. Some of you might notice how the M brake lines are setup differently, they run the lines above the rear beam so all you have to do is tie up the callipers.
This took a little longer because at the same time we were changing Sunnys suspension along with shocks. But all this work on both cars took half a day.
Part 2 will involve the strip down and cleaning up of all the components, powerflexing bushes. Fitting new brakes, Spax suspension, braided lines etc etc.
Also stripping out the front components. They look well past it.
Look out for part 2
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