- Joined
- Apr 22, 2019
- Points
- 79
Afternoon everyone,
I bought my Z3 in May, 2019 and since then I have:
Replaced the front brake pads - £18 for pads
Replaced the rear brake pads - £19 for pads
Replaced the spark plugs - £36 for 6 spark plugs
Replaced the upper and lower air intake duct - Combined total of £32. BMW Genuine upper duct!
Stripped braking system down multiple times - £0
Replaced the radio - £80
Improved the paintwork to get rid of most of the swirls and dullness - £20
All this adds up to a very little amount of money for the joy and pleasure I have had sorting Zed.
So, I decided that because I had all this experience in sorting the Z3 braking system, that it must be straightforwards to replace the pads on a 2016 BMW 5series!!!! I mean, the Z3 is 17 years old, so the braking must be the same on a 2 yr old BMW 5 series.
And so it was!
Wheels off, slider pins out, compress the piston, stick in new pads and then send wife out in the car to test the new pads.
Dead easy!
When I asked BMW for a price to change the pads, they must have mis-heard me and quoted me a telephone number.....£300+
The local indy wanted £120 (which I thought was ok) but this was for cheap and nasty pads.
Without the guidance and support from everyone here, I would never have thought to change the pads on a 5 series. I would have simply paid BMW / local Indy the money and thought I was getting a good deal. Pads for the 5 series were £38 for Brembo pads.
So, a massive thank you from me, in supporting me, answering daft questions and just giving me the confidence to give it a go!
Next challenge is to strip the rear calliper on my Z3 as its starting to bind up again, but hay ho, thats a job for winter.
Thanks everyone
Phil
I bought my Z3 in May, 2019 and since then I have:
Replaced the front brake pads - £18 for pads
Replaced the rear brake pads - £19 for pads
Replaced the spark plugs - £36 for 6 spark plugs
Replaced the upper and lower air intake duct - Combined total of £32. BMW Genuine upper duct!
Stripped braking system down multiple times - £0
Replaced the radio - £80
Improved the paintwork to get rid of most of the swirls and dullness - £20
All this adds up to a very little amount of money for the joy and pleasure I have had sorting Zed.
So, I decided that because I had all this experience in sorting the Z3 braking system, that it must be straightforwards to replace the pads on a 2016 BMW 5series!!!! I mean, the Z3 is 17 years old, so the braking must be the same on a 2 yr old BMW 5 series.
And so it was!
Wheels off, slider pins out, compress the piston, stick in new pads and then send wife out in the car to test the new pads.
Dead easy!
When I asked BMW for a price to change the pads, they must have mis-heard me and quoted me a telephone number.....£300+
The local indy wanted £120 (which I thought was ok) but this was for cheap and nasty pads.
Without the guidance and support from everyone here, I would never have thought to change the pads on a 5 series. I would have simply paid BMW / local Indy the money and thought I was getting a good deal. Pads for the 5 series were £38 for Brembo pads.
So, a massive thank you from me, in supporting me, answering daft questions and just giving me the confidence to give it a go!
Next challenge is to strip the rear calliper on my Z3 as its starting to bind up again, but hay ho, thats a job for winter.
Thanks everyone
Phil
