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- Tue 30 Sep, 2014 09:18
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: New to forum and new Z3 owner
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3400
Re: New to forum and new Z3 owner
Hello and hope you have fun on here .the 1.9 is a great little motor and in my humble opinion we'll underrated They do tend to suffer from a bit of a rough idle see multiple posts on here but apart from that are a great run around Make sure u are running it on premium unleaded not the cheap supermar...
- Sun 28 Sep, 2014 22:05
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: New cover
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1841
Re: New cover
Cabrio shield is the mutts nuts I use the cheaper non breathable one in blue it's still really good quality for the price and it protects the motor when I'm away working offshore some times for four to six weeks at a time if I'm working abroad and so far no black marks from magnets keeps unwanted ey...
- Sun 28 Sep, 2014 21:54
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Warmer than Spain......so they say!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 777
Re: Warmer than Spain......so they say!
Got back from Madrid on Friday was still warm there last week high twenties but a little drizzle
- Sat 09 Aug, 2014 17:23
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: New Project - Breaking Z3 1.9 artic silver narrow body
- Replies: 119
- Views: 19318
Re: New Project - Breaking Z3 1.9 artic silver narrow body
Hi any chance you still have windscreen to roof seal need a good one as my left hand side has started leaking ? if so how much posted to inverness
cheers
cheers
- Thu 03 Jul, 2014 16:30
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Looking forward to new shocks
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5156
Re: Looking forward to new shocks
got Meyle ones on the rear of my baby as well better design than the originals got some aftermarket ones on thee front from a different maker but carnt for the life of me think of the make right now but would recommend the Meyle ones for the back think they were about £35.00 quid for the pair off of...
- Thu 19 Jun, 2014 21:22
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Cloudy headlight glass
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3114
Re: Cloudy headlight glass
used the same plastic polish I use on my rear window on mine ( I had one cloudy one ) the other day and it came up like new in seconds
not at home right now but think the polish is Revo plastic window polish came from ebay
not at home right now but think the polish is Revo plastic window polish came from ebay
- Thu 29 May, 2014 21:45
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Standard or Super unleaded?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 9478
Re: Standard or Super unleaded?
yeah just read it
- Thu 29 May, 2014 20:13
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Standard or Super unleaded?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 9478
Re: Standard or Super unleaded?
ok guys some background then results My only car at present is a 1998 1.9 that has always run smoothly and pulled superbly above 1000rpm but ticked over like the usual bag of spanners at around 750rpm since Feb this year it has had two oil changes with mobile 0 30 fully synthetic oil and genuine Bmw...
- Mon 28 Apr, 2014 18:53
- Forum: Spotted!
- Topic: Z3s are so common...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2123
Re: Z3s are so common...
spotted four today in Aberdeenshire I followed a nice British racing green z3 into Keith on the A96 at around 6.45 this morning saw another nice green one same colour but different REG parked up outside the garage in Blackburn at lunchtime and passed a really smart looking dark blue one with chrome ...
- Thu 24 Apr, 2014 14:48
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Drivers seat jammed - have tried all tips here!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2079
Re: Drivers seat jammed - have tried all tips here!
firstly soak generously all moving parts with wd40 and I mean a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( yes the car will stink for a couple of days but heh HO its summer put the top down to get rid of the smell ) then if the motor is trying to move with a separate supply connected eg if you can hear the motor trying to ...
- Sat 19 Apr, 2014 13:27
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Z3 3.0i Breaking.
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6261
Re: Z3 3.0i Breaking.
im looking for a decent gearstick knob what this one fitted with ? is it available ?
- Sat 19 Apr, 2014 13:23
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?
- Replies: 2088
- Views: 414760
Re: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?
new exhaust finally, fitted this morning ,new Sony stereo to let me pug the I phone in. and another new wind deflector from Germany as I ripped last one a fortnight ago . been a busy morning but heh ho weather fantastic up here in the highlands this week. so out and about topless this afternoon and ...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2014 09:26
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: wind deflector
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2708
Re: wind deflector
Hi try searching for this on ebay.de Windschott für BMW Z3 Baujahr 97-2001 company www.Kawi-trading.de last item listed no 310458101954 I brought one from them a while ago. company based in Germany but they posted to Scotland for 15 euros if memory serves me right. so shouldn't imagine postage to so...
- Thu 10 Apr, 2014 09:14
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3345
Re: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts
pm sent re gear knob cheers
- Wed 09 Apr, 2014 20:57
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3345
Re: Z3 Chrome parts / Interior parts
How much you wanting for the m gear knob ?
- Wed 09 Apr, 2014 20:52
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: oval mirror
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4649
Re: oval mirror
my baby is also an m44 1.9 1998 build and she don't have any electrics in the mirror either or any remote central locking
- Wed 09 Apr, 2014 20:43
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Tan tonneau cover for sale
- Replies: 4
- Views: 739
Re: Tan tonneau cover for sale
please do could very well be interested
- Tue 01 Apr, 2014 19:47
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1001
Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
my mistake duhh to many late nights recently meant a typo in original post
should have been fuse 27 in my original post not 7 !!!!!!!!! whoops
should have been fuse 27 in my original post not 7 !!!!!!!!! whoops
- Tue 01 Apr, 2014 13:34
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1001
Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
thanks once again for the advice guys
new brake sensor fitted this morning dash lights out once and for all
now I need to do the abs sensors never ending huh
new brake sensor fitted this morning dash lights out once and for all
now I need to do the abs sensors never ending huh
- Sun 30 Mar, 2014 18:56
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1001
Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
just had a look online for the brake wear sensor and what im seeing matches what I've got hanging from the connection box> so all good ill get one ordered up and fitted thanks for the advice guys
- Sun 30 Mar, 2014 17:10
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1001
Re: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
cheers guys for the input yeah the wires probably are for the bake pad wear sensor ( I haven't had a chance to have a look today) been out and about but ill have look on Tuesday when I have a second another quick question where about on the brake pads am I looking for these wires to go into ? I cant...
- Sat 29 Mar, 2014 18:20
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1001
help with sensor wiring abs asc missing sensor?
Hi guys hoping for some help on this one I have recently purchased a 1998 1.9 Z3 and have been doing her up for the last few months and I had noticed that the traction control wasn't working so popped the bonnet to check my suspicions that that fuse or light bulbs in instrument cluster had been pull...
- Sun 16 Mar, 2014 19:17
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2685
Re: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
exactly Mike
usually when people try with an odd bit of wire or a paperclip etc. and it doesn't work
they don't get a good enough earth through pin 7 and 19 for the time needed
usually when people try with an odd bit of wire or a paperclip etc. and it doesn't work
they don't get a good enough earth through pin 7 and 19 for the time needed
- Sun 16 Mar, 2014 14:18
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2685
Re: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
if you set the multimeter to the continuity setting on most multimeters the probes will buzz audibly when touched together. as used for buzzing out or testing the continuity of a circuit. and the two probes black and red: e.g. positive and negative: become in effect a single wire through the multime...
- Sun 16 Mar, 2014 11:21
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2685
Re: Service Light resetting tool - £7.39
another tip for anyone that has a electrical multimeter handy but no service reset tool is set the meter for continuity and use the probes to plug into pins 7 and 19 and thus short them out .As has been said many times before easy and been doing it for years on bmw's Z's three series and 5 series pr...