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have done a few hundred miles on the normal tyres now and the car is fantastic, do it, do it, do it,

My guess is that there is a loose heat shield in the trasmission tunnel area, it may well sound as if it's from the gearbox area but it all travels down the tunnel to make it appear it's from where it's not, dealer will find it..

Having ditched the runflats and got the rim on the car now with the new tyres the one I have done is significantly more shinny than the factory finish and really enhances the car, can't wait to get the others done....

flamez wrote:How are you going to deal with a puncture in the future??

I have pruchased a can of tyre weld and a 12v compressor, if this is not enough to get me to a tyre dealer for replacement/repair then the recovery will have to come...

When I got the tyre off it was shafted on the inner rim so I'm ditching the RFT's and having comventionals fitted tomorrow

I am having a runflat reapired tomorrow afetr running on flat for about 20 miles, I know of some who have also done it, the tyre dealer assures me it will be fine as long as it is ok internally, if thats the case I happy to do it, any thoughts or experiences welcome.....

I approached the stealer about mine and soon as they saw them it was no they are kerbed, will only do corrosion.

Outlets for the 'Renovo' please guys..???????

I have just re done my roof with the BMW impregnator stuff and......... Hmmmmm, not much effect I don't think, can someone tell me of what is used to waterproof it ??, would bhe nice to see water bead off it like a wax jacket......

This one is a friend of mine, his work is amazing and he is willing to offer forum members 10% discount if you mention me, have a look at his web site..........

www.elitedetailer.co.uk

That looks very good mate - it looks like a professional job! Do you have teh machine to remove and fit tyres too then or do u get a local garage to do this for you - just thinking baout how practical it will be doing the other 4 wheels! This wheel that I have done is what I got with the car as a s...

It looks mint! You must be a dab hand with a needle file and wet/dry. I know where to go if I kerb mine :lol: Cheers for the info. BTW, where'd you get the Alu polish from :?: Cheers mate, got the polish from a motorcycle shop, the bike I used to have have polished rims and this is what i got for t...

Thanks....

Normal stripper yes, 'Nitromors' I used, there are a few pics of the wheel I've done below, still needs a little finishing off but you can see the result is pretty good, also below is a pic of the ALU polish I used.... :wink: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/plowy/sdff.jpg http://img.photobuck...

just to add to that, your question about re-lquering the rim, well no, I would not do it because this is the major cause of problems on a split rim apart from kerbing as the weather gets behind it and corodes the alloy, better off it being naked and keep it polished........

so how did you strip the paint off as professional refurb people blast the paint off. Also when u say there is no protection, do u mean no lacquer? Couldn't u get a spray can of lacquer from a bodyshop or Halfords and spray laqcuer over it? OK, once I had filed and wet n dryed out the kerbing this ...

I'm in the (slow) process of partially refurbing / polishing some BBS split rims - luckily no curb marks on them. But the lacquer is starting to chip on the polished rims which looks a bit unsightly. I think polished rims are best left unlacquered as chipping is inevitable. I have bought some Prote...

David, on that site I can't see the one pictured above on the coupe, ???

My car has the Composite BBS split rim 18" alloys which were the only choice for me on this car but unfortunatly the previous owner was not too good at judging kerbs hence every wheel is badly kerbed . I set about finding someone to refurb them but this is proving to be a bit of a job, problem ...

Thinking of remap on my 3.0i in the new year any feedback welcome from people who may have had this done......

Any pointers as to who can supply this front spoiler..?

Jules75 wrote:Great looking car. The only modification I'd do is to nip down to your dealer, spend £20ish, and get yourself a set of chrome tip tail pipes. Take 30 secs to install and look great.

On order from the stealer.............

Welcome - I've a black ( best colour ) 3 litre Z3. Is yours the same engine as mine ( 231bhp ) or the later uprated engine, 265 bhp I think. Black's a pig to keep clean but worth the effort. Heard great things about the 3 litre diesel, how do the 2 engine's compare? It's the 231 bhp engine, as for ...

Welcome to a great forum. You've gone from one great diesel engine to one great petrol engine. Have to say though that the <a href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=11&k=exhaust%20tips" onmouseover="window.status='exhaust tips'; return true;" onmouseout="windo...

My new car has 108's and the outer lip on each one needs a refurb due to light kerbing, I am in York, any advice or direction on this refurb please let me know, I imagine the rim will possibly need machining ??

Hi everyone, just got the 3.0i Z4, after selling 2004 330Dsport. Looks a good forum hopefully I'll pick up some advice from you experienced chaps :P , I'm very active on www.bmwland.co.uk maybe some of you know me from there if your members, anyway here's my cars spec list and some pics... :wink: 20...