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Do they come with free baseball cap and gangster rap CD?

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I am not a mechanic but that looks awful.... you should not drive it you should have it loaded onto a truck and delivered to Manchester - I will look after it for you

Seriously, theres nowt up wi t'tyre... if it was bad then it would be flat. Enjoy cornwall !

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Well, I haven't really seen what kind of sparkle they give yet in the sunlight, as its done nothing but rain :head: Don't worry I'm still finding stuff to do though, done a couple of things this week and hopefully swapping over the rear wings tomorrow. Oh, and I had a brand new set of headlights tu...

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will these do the heater control bulbs as well? or are they different to the ones in the dash? or are those the ones you mean? Also do they just plug and play without any fiddling?

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Quoted me £800 for the seats alone.... odd that they have been on ebay for 3 months now and nothing has yet been bought !!

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such nice seats.... such a ridiculous price !

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Ok.... shiny Chrome one bought....

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I am happy for the cheaper one.... any preference on colours (personally being from Manchester anything red is wrong - however all my car is red!

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Ok, cheers... not too bothered how it looks I will admit... As for the polished alloy one, I asked how much for a buy it now price and he said £110. The other one he has which is identical to that but needs the earth stud cutting out he offered me for £81 (plus postage). If there are enough of us I ...

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Cheers for that.... ok for my *tight/reserved/unconvinced/why do I need one?/my car has never tried to right me off/send me up a tree/into a ditch* clarity and my fellow strut brace to-be-ers... This is the one that goes up ridiculously at the last minute (approx £110-£120) and there is one exactly ...

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I'm sure most on here that drive Z3's agree that its a must when improving the handling and slight tramlining. My 2.8 didnt have a strut but my M does and its really noticable. Just a sugestion my M came with a strong strut and when looking through the paperwork it was bought in a bulk order from t...

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Excellent - I hope it works, if it does I will follow your route rather than having mine re-furbed. Can you please ask when you pick the car up after you have it done if the recode step was actually required? I do find it hard to think that it will - be based on the size of the ABS control unit - I...

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It is Purrrr-dee.... the longer time passes since these were available the more I hear people start to appreciate them

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Does that include the recoding to your car? Yes the price I asked for was for "removing existing, fitting replacement and recoding" - he didn't seem to think that recoding would be an issue. Excellent - I hope it works, if it does I will follow your route rather than having mine re-furbed...

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Does that include the recoding to your car?

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I have them on on my Zed, they have been on (and off) for the last 18 months and I will soon be sending my ABS unit off to ECUtesting for them to refurbish it. This way you dont spend £000s on the BMW item, and it ensures that the unit will be coded to your car when you get it back. It was fun for m...

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Yes he did - was one of the "Strong Strut" types... out of my price range unfortunately, especially I have yet to be 100% convinced they are required

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exactly and yet the standard E36 one never changes even though you would only have to cut the earth stud out for it to be the same....

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Yeah... having bid on them over the past few weeks though I am suspecting insider bidding to put the prices up... The price always goes up and then is magically re-listed the next week with a "2nd chance offer" in my mailbox

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PCSAM wrote:that was cheap , I paid £25 for my spare one

Spare?!?! Just in case?

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Cheers Alan... sorted

Ordered the interface from BMW this evening too along with a new throttle cable - picking them up on Wednesday so hopefully it wont be long before I am feet free !!

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no worries Brian, its always good to get any advise!! Seriously, i have a million and one questions that I need to ask !! I want to know a lot about changing shocks, springs, calipers, wheels, spacers ,tyres, servicing, etc etc etc....... so I am going to ask many more "unreasearched" ques...

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Cheers Brian - what I am after though is whether the parts have the numbers on them. I know the parts (numbers) I need, but I am hoping to source them in one hit but I was assuming they would all be the same - according to G8JKA there are 2 different types though so I want to ensure the ones I might...

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either that's predictive text, or you stayed at the pub for longer than expected !

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Cheers... you don't know if the part numbers are on them or anything do you? The reason I ask is I have had a look on the bay and I can see plenty of stalks with that number so thats not an issue and for the interface I was just going to ring BMW tomorrow (as I also need a new throttle cable) and ge...

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Happy days.... did the roofs stay up?

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It is the same as other engine sizes. Clutch / brake pedal switches are already in place, as is the white connector under the dash (normally taped up in the loom). You only need the stalk and the interface . Connect the interface to the white connector under the dash and then the interface to the s...

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It is the same as other engine sizes. Clutch / brake pedal switches are already in place, as is the white connector under the dash (normally taped up in the loom). You only need the stalk and the interface . Connect the interface to the white connector under the dash and then the interface to the s...

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Lee I am fairly certain it is the same setup as the 3.0 M54. Check you have the small white connector under the steering column before you buy anything. Brian Cheers Brian.... I have found this thread also http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29006 (this site is great!) which halfway down...

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Hi All, I have seen the write up about the retro-fitting of cruise control to the M52 2.8 pre facelift in the knowledgebase, and also seen the comments from many 3.0l people that it was easy and took an hour. However, can anyone tell me if there is a write up about doing this for a post facelift 2.0...

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probably an obvious question, but is this the trim underneath at the very front of the car?

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ok so which part(s) do I need to order, just the cable (10)??

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1993??? It is a collectors item !!!

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Cant you just have the puncture repaired?

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sirius-c wrote:You didn't beat me by a pound did you? £49.98?

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Sorry....

If you ever hop over t'hills to Manchester I will let you borrow it

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Whilst I understand the (slight) rationale of not putting mileage on a car to retain some residual value, I also despair of the number of Z3Ms I see with hardly any mileage on them

Why buy a great car and then keep it as an ornament?!?!?

Just my opinion.....

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Do we have a link??

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I managed to get one of the yellow ones off ebay this week.... Cant be accused of breaching publishing copyright now

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I have one driver side vinyl covers hockey stick.... That doesn't help does it??

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BMW were confusing everyone around the time of the E36. They had a 325 with a 2.5 litre engine. A 325 that became a 328 with a 2.8 engine and a 323 which replaced the 325 which also had a 2.5 litre engine. It's always confused me :D Yes, I had this previously, I had a 318 tourer but the engine was ...

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Southernboy wrote:...Wow ! you're not hanging about are you...Well done Lee. You obviously have a BH that knows and loves you...

Cheers Barry, you know how it is.... once you get the bug & the vision then it just has to be done

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As the title says, passenger side headlight, perfect condition - just needs the auto adjust part from any donor units... taken off my car recently http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Z3-E36-Nearside-Headlight-/251438794520?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3ABMW|Model%3AZ3&hash=it...

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ha ha.... yep, bruises to follow - just as soon as they allow camera's in hospital.... :D It does seem I am destined for a few more though, seems I have a knack of doing the wrong thing when it comes to my Zed refurb.... I thought after making the (temporary) mess in the conservatory over the weeken...

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Cheers BB... checked and it wasnt de-badged so must have been done retrospectively along with the lights and the lowered suspension etc... Seems that someone previously had a good idea about Z3 mods so would be interesting to know why they got rid of it. Thanks for the comment on the lights, I reall...

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Blimey - you've gone from wanting a temporary run-a-round to catching the full blown Z bug :D Just a guess on your intermittent rough running when hot - something wrong with the crankcase ventilation system? http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35955&p=335673&hilit=crankca...

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Z3cade wrote: ( is that really your sitting room ) !!

Good progress, it's looking good!

Cheers - yep, thats the living room.... do you know how cold it is in the garage

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EDIT: This is a journal detailing how I first fell in Love with the BMW Z3 - After 4 years of ownership the joy has been passed onto another forum member but I hope you enjoy reading. Ok.... so its has been a while getting round to do this but hopefully it will be interesting and give some people so...

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Hi, I don't have a preference myself but last week while searching for information about strut braces I saw a thread about Tramlining and it all being cured by changing tyres.... Do a search for "tramlining" and you will find it, will tell you which to avoid at least and also the ones that...

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I'll ask the Avon lady for some touch up for my seats

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