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eddie1 wrote:Love the roll hoops, are they easy to fit?

Same effort as to fit standard ones.

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Southernboy wrote:..... so, I sort of got some colour into the pic... comments ..??

Not bad for sure. Will you paint the bolts too?

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The reason I started to think about it is that when cover is in the boot, it's big enough, so mostly I place other things (bags, box with bulbs, knife, forks, and other small things which are usually in the car) on top of it. So it's hard to take the cover if I need it. If in case of some rain I nee...

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As for fitting the tonneau cover to the underside of the boot/trunk lid - it is a No No simply because the lid is not as wide as the space that it occupies in the boot/trunk. Bending the wings in further would risk compromising the natural position for the folds. Checked that on weekend and figured...

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Storage: In a plastic bag on a shelf in the garage. Out of the way. It is a pesky thing. :head: Ci Not an option for me anymore. As I care more about how my car looks and I am attending some local car shows and car meets I am using the cover because with it the car has much cleaner look. Put it beh...

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I am also interested in this and for the same reason

That bumper looks awesome. I think we need to source also fitting parts.

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Someone today asked me, how to fit the tonneau cover inside the trunk. He saw this picture and looking at part #4 thought that there should be some fittings inside the trunk. http://www.donavanchronicles.com/z3/z3sale/tonneau2.jpg I don't know how others, who are using tonneau cover, but I usually j...

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If you are referring to a girl (I now the car in the pic is a little out of focus) then that is not very funny joke to say that. If she would heard that, she would kick your ass as she is quite independent and she will not allow that someone thinks that she can belong to anyone or that she is compar...

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Southernboy wrote:.... yep... that looks better with the bolt area of the rim being painted too vs just the spokes.... looks very good !

That is the design difference between type 1 and type 2. On both only center piece is painted fully.

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TitanTim wrote:The secret is to travel light and have little in the boot.

Same here. Boot is just for for soft top cover. Trying to manage something else here is possible only theoretically

In real life that is pain in the ass.

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bertiejaffa wrote:strangely it was neither the tyres or the hoops drew my eye

Really? You should check another pic of my car then:
http://kabrio.lv/download/file.php?id=1109&t=1 ?

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Maybe you will be more interested in AC Schnitzer 18 type 1 3pcs or AC Schnitzer 17 type 2 3pcs. Check pics in the link I posted before and also here:
http://www.drive2.ru/l/343457/

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One of the most desirable classic rims for BMW and harder to get than standard BBS (and MUCH easier to wash :) ). Originally they were fitted on AC Schnitzer S3 sport 2.5 car and these rims are no longer available from AC Schnitzer or manufacturers (OZ Racing and Ronal). Check more pics on different...

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In the last month I have had 2 tyre failures on my A5, 1 blow out so big I could put my hand through it, and 1 side wall failure - both of these were on continental conti-sport3 tyres, so failure does happen even on great tyres and neither of them were the result of a nail etc.. (and more gutting, ...

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Really? Under any circumstances? Taking someone to hospital, for instance? 3 am in the middle of nowhere with no phone signal? I'm not suggesting I'd do it unless I had to, but you'd be mad to remove the spare just because you think you'd never need it. Of course there always could be exceptions. B...

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This bumper doesn't have cover for the hole, so the ring will be here for some time. The cover is a separate part (51118398767) and only costs a few quid. Thanks, I know, it also needs painting. Because the Carline bumper is made from fiberglass there is a hole, but I am quite sure that the cover w...

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BladeRunner919 wrote:Personally I'd rather fit the spare and leave the damaged tyre at the side of the road to collect later than trying to find someone to recover the car (not to mention the cost).

You have stock wheels, right? Otherwise that wouldn't be an option I guess...

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.......... and the pink nipple ring has gone too..!! :sunny Sorry, not for long. Just took it out to shorten the part, so that it fits better. This bumper doesn't have cover for the hole, so the ring will be here for some time. Yesterday found this pic on my friends iphone, somehow I loke it very m...

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Sorry, but angel eyes is so 2000. even though most new BMW's have them, and the car from the 2000's (the Z3) didn't.... :roflmao: :roflmao: Z3 is 1996 model car as I see it. Angel eyes were first introduced in 2001 on e39. At that time Z3 production was almost stopped. So putting angel eyes on z3 w...

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These hb4 claim to be e-marked:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181120302089? ... EBIDX%3AIT

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What sizes is the spanner for roadster? Looks like I am missing one...

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Why do you need it? I am getting sometimes 95 and sometimes 98 octane (not a problem in our country), but I haven't seen any improvement in 98. Sometimes I even feel the opposite, but that might be subjective feeling. I believe that's because of ECU timing adjustments for 92-95 fuel on z3. Maybe som...

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Do you have any real life pictures or cree technology led brake lights inside z3? Until I will see that I will not believe you, but otherwise I can change my mind :) In theory LEDs sound good, but in real life 30% of LEDs I installed in my car were dead in first week. The other 70% still work after ...

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I will loose that nipple ring as soon as I will replace the bumper (still needs some work to do). I saw those cree lights on ebay and they were 6000K colour. That is bad. My english is not so good to explain this, but the thing is, that light with high temperature colour travels very bad through obs...

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Deano1712 wrote:You may have pitched this a bit high. I'm after a bumper and got a quote today for 380 for a new genuine part.

I have to agree.

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My black together with friends greens (I like that green color, looks great and joyful for summer):

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.......... and / or decent CCFL angel eye trims in front of the headlights... plus, headlight bulbs should be changed for ones that emit a white / blue colour vs yellow and the indicator bulbs need to be the silver variety or LED'S which emit an orange light... and the bumper lights changed to led'...

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Regarding de-tango discussion... Not sure if I really like it... I hope I will also change my opinion after some time. Did de-tango a week ago as many suggested that it will look much better and many are telling that it looks better. But before car had some orange accents and after it looks less int...

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There is no plug-and-play alternative to the original 2 styles of mirror (///M and standard). Hamann mirrors for z3 ACS sport mirrors (no base plates required) I know with some modding someone has added mini mirrors: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1984315-Mini-side-view-mirrors...

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Sorry, but I don't believe you will get here customers for 50 sets. That is too much. (Not interested anymore as I already got and installed clear lenses a week ago.) Maybe he can manufacture 50 sets and he will sell them on ebay, but that will not happen immediately. Many z3 owners don't care about...

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For 6 cyl cars there are side markers on the bumper and also bumper has different shape than 4cyl cars, I know that some people were modifying lips to fit to other style bumper.

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According to realoem prefacelift 1.9 bumper is 51118401816
facelift 1.9 bumper is 51118401815

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Someone here who knows better the difference between widebody and 4cyl bumpers could tell if they will fit.

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140893790348? ... EBIDX%3AIT

For M front bumper only, I am afraid.

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Looks good. I need to find it first

If you see someone selling it, please let me know.

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Thanks for kind words! I think there is some image deformation on the picture. Here is how it looks from side: https://c-a.d-cd.net/cfd9eb4s-960.jpg Ride height should be stock as I haven't changed anything in suspension. Still haven't decided if I want to put hamann parts on this car, I somehow lik...

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Cool wheels he has! And his side indicator repeater - from which car it is? Doesn't look from z3.

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I thought the tow hook was a car enthusiast nipple ring :lol: That's exactly how I feel about it, not like tow hook for towing, but just some fancy thing... Took it out in the last picture just to shorten it a little so that it fits better otherwise it wasn't fitting very well: https://c-a.d-cd.net...

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Did some headlight baking...

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Yep. Seller gave me this link.

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http://auto.plius.lt/qonago/skelbimai/b ... 19459.html

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In my naivety, I didnt think that such an insignificant little grommet could be causing such a bad leak but after some serious poking around all of the door and roof seals (which resulted in me snapping one of the door trims) it appears to be the likely source of water ingress. The best method I fo...

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Google "Japanese BMW Z3 Images"..... click on it, and practically every ZR in the piles of pics hae the bumper with the inserts and smaller number plate.... the fact that the one for sale appears to be smooth - ie. no inserts, may be due to the owner having had it "smoothed"... ...

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Jonttt has Raid steering wheel with an airbag, I think it was 340mm. Try to search on the forum. Someone has fitted also steering wheel from z4 (not sure if it is smaller).

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The closest pics I found are these:

The last one looks like oem aero bumper but it will fit to facelift cars only.

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But still not with particular bumper. By adding site:.jp you can narrow your search to Japan sites only.

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Yes, you are right. I still want to search for images of similar bumper on some z3 on the internet to see how it looks on the car...

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Ok, I see the bumper advertised is from pre-facelift version.

The bottom part (near exhaust) is still very wide - looks wider than standard, don't you think?

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Are you sure it is from Z3? It states it is from 2000 car, which should be facelift car. In that case it should have curvy lines on the top for rear lights as on the bumper visible in the image posted above. And the corners look too sharp for z3...

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I was more interested in that bumper if it would be lower or wider at the bottom as standard. Not because of number plate.

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