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besicaly it is an animal skin so it is not going to be viscous when it is dried out and hot. I misread that as vicious. :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: I sincerely hope your seats aren't vicious - the might bite you if you sit on them. As for the sticky seats - you could always upgrade to cloth ones ...

Silicon Spray? wassat then? The can I have is from Autosmart . Silcone Spray/Silicone Dressing - Silicone Spray's instant sheen enhances the appearance of vinyl, plastic and most other surfaces. It reconditions and protects dashboards, grilles, bumpers, spoiler and all trim. (So it says on the tin!...

Just got my first "ooh! look at that!"

Was coming away from a concert in the dark last night, roof down (of course!), and we toodled past a small group of ladies who had also been to the concert. It's funny the things you hear when you've got the roof down.

Looking good! It's amazing what I little TLC can do (both for you and the car - you feel better for doing it, the car feels better for having it done!)

BTW Did you try the Silicone Spray?

This is a safety feature to stop small children and dogs trapping their heads/necks in the window by standing on the window switch. If there is any resistance, the window will retract again. This caused me some grief when I first had the hardtop fitted. It was sorted by adjusting the hardop mounting...

I've developed a squeaky clutch too. Was going to try WD40, but hadn't got round to it. Where exactly needs greasing and how easy is it to get at?

Holy mackerel!!! Is that all you want for it?

I was offered £10k by a $tealer to trade against a Z4 a while back. OK, mine had less than 20k on the clock (then) and has a hardtop, but it's still only a 1.9! They must've been desperate to shift Z4's!

Nothin' wrong with cloth seats. I think mine look great in terracotta and I don't get scorched thighs in shorts, or a cold bum in winter! :P I had my car professionally valetted a couple of months ago, and I couldn't believe the difference to the dash. Before it looked grey and dull, now it's black(...

Just shy of 26K on a '99 T! But it wasn't driven much for 3 years of that, so it works out at about 7k a year.

Just one last thought why lock the car when you're washing the car !!!!!!!!! I'm paranoid someone might steal my Z!!! :bawl: It was normally a case of locking the car when I either go to pay for the jetwash or when I go to fetch a bucket from the house, and then forgetting that I've locked it. :dun...

daverave, I afraid the download site you gave is currently down. Does it say anything about a roof switch? I have set my alarm off several times when washing the car (either by hand or at a jetwash). The alarm seems much more sensitive when the roof is up. With the roof down, the only way I've set i...

Some useful info on fitting roll hoops is here. Also includes a link to some info fitting hoops to an early Z3. From what I can make out you won't have the necessary mounting point's on a '96.

kruisn wrote:I have heard rumours that JC had some sort of accident.

We can only hope!

Quite some time ago Jezza hurt his back and couldn't do road/track tests. He seems to be fit and well now... unfortunately for us!

SuzyZ3 wrote:for BMW to re-spray my hardtop, they were quoting approx £1500!

Aye aye aye! My hardtop was only £2000 when bought new. What were they painting it with? Goldleaf?

Check under the car. I believe the Z3's spare hangs there. AFAIK on all the Z3's bar the ///M, there is a space saver spare in a plastic tray under the rear of the car. You lower it down from inside the boot via a handle in the center and a nut on the right (under the carpet). There is an extension...

For the yanks! Oh, sorry St_G

Seriously, aren't most cars in the State autos?

Might not those people who like driving have bought manuals and not want to part with them? Whereas those with autos don't and so are selling theirs...

Quite agree. Normally TG is quite funny and has a chat show side to it which is quite fun. 5G has Vicki Pain-in-the-Butt-ler-Henderson who annoys me profusely. TG's caravan thing was just plain daft, and it was painfully obvious that the bit with the two caravans on fire was filmed in a empty field ...

Niiiice!!!! I'm really jealous now!

How long'd it take you to get all the sand out of the Z afterwards?

Had a car that'd been on Jersey for a year once - still getting sand out years later...

Very nice pics, both. Two super cars and some super scenery. I am very jealous - I had to do chores this weekend.

You should have a white bag to put the flat tyre in. I was just going to say "that's what the bags for!". I haven't experienced the joys of this yet! I assumed the bag was actually to keep the boot clean, NOT the passenger seat! What prevents the flat tyre from going in the boot? Is it he...

From memory, all BMW cars have a very long anti-corrosion warranty, but like all warranties it does not cover everything. In particular I believe that it covers panel perforation by rust - I thought it was for 10 years, but maybe it is 6 as muppet says. The idea is to cover defective workmanship, me...

I finished up wanting one after a BMW driving day run by the dealership I eventually ordered mine from. My dad and I went along and we finished up waiting hours to drive the Z3 as everyone wanted a go. But it was worth the wait, I fell in love with it there and then, and was left wanting one. Proble...

Congratulations Rob. You've had a super day for it. Hope you had a really great day. And I hope the Z's got dressed up for it.

You can see my Z with its ribbons on for my own wedding earlier this year on my profile page

Me too! Only it was the drivers seat loom. Interestingly I took the car in for something else and they rang me to say the airbag light was on. It sure it wasn't when I set off - on reading what others have found with this, it could just have been a naff connection which got jarred when the moved the...

Big budget Barry I like that. I'm going to nick it. :mrgreen: And as if by magic, the famous Barry Boys have picked up on it. Some interesting comments... Spokey, I blame you for my not getting as much work done as I should! You put us onto Barry Boys in the Louis Vuitton thread! :twisted:

i unscrewed the radiator cap and saw the red "needle".... the red bit was significantly over the top of the radiator... so i am guessing that there is enough water in, because if i couldn't see the "needle" it would mean that it isn't floating on anything. I don't have the "...

Ah, another Mazda Miasma. That's possibly one of the better ones I've seen. At least the panels seem to be fitted reasonably well.

Not many takers though... maybe the asking price is a little high... I'd pay a dollar just so I could have the badges off it - mine are looking a bit tatty.

Could be sponsored by Red Bull... gives you wiiiings!!!!

And with all those switches, one of them must fire the rocket boosters surely!

007 eat your heart out. Big budget Barry is in town!

BTW your car looks very tidy. Same colour as mine. Are those cloth seats you have in there? I was beginning to think that I was the only person on here with cloth seats. Yes, leather looks nice, and even smells nice, but its freezing in winter and your legs and arms stick to in summer. Mine are terr...

Am slightly confused by the pics. I see what you are saying that it gets pushed forward by the wind entering the back of the cabin. What is puzzling me is how you fold it flat? With the roof up, it would be beneficial to drop the deflector out of view so that you can see out of the rear window prope...

The original website is http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/bmwheelie/index.htm. Yours appear to be style 40 and my Z-star's style 35.

The thumbnail picture in the wheel details is broken for me too. However the picture will be the same as the one I linked to, just smaller.

Doesn't look like you've dared to fold it down yet - no sign of a crease in the screen! Did mine look like that once?

Might I ask how come you have bumper lights on a '98?

Mine is pretty low....I scrape on a 25mph speed bump at 7 mph :( I have stock rims, but my tires look to have a slightly lower profile than most. Forgive me for being daft, but surely your ride height is not affected by what rims and tyres you have? Surely the overall diameter of the wheel is alway...

Looks fantastic. Only wish I could justify an ///M myself. BTW the wheels are not Z-Star's as per the ad. I have Z-Stars on mine and they are somewhat different, though they do have 5 spokes. Here are yours, specific to the ///M: http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/bmwheelie/TMP_wheel/bmw_wheel_040.jpg Fo...

:shock: CHECK THE WATER LEVEL NOW. This is good advice. Although it may well be a dodgy thermostat, it does no harm to check how much coolant is in the radiator. I nearly killed a previous car after I picked it up from a repair shop. I'd had a bump and it needed some front end work. When I got it b...

A common problem on old 3 series was the heater valve. They developed a rattle which was quite pronounced at certain engine revs. Extremely annoying!!! Only reason I mention this is that my '99 Z has the same type of heater control (round knob with the blue/red round it). Could be that it used the s...

Will check the handbook, but I am almost certain that the oil level should be checked when the engine is warm. Can't remember the wording, but the idea is that you check it after you have had the car running and let it stand for a bit (so that the oil drains back into the sump). On checking mine col...

Not sure if this is exactly your deflector, but this might be of some help: BMW Windscreen (2nd Design) Looks like there should be a clip in the middle at the bottom that keeps it upright. Let us know how you get on, as I'm thinking about getting one myself, but as my CD multi-changer is in the stor...

Well, I'll try and push it back up again. I'm 33. Got my Z3 at the tender age of 26. Worked out that I had just about saved up enough money by the time it arrived - I was a bit short when I ordered it :roll: At another forum, I saw a thread devoted to "Why are you selling your Z3" and one ...

Really sorry to hear/see this Suzy. Don't write it off just yet, wait and see what the real damage is. And be thankful that a) you weren't in it and b) that your friendly neighbourhood t**t's insurance will be paying for it. As for handbrakes, I normally leave mine in gear with the handbrake off! I ...

Mike Fishwick wrote:Why not put a polythene bag over the exhaust outlets before washing the car?

But don't do this when the exhaust is hot! Otherwise you will get into a sticky mess.

I might add that one of the reasons I put the sidelights on is so that the tail lights come on, as I don't particualary want my Z rear ended.

I suspect the reasoning behind this is that headlights have to have their beams adjusted to that they don't dazzle other drivers (using a target on a wall). Also in most BMs there is an adjuster to lower angle of the beam if you are carrying a load in the back. So your sidelights and dipped headligh...

Wheels are style 38 from BMW, available as an option on 1.8/1.9 up to April '99 (apparently). Information all BMW on wheels is here Here's a close up: http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/bmwheelie/TMP_wheel/bmw_wheel_038.jpg I've probably still got the Z3 brochure I order my style 35's (Z-Star) from, so I...

I was driving home the other evening and a seagull hit the windscreen One of the funniest things I saw was a car coming the other way with a dead pidgeon wedged in the radiator grill. It's bad enough walloping a bit of innocent wildlife, but driving down the road oblivious to the fact that EVERYONE...

The Tamiya kits a pretty good likenesses. I have a widdy (non-RC) one of my 1.9, painted up to look my real one. It gave me some enjoyment building the kit when I wasn't well enough to drive. Reminded me of what I was missing and gave me an incentive to get fit again. Worked too!

I prefer my Roadster logo where it belongs - along the bottom of the door sill. I always thought that was a nice touch

Jesus man, get a girlriend. :shock: I got myself a wife a couple of months ago. It didn't help! I still look back at my Z lovingly after I've parked her. If I want to chill out a little, I take my Z out for a run with the top down, no matter how short. Even half a mile down the road to the supermar...

I was going to suggest keeping the decent ones for when the car's on show. Then I remembered that a guy I worked for had his stolen off his Ferrari whilst it was on show at Silverstone.

So placcy ones get my vote

Another good way to extract loose change is do some hard braking. Loose change hurtles forward and hits the back of your ankles like buckshot

I have much less coinage rolling around in my car now that I don't wear a suit regularly - coins just don't fall out of jeans pockets the same

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