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Hi Rooster, yes you did miss out on a beautiful sunny top down 'wind in the wires' day, however you went with your gut feeling which in the end I'm sure was the right decision given your circumstances. Enjoy your 325 Ci and safe driving too.

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My pleasure chaps! Great top down drive and enjoyable sunny day............I knew you guys would like it

. Also it's nice to see familiar faces again and new one's too......from both sides.

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peter2b wrote:all washed and polished then it rained
peter2b

Bugger!

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See guys....weather looks ok too

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Ok Mark, tks for letting me know.

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Koolflyer wrote:Please also note, that when confirming yesterday, apparently they will be closing between 1530-1600 as it's a special reunion day and not normally open on a Sunday. Cafe and normal facilities will however be open. Some folks have a way to travel so hopefully not a problem.

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Dave, which are the Ollerton cars? See you Sunday.
Cheers mate

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I too never liked the feel of the old wheel, however as the other guys have said, Jack has totally transformed it by double thickening it plus other specs to my own preference. It looks and feels just like my 330 M sport......one of the best mods I've had done. Jack's a really helpful guy to do busi...

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Although I hate this damn weather like the rest of us, I've learnt that with these 'hopefully' top down drives you have to stay positive and hope for the best. RockyDave and I will be going on the basis that it's unusual to be raining ALL day. Obviously it's your call at the end of the day. We do ne...

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Hi all, a quick update for you. I have just confirmed our arrival at East Kirkby as it was back in the winter when I first arranged this. As we have, at present, 25 cars the charge will be reduced fro £7.50 to £5 per person. Most of us will be cruising together ETA East Kirkby 1100 and they will be ...

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No problem corky, another time and thanks for letting me know

KF

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Hi nang, think what you're looking is called a Tonneau cover. It covers the folded down hood purely to make ir look asthetically pleasing. They come up for sale here quite regularly, so watch this space and check the Stock Exchange part of this site. Cheers KF

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Hopefully see you at Newark otherwise at East Kirkby
Cheers Pete
KF

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We're a Titanium Silver and Montreal Blue...prob catch you there then.
Cheers Pete

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Cabrio half cover arrived and fitted. So far really pleased with it. It fits perfectly and is really secure. Quality is also very good so I'm glad I paid a little more to get a good product. Ideal for this damp British summer

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Hi Pete, RockyDave and myself are going to LMC, this time camping in the Porsche Curves. We're going down on the Thursday and booked on the 1020 Euro tunnel. See you for a beer and also East Kirkby next Sunday.

Cheers Pete

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Nice colour to polish

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Sorry been away with the Zed in the Yorkshire Dales. I have now added those extra names to the list. Not quite sure where some are meeting up, so perhaps you could let me know. ARoosterinaRoadster please note that there are two pages to this post, full details and times are on page 1. "by Koolf...

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Cabrio Shield half cover ordered

Cheers Brian

Pete

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Righty..tks

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Sounds like its worth paying a little more as it seems pretty good.

Thanks Brian

Pete KF

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Hi Brian Thanks for that info. For the winter months I have a really good quality Hamilton's full cover which is brilliant, however as we are clearly not going to have a proper summer yet again, I'd like something I can put on quickly with not much fuss guarding against any prolonged rain like we ha...

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I know this topic has been covered (sorry) before, but has anyone bought a half cover recently and can recommend a particular type?

Thanks
KF

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Interesting....why?

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Hilarious, someones had a bit of fun tho......takes all sorts

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Here you go Andy

http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7658

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Hi welcome to our gang, lots of good information and help here. The preferred method of displaying photos is to reduce the size you want and then upload them to Photobucket or similar and then copy and paste the link into your 'post'. I think you can reduce the size in Photobucket if you want? The g...

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As my 2.8 as it's nearly 19 years old and clocked up 130k, I have replaced more or less everything up front to try to get it back, as near as damn it, to when it was a youth. The final job was to replace all four shocks and top mounts. When I got the old fronts off I discovered, not surprisingly, th...

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Good idea Barry, although so much 'Gen' can be gleaned from our own forum, as you say there must be a lot of folks who wouldn't even contemplate some jobs or have the right tools etc. Having a person nearby who could help or just give verbal advice might give someone that bit of confidence to tackle...

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Brian H wrote:
if you like getting your hands dirty they are great cars to tinker with.

'Tinkering's' the word!..........at least the wives know where we are, on the driveway Zed tinkering or down the pub discussing the next Zed tinker!

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I have recently renewed all my springs and shocks with o.e.m. Sachs kit. Where did you get yours from?

Eurocar parts. ....EASTER20 and this weekend HOLIDAY25 % discount...worth having.

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Sachs front shocks and top mounts fitted, now just bought a pair of Sachs rear shocks.

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Just spoken to Sytner in Nottingham, and they confirmed that there is a gasket which isn't sold separately. You have to buy the screw bolt for £9.36 which then comes with the gasket, which is why the gasket is 'greyed' out in the diagram. Part needs to be ordered from Germany which is the case for a...

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Right then. This carboned bolt does look it came from one of the exhaust manifolds and ties up with item No12 on the above realoem as suggested by colb, although its not a hex as the diagram indicates. The only way to get to that area is a set of ramps and going up from underneath. These bolts are s...

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To be honest, I don't know either. Perhaps it's something to do with the USA exhaust emissions filter that some of our European cars have, which mine doesn't??

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I took Mrs KF on exactly that route last August, absolutely brilliant time. My friend RockyDave and I have taken the Zed's to Le Mans and Spa and we've found that his M54 2.2 does use more oil than my slightly older M52 2.8. As Del said, it seems to be an M54 thing to use a little more.....within re...

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Thanks guys for that, with the sooty bottom it does look like one of the screw plugs from either the front or rear manifold. Hopefully the little gasket might be in position or lying on the driveway.
Cheers

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All of a sudden a light rattling sound which grew louder, then a bang and a exhaust hissing sound. This bad boy then found under front right of car underneath the exhaust manifold. It now sound like a banger racer! Interestingly, the flat base is covered in soot, indicating exhaust? I'll check under...

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Hi kjb1 First and foremost, please don't try and twist the mirrors if they are stiff...otherwise the internal casting will shear off! When we did ours, we VERY gently pushed the mirror to get a small gap enough to insert the little red plastic tube from the WD40 can and then zapped it, and then let ...

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kjb1 wrote:
carpets been out, same as last Z3, second time I've done this now! haha.

Reckon there's a large number of Z3's out there with on board swimming pools which won't be found on their original spec!

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Very impressive work and well worth it! As you would have found out, that carpet underlay is seriously thick 1.5" - 2" in places and with a constant window leak will become totally saturated. However the carpet itself seems dry on top, but check out what's lurking further down...........as...

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Smashing 'top down' road down to LM, catch you down there for a beer in July

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Myself and Rocky Dave took the Zeds to LM24 two years ago and had a super trip. In July we're back again but to the LM Classic in July. Have a great time

Pete KF

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Davejue1 wrote:Can you add Brilie as well Pete.
Tar mate

Yes sir! Is he going meet at one of the points Dave?

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I fitted 20mm's on mine Alan, and using the 'high tech' piece of wood method across the wheel arch I think they sit well. Obviously it does depend on the wheel specs.

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Brilliant bit of footage Warrior, thanks for showing it

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The guy I used in Coventry recently for a replacement screen does a new roof with I believe a zipped in window for £750. Certainly when replacing the rear window he machines new vinyl into the existing zip and said he doesn't machine screens into the roof. He was competitive with the replacement sc...

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mrscalex wrote:Looks great.

I usually associate 2 rows of stitching with the window being sewn in rather than zipped in. Do you know if the window was sewn in or zipped in?

Hi, definitely sewn in, the old OEM was zipped.

KF

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Apart from a new soft top........new front shocks and top mounts, original standard control arm bushes (purple PowerFlex perhaps a little too hard for my liking?) and a new high viz brake light rubber seal (and what a pig to fit!

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About a month ago I discovered a lot of water under the drivers seat. I checked the elderly soft top but the mild sealant repair work looked ok plus it had a new window two years ago. Strangely enough the drivers windscreen washer wasn't working, so I replaced the washer valve under the bonnet anywa...

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