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That looks in rather lovely condition.

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I would rather my mechanic didn't need guiding!!

But would be helpful if you could get hold of your own pair...

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Similar but not the same. Mine is by some outfit called D&W.

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Yes otherwise it's the steal of the century notwithstanding the gopping interior and silly wheels.

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Thanks. They are actually the same numberplates (ie the same actual slabs of plastic) that were on the last car, which miraculously both survived the accident intact!

Sticking with 16s for now.

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Must be very rare these days:

http://www.hexagon-bmw.co.uk/usedbmw/vi ... 020AL02129

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Thanks chaps.

I confess I haven't had the nerve to take a drill to the bonnet yet (two holes are required so you need to be very precise) so the tortoise is still on a shelf in the garage. Last time, someone else did it for me!

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As some of you will be aware, my green Z1 met with an unfortunate accident and is now being slowly reconstructed elsewhere. Not one to be dissuaded, I bought another and have just finished having it fettled (some mechanical, some cosmetic) which included having the hardtop resprayed to dream black. ...

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TJS wrote:
p.s I didnt see the dealers trick TVR coloured Z1 whilst I waited for them not to service my car.

Subtle...

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Has aircon but.......

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1973435.htm

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Welcome - good story! I personally think the car looks great and I speak as someone of inherently conservative taste!

Hard to tell from the photos but the paint finish looks very good.

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You will like it even better when you learn that my father's Audi is even brown.

It's a colour choice lost on me too.

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senna wrote: What's an AUDI?

Something every member of my family drives except me!

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Yet you seem to have now fitted them again? I don't have an M20 engine. Something producing a little over two and a half times more power. It needs 4 pipes as did the M5 (as did the M3) :D :D :D Also I was a bit bored of de-rigueur quads. RS Audis seem to cope just fine with two pipes......

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Yet you seem to have now fitted them again?

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I wouldn't have that myself but it actually looks quite good. Suits the concept-car styling in a funny sort of way.

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Senna, That system looks brilliant, must have been expensive! I like the nouvalari system as it sounds better than my BTB and was thinking of getting one as they are so cheap but after visiting Pierre and noticing his pipes have gone a gold colour i'm not sure how good the quality is long term. I g...

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Nice. Rare colour.

Is that a mainland British car then or can you have UK personal plates on NI cars?

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Nice. So sad to see my old car there in its dishevelled state!

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Cheers. Yes, it was a bit of a mission. But fortunately, apart from losing one bit socket from the power drill down one of the door apertures where it happily vanished off into the underside of the car never to be seen (mercifully wherever it is at the moment it doesn't seem to rattle!), it all went...

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Have just returned from a fortnight on the French Riviera in my Z1. Had a great time posing around Monaco and looking at the fantastic cars parked around the casino area. On returning to England and whilst waiting for the ferry at Le-Havre a guy spoke to me who said that he had a right hand drive Z...

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It looks strange green - I think it is better to respray it....unless anyone has a black one and wants to swap it for a green one!!

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Feeling very pleased with myself. Spent a few hours this morning with my toolbox and have managed to fit the hardtop mountings from the old car on to the new car. I confess I felt a bit nervous taking a power drill to my car and I've discovered that nuts makes reasonable substitutes for washers wher...

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I think it looks 'orrible!

Never sure about lighter shades on Z1s - shows up all the wonky panel gaps too well!

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Sorry to hear it. At least yours didn't grab airtime quite to the extent mine did.

Some thoughts on alloys I had here: http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26443

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Well yes, free work is free work. They aren't actually a backstreet greasemonkey set-up. It's in fact a large and smart garage which is just around the corner from my house. It holds itself out as a BMW/Merc specialist and is usually full of Ferraris and Astons and whathaveyou as well. Last time I w...

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Yes, same bunch of talented individuals. They agreed to do about £1500's worth of servicing and cambelt change on the new Z1 (which it needed) as a goodwill gesture after I went and read the riot act at them and waved my business card around. They have also now agreed to respray the nose-cone. But a...

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EUR24k is quite ambitious for a Z1 with 163,000 kms on the clock.

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I am not having luck with Z1s. Just went this morning to collect the new car from the garage where it has been having a major service and cambelt change to find it now sporting a particularly unattractive new scuff all along the RH front (it starts in the grille and has a particularly deep bit on th...

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a1z1 wrote:Welcome to the forum.

There must be something in the water around Newark/Lincoln, i feel a mini meet coming on.

Ivor

Nice new signature Ivor! Very artfully done!

Welcome DPW.

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BBZ149 wrote:Jonny, how about these BBS RS bad boys?

http://www.felgen-man.de/english/indexenglish.html

Nice. I used to have something very similar on a Mk2 Golf GTI 16v. But I don't think that style suits the Z1.

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Definitely not! I'm not a fan of most aftermarket alloy designs.

I'm not really looking for anything - I like the standard wheels. I just was browsing.

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I should point out that my green Z1 was written off in an accident a couple of months ago and that's why I ended up with this black one. The green one felt perkier (more grunt), although a tankful of V-power seems to have done the black one the power of good, and makes a much louder noise than the b...

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Hi RT, I had Mini Cooper S wheels in 18" on my Zed when i was with you guys in England. The Mini wheels have I believe 56mm of a centre hole and the Z1 has 57mm centre hole so it doesn't fit properly but because the ET is diferent with the mini wheels you need spacers mine also corrected the c...

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I make it that we so far have:

AL00011
AL00135
AL00140
AL00317
AL00438
AL00472
AL00650
AL00904
AL01039
AL01089
AL01555
AL01757
AL02114
AL02216
AL03200
AL03334
AL03861
AL03892
AL04113
AL04147
AL04397
AL04529
AL04805
AL04921
AL04946
AL05291
AL06309
AL06550
AL07077
AL07845

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AL04397. First registered in Dusseldorf in 1991, imported to UK in 1997 by previous owner. Bought in 2005 with 85,000 kms recorded. Currently has a little over 105,000 kms. Wiesmann hardtop, full re-trim in black leather (originally lemon), custom Powerflow 4-exit exhaust, D&W wood-rim steering...

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Shame, those wheels look nicer.

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I've made it the garage's problem - they're doing this stuff for free...

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Jonny, you cannot leave it on there too long as it gets into the grooves and goes milky! I did mine then washed it clean with water and kept doing it till it was all clear then filled the lens with water and left it standing for a while. And the orange comes off a lot easier with a new pair of lens...

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I did it with methylated spirits and a small paint brush. Worked perfectly and very quickly unlike my first attempt :? lens is now perfectly clear, and it did not harm the plastic in any way. Hmm. I followed this advice yesterday on my spare set of front indicators and, whilst the meths did work ev...

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Cheers Sam. I did consider the hoover option. But the headlights steamed up a treat last night when I used them for the first time so in fact perhaps disassembling the lamps and removing and drying out the silica baggies in the oven might not be the worst idea in the world! Good tip on the tar spot ...

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The more keen among you may already know this, but I thought it might be of interest to anyone looking for new/different alloys (perhaps in a 17" size) to note that, given the general lack of alloy options designed specifically for the BMW Z1 or in that fitment, it in fact appears that alloys d...

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New car came with the registration "XAZ1470", which I shall be taking off shortly to replace with my own personal registration. Am not interested in it myself so minded to just let it lapse rather than pay to put it on retention, but if any of you fancy it, you can have it for the cost of ...

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I feared that would be the answer. Tedious!

Was so busy rushing about at the weekend that took no pics except this rather useless one of new purchase safely tucked away in garage:

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Hurrah! Picked up the new Z1 yesterday in Henley and very chuffed with it. Goes very well - really noticeably better for a tankful of V-Power and a good run to Guildford and then on to London. Sounds much quieter than the old one but does still make a rather nice noise. Interior in better nick than ...

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German approach any day.

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Thanks! And the new Z1 arrives on Saturday....less than 48 hrs to go!

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I agree that aesthetically the BTB system suits the car though I hate exhausts where you can see little pipes hiding inside showy large openings (step forward many modern cars). I think I'm just used to my last car, which was really quite a noisy little beggar. Mind you it has an LSD and went like a...

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Many thanks - don't suppose you know what their hourly rate is? Don't know if the original fabric is available but I don't like it at the best of times and have never been a stickler for originality, so would take the opportunity to have it re-trimmed in normal mono-colour leather (contemplating bla...

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Yikes, you really go through the wars with that car...

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