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I'm new to the world of marker lights as I'm used to a pre-facelift. But I'm doing a facelift project now. But my understanding is these are really the sidelights with the headlight unit not having a sidelight. I put pre-facelift headlights in my facelift and scratched my head a bit when I couldn't ...

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Thanks southernboy. I was okay with the procedure though - I just didn't know how to adjust it. I'm pretty certain it's the bulkhead grommet and either there is the wrong amount of outer cable either side of the bulkhead and/or it's moving past the hex lock ring on the end of the grommet. It was a w...

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Have PM'd you.

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Most parts available except body panels which are rotted or already re-used on my brother's 1.9. Doors and engine bay parts can be reserved but not yet ready to remove. Please post requests and I will advise availability and give a price offering you first dibs (hope that's allowed as per forum rule...

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Radiator shroud (17101715321). £15 Air con fan (64546905617 but see note). Tested and working on both speeds. Difficult to find used and extremely expensive from dealer. Fan motor only, no fan blades. £50 Alternator lower air duct (12311432464). £10 Topaz Blue bonnet grills. Generally very good but ...

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Need to start clearing out the surplus parts I've acquired for my 2.2 project. First up are front and rear bumper covers. The front bumper is solid but looks nasty - much worse than it really is underneath. It was on the car when it was front-ended but remarkably regained it's shape with no structur...

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foned two dealers today none in stock, but can order £6.10 plus vat so will get on when i get chance to get to dealer... Shows you how prices vary across dealers. I paid 25% more at Dick Lovett in Swindon. Which dealers did you phone? I see you're in Gwent and I spend a lot of time in Swansea and h...

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Don't forget you get money back if you take your old calipers to ECP, provided of course you buy your new ones from them. I did this! Good point. Didn't see the surcharge clause though so price remains at the £67.99 per side I originally bargained for. I think they do global 20% (?) discount days f...

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Can see how this is happening unless its not fitted properly or the cable you bought is not good ? That's 2 of us need guidance now then! The cable is second-hand but was working just fine on the donor car. I suspect it isn't fitted properly somewhere but I've checked and re-checked and just can't ...

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Still puzzling over this. So any help appreciated! Have googled and searched forums repeatedly but all the hits are for stuck bonnets and how to release them. My front end is off so I have easy access to open using the short cable that runs between the 2 latches. The latches have been cleaned and lu...

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That's pretty tacky eh.

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Sliders are the pins top and bottom that the caliper moves in and out on. The caliper itself can be rebuild. Kits available to reseal the piston and new dirt seals. Often the piston is corroded, can be replaced but I have found over the years for bog standard generic calipers just replace with reco...

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Do you mean the BMW badges? The grommets are £1.66 inc postage for 4 in the BMW shop on ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Genuine-Emblem-Retainer-Grommet-Plug-Insert-For-Hood-Set-x4-51141807495-/181742450235 Otherwise I use number plate double sided adhesive tape. It's highly adhesive. Don't use t...

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There's normally someone selling on eBay for £10. I bought one last week from a dealer hoping it would be cheaper. But that was £10 too. Interested to see what others say. But I would just scoot along to the nearest dealer although a phone call first is advisable as it may not be a stock item. Very ...

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Strip and clean and check for piston smooth travel definitely advised. Replace discs. The pad wear pattern on the outside, especially the excessively wide outer corroded ring indicates a budget pad where pad material widths get reduced to bring down costs. The inner wear I see every day. A result o...

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Bonzo wrote:So if the Autoglym detailer is a degreaser it must remove polish!

Apparently not.

http://www.autoglym.com/products/produc ... d-detailer

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Have you got any other bits that might be useful for my 2.2 project? Would love a pair of reasonably priced black Sports seats in particular

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The anal ones get out a brush and start cleaning the grass out of the tyre treads! I made many visits to Ford RS/Sporting Escort shows many years ago when those cars were my thing (still have a soft spot for them, have a look at this restoration http://bbs.rallyesportescorts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=...

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I use rapid detailer from Autoglym. I don't do shows but when the Z3 only comes out the garage once every one or two weeks it has a coating of dust and the rapid detailer does a quick and nice looking job.

I tend to use it as a mild degreaser under the bonnet as well.

It's good stuff.

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No expert on brakes so need some second opinions here. Starting to look at the mechanicals on the 2.2 project ready for MOT. Remembering this car has not run for about 9 months and I've never driven it as it arrived by transporter. On the outside surface of the front discs there's a badly corroded o...

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I've just replaced the bonnet release system (long cable, short cable, 2 lower latches and 2 upper latches) on the 2.2 project with known good parts from the breaker. The original latches had the cable entry guides snapped off and the replacement bonnet had no upper latches. It took a while getting ...

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That's a toughie. But only you know how much you want the cash against how much you want the car. Personally I wouldn't leave the car laid up without running it for 6 months a year on the road. Cars deteriorate when they're laid up. And what's the real point of having it just to leave it in a garage...

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Would have happily taken these off you if they were Topaz Blue. And I'm only down the road in Swindon...

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I've driven a Z3 M and while l agree that it's clearly a big step up (from the 3.0) it's not "a million miles, like comparing a youth hostal to the Hilton" Maybe your 3.0 was a bad one, or not the Sport version (which handles a fair bit better, l've owned both) l'd take the M in a heartbe...

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On a Z3? You're more likely to get a response from aliens. [emoji38] :lol: That's what I thought too. But I thought I should give the idea an airing. That was Coopers of Reading. I sussed out that's where the 2.2 project was supplied new from. To be fair they were quick to respond and tried but it ...

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I enquired to a dealer the other day about finding out the security code for the radio for the 2.2 project. I thought they had some sort of look up system. But he said they would need to put it on the diagnostics and retrieve it from there. Does that sound right? I have INPA so can I do it from there?

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The sill covers have now been removed. They look a bit nasty here but that's nearly all dirt. The amount of dirt trapped at either end (and in the sills themselves) was considerable. Well worth removing for a good clean up. http://learmouth.com/robert/Z3/IMG_4932.JPG And the front wheel arch liners ...

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[ Agreed. For £15,000 I'd be looking at a Z4m coupe. My last toy was a Porsche Cayman S 2006 done 55k and I sold that for £14,000 Does make a Z3 non M car look expensive @ 15k The thing is you sold the Porsche. How much would a dealer have charged by the time they'd spent money preparing it, servic...

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Andy is in Woking so is nearer for you. He's 2.5 hours from you and I don't think that's excessive for a set of parts like this. They really wouldn't travel well if you had them posted either. Fragile plastic and the roll loops are very heavy. Not a good mixture. Not aware of any others up for sale....

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jony9 wrote:Shall I ask him to send me a picture of all the screws that come with it?

I would. Up to you!

If you're not already committed you are much better off paying a few quid more from Spurs Fan unless the other guy is much nearer to you for collection. Andy will give you a full set of screws.

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jony9 wrote:I am having it for £255.

Thanx for helping me out. So I need to get more screws from bmw?

Can't answer that as we don't know what screws you are getting with it.

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Hi mate. What do you mean it's not a complete set of screws ? I am lost From auction listing: This is for all items shown (roll bars, central cubby, side trims with speakers, and metal brackets - oh and some fixing screws ). I also messaged him a couple of weeks ago and didn't go ahead with buying ...

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One more don't forget. To plug the speaker cables in the lateral trim panel back in before further assembly. The article link posted has torque settings for the roll loop brackets. Wish I'd seen that before I did mine as I just tightened up by feel. My seats were out anyway. I would think it's a lot...

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That's good. That's everything you should need. Note it's not a complete set of screws by the looks of it. I spoke with the seller at one stage when he only had the roll hoops up and suggested he might want to list the complete assembly. I think he told me it wasn't a complete set of screws then and...

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The very early cars had no mounting points. But I would think yours is not one of them. I believe you will need the lateral trim and cubby box as they are a different size on roll hoop cars. Not 100% sure if there is any difference between facelift and pre-facelift cars. I'd be surprised if there wa...

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I'll have the lock mechanism out and have a look. I have a spare and it's easy enough to remove having learnt a few lessons about the way it came out the first time! I can't really see how it could be the key barrel itself as the job of that must be to 'let the key in' via the pin/tumbler system and...

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I've seen that article but it's a point in case in that it's not clear. On the one hand it looks like a straight forward mechanism swap and retain existing key barrel - which is easy enough and I've done before. On the other hand the guy is talking about spending big money on new keys isn't he?

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A slippery slope indeed. And one I expect to end up falling over onto my a*se with unless I get some ICE for Dummies type help!

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As the previous one managed 200k I would be replacing it with the same make!

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And on the subject of small fixings. I'm on a mission to document sources of quality non-OEM fixings. There's a lot of junk on ebay either quality wise, because it's not as described on receipt or not matching the OEM part number indicated. But there's some good stuff too. I've bought a stock of fix...

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Good point about the seats. The cream (Lotus White) pair were superficially nice enough but had been subjected to a considerable degree of amateur repair so I said no. So I'm back to putting in the pre-facelift black leather pair which are nice enough. They just need a wiring harness converter made ...

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I've just put roll bars in my Z3 and the set I bought came with the sub-woofer enclosure rather than cubby box. Which was fine with me as I wouldn't use the cubby box and I'm partial to a bit of bass like the next man :) The trouble is I know nothing about car stereo systems. Is there a popular choi...

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I gather this is a common fault, I've read a few things on the internet but none give a definitive answer. When the key is inserted in the door lock it can spin round up to 720 deg before it engages. Can I make this problem go away by changing the door handle/lock mechanism. Or is it a fault in the ...

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Things are edging along. Here's the new back end. http://learmouth.com/robert/Z3/IMG_4910.JPG The little guy power-washing the rear bumper bar and wheel liners. Not my house btw - though I did just plant the flower beds! My parents' house as we have much more space to work there for some stuff. http...

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I'll be looking for a 3.0 later this year or more likely early next year. My budget was £4k. But if I had £5,750 to spend I'd be beating a rapid path to your door. Though for sporting reasons I'd still have to try and knock you down a bit :) Seriously, a great looking car. Don't go accepting any sil...

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Do you need the window switches themselves? I have these available from a breaker so PM me if I can help.

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theres loads of work going on there - well done. anyone would be happier to buy this when its finished Thank you sir. We'd put that much effort in anyway but I think it's even more important on a Cat C/D car so one day when I sell it it's clear the car has been properly restored. The Cat system rea...

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Some good progress the last 2 days. Firstly inside where the roll bars and cubby box/lateral trim panels are nearly in. Had to stop as 2 small fixings were missing/broken but I have both now and can finish off. http://learmouth.com/robert/Z3/IMG_4862.JPG The rear window is pretty reasonable but has ...

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I'm sure they'll spend £2000 :D In reality, they will give it a routine service (routine servicing conducted by apprentices in main dealers) and fix any obvious problem or warning light. Another youngster will give it a power wash & vacuum and if you are really lucky a machine polish covered by...

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