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Will shocks and springs from a Z3M fit my 1999 2.0 Z3?

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Anyone confirm if the M suspension will fit? Be ineterested if it does.

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Shouldnt need replacing, blow could be a bad join? Would think worst case, a cracked weld,

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Insurance premium isnt an issue as my insurer doesnt increase premium for lowering.

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Its steel grey, BMW colour code 400

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They're quite nice actually, had horrible visions when you said clear, lol.

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Looks in really good condition, and love that interior on that colour

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Looks lovely! Links to the lights you intend to put on? Think most stick with standard rears tbh.

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Xavier wrote:Bueller?

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Looks lovely, nasty stone chip on the rear quarter though

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can anyone confirm if these can be painted? Dont like the black, but if I could paint them to match the car may be interested.

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So for those of you that have done so, what would you say are your 'must do' mods, the ones that, if you were to have to start again, you would be doing first? The ones that made your zed look better? The ones that made it drive better? So lets have them, what are they, how much did they cost, and w...

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Just a note that the colour of the rubber is used to identify the stiffness o the rubber...

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Only had the car a week, so still learning what there is to love. One thing that has come up a few times already is the number of people that have commented on how lovely it must be for me to have a brand new car like this! I cant think of another car thats 12 years old that, regardless of how good ...

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Heads up for members local to me, I have orderd one now so if you ever have need for one give me a shout.

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Simply not good enough, I had to resort to google to find where to buy my airbag light reset tool from

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Mine involves being intoxicated at an innapproriate age infront of my mother over the christmas holidays, its also now shortened from its original form.

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Technically ay modification should be delcared, including removing things.

A specialist insurer is always the best, I can do basically any modification I want that doesnt gain BHP without any cost including induction kits, exhausts, roll cages, lowerng etc etc.

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I'm paying just short of a grand on my 2.0 zed! Thats what I get for having a 22year old fiancee...

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These prices mae me a little sad, damn having to have she who must be obeyed on the insurance, she bumps the premiums up

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Spring is about £60 http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/BMW_Z ... 8315e&COIS

Labour should be an hour, so the lower price is about right imo.

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Cheers, thats the kind of feedback I am after. Was the ebay seller actually Hottuning? Or another seller?

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Cheers for the link. Shame they dont sell one unit that does Airbag and service lights, wold be on it straight away then, however I dont think I'll need the airbag one again after using it as I am pretty sure I knw whats causing the fault and will fix it first.

Decisions decisions...

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Point is the job needs doing now, I have a fixed amount of money to do a job that needs doing now, and two ways about doing it. I have read a lot of reviews on the hottuning suspension, and the only negatives I have found is the ride is quite firm, and if you lower too much you get rubbing, which is...

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Good news! ABS & ASC lights cured themselves! Feeling a bit happier with it today, now just to sort the other issues, and find someone with an airbag light reset tool to avoid the BMW diagnostics fee...

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Glad I'm not the only on happy with the reception, I had an ear bending last night because the other half cant get Capital FM anymore...

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Undo the connection, clean up, apply high temp silicone, refit, problem solved

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Sachs shocks are over £80 each at eurocar parts now...

I see the general consensus is to go standard replacement parts, still not completely made up my mind though.

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As subject really, anyone local to Birmingham (B64) got an airbag light reset tool?

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Thanks guys, think the colour is steel grey

Not too worried about being difficult to work on just how hard it is to identify faults

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Unfortunately got to start with fixing it...

Got wheel wobble at 40mph, checked balancing, still got to check for sticky calipers. Got ABS, ACS and airbag light on. Got few cosmetic bits to do to

Oh and a dead shock absorber.

Not looking quite as good a buy now

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Just had a call from the other half to say that the ABS and ASC lights have just come on and stayed on. Any clues as to what it is? Car apparently driving normally.

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AP coilovers are abou £300 more than the hottuning, and although I am sure they are better, my current budget wouldnt stretch that far. The choice really is between standard shocks, hottuning coilovers or similar coilovers such as Jom.

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thats what I meant, can we see yours.

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Scenario is, one shock has gone, so you need to buy 2 new front shocks and may need springs to (havnt checked yet). You would like to lower the car in the future, but hadnt intended to do it straight away. Would you buy 2 new shocks and springs if required? Cost for shocks would be circa £200. OR Wo...

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Wolverine_1999 wrote:Yes the Grommet is up for €8 delivered to Ireland.. so a more reasonable choice at present.

No electric roof so there would be plenty of space, but as you said, quality is of importance.

Any way to judge a good decent one? (besides price)

Grommet is about £1 from dealer part number is 65218389698

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Get a new aerial grommet?

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Cheers Taff, I know the bushes were all done within last 2 years, so dont think it will be that.

Could it be the one dead shock causing it? I have a feeling it may be the brake caliper as I remember thinking that the rear nearside wheel was warm last night....

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Thank you for the detailed response! I will definatley check this. I had the wheels balanced last night, turned out there was no weights on them at all :shock: It has improved, however there is still a slight wobble at 40mph, though the lightnes at the front end seems to have gone away :) Bad news i...

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fittings all look very similar to my genuine BMW hardtop if that helps

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As above, 80k is a long way off 100k still. That sound a very good price though for that spec and mileage from a dealer, which always makes me dubious.

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A massively small 65mm

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Price, spec and history dependent I wouldnt be put off by milage. These cars are getting older now and will be on highr milage. The one I bought recently is on 91k, but feels a lot younger!

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Good luck with your search. I recently (Saturday!) bought a 2.0 Z3, and I love it! Just sold a Clio 197 Cup, and was worried that the 2.0 would feel slow in comparison, but in all honesty, upto legal speeds, it feels easily as fast, so will feel brilliant coming from the cooper.

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Just a quick heads up for you guys, I had a Citroen C2 aerial lying around spare from an old car (was fitted to my Clio 197 cup) and just tried it on the Z3 and it fits perfectly, and good reception to, well on my drive at least. Was about £5 iirc, part number is 6561N3. This is a picture of it on t...

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Cheers Jonnttt, are clear side repeaters available from BMW?

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Took the hard top off tonight and went for a quick drive in the country. Only one way to describe it, I loved it! Been a while since I was in a convertible with the roof down and I had forgotten what a thrill it is! http://stumac.stegough.com/z3/3s.jpg http://stumac.stegough.com/z3/4s.jpg http://stu...

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any before and after graphs? Be interested to see the difference in torque curve.

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it has hidden weights so not very easy to see, wheels are unfortunately quite heavily curbed by previous owner, which made me thinking tracking issue

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Thanks robert, from that link it looks like it is Steel grey, will check the code though later before buying any paint

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