First Pic of my Z3

rosewellian · Post by **rosewellian** » Wed 24 Aug, 2011 16:29

Well this is the first pic of my recently aquired 1.8 Z3.

I borrowed the car as a summer runaround from my cousin who was selling my Range Rover at his garage in High Wycombe. It took a couple of months to sell the Rangie and by then I had become inseperable from the Zed so I bought it.

It is beautifully original and thats the way I plan to keep it. It has 48k miles and I just had inspection 2 carried out.

So far I have added four new Falken tyres and washed it a lot! My wishlist includes refurbing the alloys and the renovating areas of the drivers seat that have scuff marks. I will also shortly fit the passenger side Airbag control bypass unit that arrived today and then use the reset tool I bought to see if it clears the warning light.

I have had good success cleaning the rear window with renovo plastic polish and now just need to re-black the hood and attend to some minor bodywork hairline scratches which I hope I can do with the german coloured polish/wax crayon that I bought yesterday.

Looking forward to some Zsters runs out in my neck of the woods!

hornel Z3M · Post by **hornel Z3M** » Wed 24 Aug, 2011 16:34

Welcome to the madhouse... and the picture is ?????

rosewellian · Post by **rosewellian** » Wed 24 Aug, 2011 16:34

...OK so how come I browsed to the jpeg and then clicked Ad Attachment and it still did not link?

LookinFoolish · Post by **LookinFoolish** » Wed 24 Aug, 2011 19:05

easiest thing to do is create a photobucket account, upload it there, then when you do it'll give you an option to copy the [img]link-will-be-here[/img]

and it'll show up then matey

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Wed 24 Aug, 2011 19:24

Welcome to the forum.

Instructions for posting pics below

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

rosewellian · Post by **rosewellian** » Thu 25 Aug, 2011 15:51

Thanks for the photobucket tip guys here she is

si-forks · Post by **si-forks** » Thu 25 Aug, 2011 17:45

welcome great colour

LookinFoolish · Post by **LookinFoolish** » Thu 25 Aug, 2011 18:03

nice colour, looks in good condition. Alloys are looking great too.

I've got a 1.9 Z3 (pics in another thread) and there's just something about the original stock design that is just beautiful the way it is, nothing needs to be added and you've got a great looking and hopefully reliable car.

I've only got 65k miles on mine, for yours to have even less is great news.

EDIT: Can i ask why you've put your post code in your forum signature? Might be a good idea to remove that?

Titan · Post by **Titan** » Thu 25 Aug, 2011 18:54

Hi Ian and welcome to the forum

rosewellian · Post by **rosewellian** » Thu 25 Aug, 2011 19:22

North hampshire... I mean North Hampshire

Dave'z3 · Post by **Dave'z3** » Fri 26 Aug, 2011 10:35

Welcome to the forum!

That is a really deep looking blue! Not sure it's the lighting our the polish you use...but it looks grrrrrrreat!

Hope you enjoy the few days of sunshine we have left and get yourself out on a cruise asap! They are brilliant days out!

Dave

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Sun 28 Aug, 2011 05:37

nice Zed mate, but just a query 1.8l? you mean 1.9l right?
anyhows, looks awesome and no doubt summer will be great fun

ALM · Post by **ALM** » Sun 28 Aug, 2011 13:16

Car looks great.

rosewellian · Post by **rosewellian** » Sun 28 Aug, 2011 17:54

Vanne, Interesting point. Its a 1999 1895cc 4 cyl. 118bhp. When I gave my insurers the registration number they said it was 1.8L which is also what it says in the owners handbook.

I believe there are two other 1895cc engines options but wth higher bhp that are classed as 1.9L but I could be wrong!

zedwheels · Post by **zedwheels** » Sun 28 Aug, 2011 18:03

Realy good looking zed, love the colour! Happy zedding

Rob Tan · Post by **Rob Tan** » Sun 28 Aug, 2011 20:19

That is a NICE looking Z. Congrats on the purchase.

First Pic of my Z3

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