Si's Z3

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sil53
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Si's Z3

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Just before I start...a warning that I tend to get rather picture happy 8-)

Anyway, after falling out of love with my previous car too many times, a MK4 Golf GTI, I decided to sell up and start again.
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So, about 2 weeks ago, I bought my dad's Z3 off him, as he was wanting a change too.
This is the day I got it
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Since then its had a good, and thorough cleaning, and last night I met up with my mate with an E39 535i for a little shoot, so we had some photos of the cars before we started on the car changing mods, like suspension and wheels.

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And tomorrow, I'll be fitting my coilovers, to reduce the amount of archgap that the Z3 seems to come with :)
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sil53
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I've got my coilovers fitted, and have trial fitted my wheels, to make sure they fit, before i start getting them all refurbished, and tyres sorted. But here's some pics of how it looks at the moment :)

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And a pic with one of my wheels during the trial fit :)

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That's going to look good.

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nash
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Nice clean car, the wheels are ace, look forward to seeing them on the car
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sil53
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barbancourt wrote:
That's going to look good.
Cheers dude
nash wrote:Nice clean car, the wheels are ace, look forward to seeing them on the car
Thanks man

Wheels look like they're going to be an ongoing, and most likely winter project, but should be on for next year :)

In the meantime, everybody loves pictures

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Spang257
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Nice shine, Si...

What you doing with the front number plate?
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sil53
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Cheers dude :)

The plate currently still resides in its normal place on the front bumper. It just comes off for photos. Although I am looking at places and ways to relocate it.
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Cars looking good, those wheels are going to make a big difference :)
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Alan W
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Were the first 'car park' photos taken at Bluewater in Kent?
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Captain wrote:Cars looking good, those wheels are going to make a big difference :)
Cheers dude :)
Alan W wrote:Were the first 'car park' photos taken at Bluewater in Kent?
Yea they are :) Its only about 30mins from me.
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sil53 wrote:Cheers dude :)

The plate currently still resides in its normal place on the front bumper. It just comes off for photos. Although I am looking at places and ways to relocate it.
I have a friend who removed his front plate, filled in the holes and relocated it as one of the 'square' plates to one side... looks good!
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Spang257 wrote:
I have a friend who removed his front plate, filled in the holes and relocated it as one of the 'square' plates to one side... looks good!
I do want to get the holes filled, ideally I want to respray the front to remove the stonechips. But it'll be a while yet :roll:
I've been thinking about a sqaure plate. I'm also looking at the motorised mounts that retract the plate so its hidden, but pops out when you want it to :)
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Si nice looking Z i had those wheels as standard too, now my Zed is my own :-)
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sil53
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Cheers buddy :)

Have some more pics. Everybody loves pics right?

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nice car , its very low . :shock: you would be bottoming out big time on the country roads here (hills and dips at speed :twisted: ) im getting them without lowering :roll:
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sil53
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Cheers dude.
After my last car, its actually pretty high :oops:
Its actually really good round here. All the roads are soo much fun to drive again :) Although, I have just tweaked the fronts a little bit lower :| haha
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I knew that was Bluewater (15 mins from me) Nice looking car si, what engine / gearbox configuration does it have?
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sil53
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Oh, haven't been on here in a while.
Its a 1.9 16v 140hp with a 5 speed box. Thats about all I know of it really :oops:

Well, it hasn't changed much really. Its a bit lower, been keeping it clean, and enjoying blasting around all the lovely roads :)

But, here is some more pics :)
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Very nice, very glossy... Love the original Z-stars on that car. They look in very good shape.
2000 Z3 2.3 Topaz Blue Metallic over Black and Sandbeige leather.
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