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Ian Kelly

Hi, 1 month today to my Alps trip, going with the GF this year, so storage will be critical!! :lol: Has anyone bought custom fit luggage? Is it worth the money? I've seen them for £120 ish, which is quite a lot of money for a few bags. However, I'm spectacularly disorganised, and I thought the lugga...

Ian Kelly

I think I've found the problem, but I need to take the rack off tonight to confirm. I've googled loads of pics of standard Z3 racks and the fixed hydraulic lines on the rack look like they are connected differently from the M rack. Quite why this would be I've no idea, but I recall happily removing ...

Ian Kelly

Hi, I've finished reassembling the front suspension, had everything off and cleaned up, and have swapped the steering rack for a non-M one (quicker ratio). Once I'd found the PS fluid reservoir (removed the intake chamber) I topped up with Halfords PS fluid and, with the front wheels still off the g...

Ian Kelly

Good to see you're making progress. Can you see what use to be in your car? :D Jason Hi, I've watched your build on the GKD site, I visited Peter (GKD) last September as I was pretty keen on building another car (built an R1 Fury in 2006/7), but after looking at my diary (and bank balance!) decided...

Ian Kelly

Sorry to gatecrash, but I'm looking for dust boots for my front ACS struts which are made by Bilstein. Any ideas for UK suppliers, I've googled it to death!

Thanks, Ian

Ian Kelly

I'll second Ebay - there's a few on there for around £200-£400.

Swapping isn't a massive job, an Indy should only charge 2 hours labour (or you can scuff your own knuckles!).

Ian

Ian Kelly

This car was up for sale when I was buying mine last Sept. I nearly went to view it, but it was way out of budget, but I wanted to see a mint car before I bought one.

Good luck with the purchase,

Ian

Ian Kelly

Picked the wheels up, the good news is they didn't ask me for any money. They apologised for not being able to do what I asked. Not sure if they have changed ownership or staff, but the job they did is not up to scratch. The over-spray on the backs is awful, and there are quite a few blemishes on th...

Ian Kelly

Ian As I'm local to you I'd be happy if you named and shamed them (sounds like a load of bull to me that they probably get away with 9 times out of 10 :head: ) For info there is a great "back street" refurb shop in Widnes (just off the M62 side). There only deal in cash but do a great job...

Ian Kelly

Now, while I'm here, why the hell are these car so heavy? If it could shead a couple of hundred (I know!) kilo's it would be a total weapon! The seats must be pretty heavy... But what else, is the chassis made of lead? Cheers, Mark The seats are 28kg each, when I did the bushes I weighed them as I ...

Ian Kelly

Canman wrote:im affraid Ian you have got what you paid for. A full thorough re furb inc tyres on and off , will never be done for £100.

£100 was the cost for doing the fronts only, they quoted £160 for a full tyres off, shot blasted refurb. Even this is relatively cheap I admit.

Ian

Ian Kelly

Thanks guys,

Decided to abort mission, I'm picking the wheels up tomorrow and taking them somewhere else. I've spent a considerable amount of time and money on the suspension \ underside refurb so far, so I'm not going to let shoddy wheels spoil the effect.

Cheers,

Ian

Ian Kelly

Hi, I'm in the process of having my alloys refurbed. Left them with the company a few weeks ago, called in this lunchtime to collect them. I asked for a full refurb (shot blast, very minor kerb damage repair, repaint). They decided to only refurb the fronts, as the wheels "weren't in too bad a ...

Ian Kelly

Good to see it nearing completion! I agree, the rear looks a bit high, although it could be the angle of the photo. Rear alloys look good, less keen on the fronts, they look a bit under-dished (compared to the rears!!), but again, could be the angle. Are you still up for selling the front left stand...

Ian Kelly

Thanks gents, Not looking to start tweaking front to rear ARB balance, just wanted to put them both on their softer setting to start with, after replacing all the suspension bushes, ball joints, etc. Si, when you say uprated mounts, does that involve additional strengthening being welded in to the c...

Ian Kelly

The rear H&R ARB has 2 holes, to alter the strength of the anti roll effect. Just can't work out which way is stiffer, I assume it's the outer holes as this will give more leverage, can anyone confirm?

Thanks,

Ian

Ian Kelly

I've got a new 320d as a daily drive, and my S50 feels no quicker when driving through the gears in normal traffic using just the first 3k revs. Modern turbo diesels feel incredibly grunty from 1500 revs, especially in part-throttle driving. Maybe that's why the new 1M has got twin turbo's, the worl...

Ian Kelly

Look on the bright side, you're still in one piece and so is the rest of the car. It could have failed on you (big time) when being driven enthusiastically which could have been a disaster. If you have access to a decent workshop space and can afford to spend some time on the car, then you'll end up...

Ian Kelly

I';ve dropped my wheels off today to be refurbed, I'll post some pics \ comments when I get them back. They're at National Alloys in Widnes, £40 per wheel for silver fronts \ black inners. I have hit a problem though. The front of the M was on Axle stands, so I lifted the rear, removed the wheels, a...

Ian Kelly

PERRIN Z3M wrote:Never received A pm Ian

Steve

Bugger, sent you a message Sunday morning. No matter, glad that someone's bought it.

Ian

Ian Kelly

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Ian Kelly

To do a proper test you need to find yourself a nice lady with long hair and take her for a drive both with and without. What, you have to shave her hair off part way through the test??? :D Only joking. I've got the mesh deflector too, and it makes a huge difference for me as well. With the windows...

Ian Kelly

Not local to you (and no link to me) but a place near me is quoting £35 per wheel for a full refurb up to 17" wheels. I rang them last week and they said there would be over a weeks delay as they were very busy. Can't vouch for their work, but at that price I'm not surprised they're busy! http:...

Ian Kelly

If you do decide to remove some of the mods, I'd be interested in the strut brace and the Eisenmanns, and possibly the headlights.

Good luck, nice example.

Ian

Ian Kelly

I bought my first Z3 last October after viewing 4 or 5 cars. You really can't beat seeing a selection, you start noticing different things about the cars and eventually you form an opinion of the things you definitely do \ don't want. Also it gives you an idea of the different condition of the cars,...

Ian Kelly

There's usually a 'sprint to the finish line' with bidding. I've sold items that have doubled in price in the last hour of the auction.

Best of luck,

Ian

Ian Kelly

Only fitted yellows to the rear so far, but there's much less dust than OEM. Not had any issues with pad noise.

Can't comment on braking performance as the rears do relatively little work compared to the fronts.

Ian

Ian Kelly

Would love to see it, I'm just outside Liverpool and work in Warrngton, let me know if you're doing 'viewings'!!! I assume you won't be doing many miles in it!

Congrats on the purchase, staggering price for the miles, and it's amazing that one with such low miles exists at all!

Cheers, Ian

Ian Kelly

Heavy seats but I love the heated function of them though. Regardeing the Recardos though I saw a set in a Mcoupe at Gaydon last year chatting to the owner, they certainly suited his car but the question I have to ask is although the seats are heavy are you using your car as a track day hack? As wh...

Ian Kelly

Yep, saw those, but £800 plus my seats for second hand recaro's is way out of budget. In fact new ones are £418 each from DT', though you'd need to add mounts at £50 per seat. Still too rich for me though.

Ian

Ian Kelly

Hi, I do find the seats a bit slippy as well. John - yes, the original bushes are rubber and they crush with age. My drivers seat ones were destroyed, passenger seat ones weren't as bad, but both seats were rocking under braking and accelerating. Nylon bushes cost me £10, search under stock exchange...

Ian Kelly

Hi, Replaced the seat bushes yesterday, got some nylon ones off this forum (cheers aceman). The job was pretty straight forwards, slightly fiddly doing the first runner, but easy to get the knack after that. Took 2 hours overall including hoovering and general faffing. Did the mileometer bulbs as we...

Ian Kelly

Thanks Mark,

Have you gone for the 135i calipers then or are they Brembo branded?

BTW, can't believe that the new M Coupe 1 Series reverts to single pots when the 135i uses the quite sexy looking 6 pots!

Cheers,

Ian

Ian Kelly

I've got one odd caliper on my car '98 Z3M, must have been replaced at some point. The other 3 have M logo's embossed in them, the front left doesn't, so I'm looking for a replacement with the M logo. Working order please, although I will be cleaning up, painting and putting new seals in. As long as...

Ian Kelly

Changed my battery over a couple of months ago, £70 for a Bosch Silver from Costco (£122 in Halfords!).

The alarm siren went off when I disconnected the battery, but stopped when the new one was in place. Radio wasn't a coded one, so no problem there.

Ian

Ian Kelly

I agree about the adjustment. My new 3 series (non xenon) went back to BMW twice to have the headlights looked at, they are truly awful even when adjusted "properly", lighting up about 15 ft of road in front of the car, and then nothing else! At 70 on a dark road I think they are dangerous...

Ian Kelly

One further advantage of installing the Rogue rear shock mounts is that you can subsequently remove the shocks from under the wheel arch, i.e. no need to remove internal trim to get at the retaining bolts, you can access from underneath. Although this is allegedly a bigger benefit to the coupe owner...

Ian Kelly

Thanks all, Yep, the front end will be done in a similar way, I'm hoping it will be much simpler though! I knew the rear end was quite involved, that's why I started there (to test my resolve!). After seeing the amount of movement in the subframe bushes when prying them with a large screwdriver, I k...

Ian Kelly

Well the rear suspension is back on and the car has passed it's MOT today, so I must have put it back together ok :lol: The refurb of the rear suspension has taken a lot longer than expected, but it's done and the diff cross member has been seam welded to ensure it stays put. Anyway, quick pictorial...

Ian Kelly

Hi, I've just refurbished the rear suspension and removed everything - diff, subframe, trailing arms, ARB's, driveshafts, the whole lot. It's going back together tomorrow. The rear suspension is not adjustable for toe or camber from the factory. The trailing arms mount to the subframe in a fixed ori...

Ian Kelly

A selection of old jars with lids on in a variety of sizes is great for bending brake lines. Just use a pulling action as you bend and the pipe follows the curve of the jar.

Ian Kelly

That's harsh getting fined. I got pulled last year for (amongst other things) having an illegally spaced number plate. The officer let me off with a warning. Cue gratuitous shot of my old 'toy', an R1 engined Fisher Fury, sold last year to get the Z3M - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/497...

Ian Kelly

Rear hoses installed. Removing the old ones involves slackening off the 11mm nut at the end of the metal pipe, moving this out of the way, then removing the rubber hose from under the chassis bracket. Mine wasn't actually attached to the chassis, just wedged \ rusted in, so a wriggle got it out. Goo...

Ian Kelly

Project update - I gave up with the stuck driveshaft and took it to Mr Engineer. He used a beefy looking industrial hub puller to push the driveshaft out of the hub. So, with all rear end components dismantled I took them to be shot blasted and coated. Subframe after trying to grind all the paint of...

Ian Kelly

Diff oil smells like gas (well, it does to me!). Check for diff leaks, or it might have been overfilled.

Ian

Ian Kelly

Hi Mark,

Good to see the car last week, having seen the width of your garage I can only assume you are a contortionist!!

I've fitted the camber and toe plates, will post some pics tonight on my refurb thread.

Cheers,

Ian

Ian Kelly

Hoses are a straighforward job, unscrew the oldies, screw in the new ones, bleed the system. You'll need to remove the calipers, but it's fairly simple. I've never bled the system on mine, but I'll be doing it this week when the hoses arrive. If I hit any snags I'll post on here. I've never replaced...

Ian Kelly

I've just ordered a set of Goodridge stainless hoses for my M. CA automotive had them in stock at £60. (no link to me, but CA have the most polite staff I've ever phoned!). If it was me and I wasn't in a hurry, I'd have a go. If you need the car back on the road ASAP, I'd find a good independent to ...

Ian Kelly

The searching I've done so far only lists 2 racks - M and non-M, therefore I assume all non M's are the same. Real OEM lists the same part for all non-M's as 32131095577. Also, more googling has confirmed the ratio is 2.7 which sounds like a nice ratio for a road car based on my previous experience ...

Ian Kelly

Good condition rack wanted. PM me if you have one lying around or know of a Z3 being broken for parts that might have a good condition rack. These are quite popular with E30 and E36 modifiers due to the 2.7 or 2.8 ratio. I want to sharpen up the steering in my Z3M, which has the 3.2 rack. No urgency...

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