The below is a pic of the boot welds that a close friend has been sent during his hunt for a Z3M. Having owned a Z3M myself, I am concerned, however I have never seen in person any Z3M with weld issues although I am fully aware of the 'issue'.
To those who have experienced this type of failing or have viewed others vehicles, we are asking for your comments..... would you walk away and continue the search ?
Yep those are "popped" welds indicating that the diff bracket is probably cracked and maybe the seam under the sealant ahs a worse crack.
Its pretty advanced as the second set of welds look to have gone as well (but you can't see them all on the pic)
If the car is too far away to view in person I would look at another.
At the end of the day this can be a repair costing a few hundred pounds if not too bad and could be a good negotiating tool, but if its bad there are plenty of others to see
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Can anybody give examples of their repair costs thus aiding any negotiation markers. The repair costs would have varied with severity ?? but any indication of cost to date would be much appreciated.
The welds look to be in a similar state to those on my 2.8 LINK as it was just the lefthand side (viewed from the rear) welds that were failing. Fortunately the seem, diff bracket, etc on mine were all OK but may not be the case with the ///M.
Mine had 2 welds that had popped, so not as bad as those pics. At some point in the past mine had weld dropped into a popped weld from above, to prevent it getting worse. I used it as negotiating point when I bought my car last year.
Stripped everything off from underneath the rear and had a good look, and the diff mount and cross member looked fine from underneath, so I got a welder to seam weld the whole cross member to the boot floor. He charged £100 at my house, so not too bad (shame I didn't know anyone that welded!). Bit of primer and silver hammerite, and it was good as new or better.
