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#ZedShed Project Bluebird (Philip Baxters 3.0 Zed)
- Thread starter Lee
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Brill read, excellent... Let us know how different the car feels to drive @PHILIP BAXTER
Can't wait till I can treat mine to a shed makeover... Top write up fellas.
Can't wait till I can treat mine to a shed makeover... Top write up fellas.
So another day in the Zed shed. Today @Nodzed joined us to offer a hand and also to do the thermostat and water pump on his M.
The front end took some real effort everything was well past it and refused to come off. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Then there was nothing.
The best bit of kit we have in the zed, makes changing the springs a doddle!
Should of hired a skip
Looking so much better
New stereo (requested access to planet rock )
Bluebird is flying
So after all those bits being fitted we have some space back and the list of jobs is now small. Also the Brembo discs that were supplied were 15mm too small. They supplied the 285mm when the 3.0L uses 300mm discs, Doh.....
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Fit Stereo
Service with filters
Fit new discs with pads
TEST DRIVE
The front end took some real effort everything was well past it and refused to come off. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Then there was nothing.
The best bit of kit we have in the zed, makes changing the springs a doddle!
Should of hired a skip
Looking so much better
New stereo (requested access to planet rock
) Bluebird is flying
So after all those bits being fitted we have some space back and the list of jobs is now small. Also the Brembo discs that were supplied were 15mm too small. They supplied the 285mm when the 3.0L uses 300mm discs, Doh.....
Zip in the new window
Fit Stereo
Service with filters
Fit new discs with pads
TEST DRIVE
All down to Lee and the guys at the Zed Shed. Credit where it's due.That is some makeover, will be one of the best Z3's going.
Way to go guys!! That front end looked like a nightmare now looking like a freshman decked out for the first day of high school!! JIM
Good work again chaps.
That car is going to feel amazing, all those changes in one swoop, awesome job guys
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- Model of Z
- Z3M Imola and Z4 (e89)
@PHILIP BAXTER Its going to be a corker mate the boys have put some serious work into herThank you to all involved, in what looked a tough day at the office. The old girl is beginning to look young again
The wait is bloody killing me though. I can't wait to drive her again. Thanks to the Zed Shed it will be like driving a new car.
Thank you again @Lee & co.
A few notes and pictures from Tuesday evening. A couple of jobs, nothing too exciting. Standard service - oil, plugs and filters.
Lee gave the calipers a tidy up before I arrived with a lick of black hammerite. Contrasts nicely against the EBC Yellow Stuff pads.
The rear screen in the car was already showing signs of imminent failure, and a new BMW OEM was ordered. We've had issues sourcing decent quality ones from elsewhere, so for ease and quality it's a pukka one!
One particular thing of note is that the BMW screen has a sticky seal running around it which we've not seen on any of the after market ones. This means that when the canvas is tucked under the edge, it actually sticks in securely and shouldn't come out! The picture below shows the cover on the tape ready to be peeled off.
New screen in. It's going to take a while for it learn how to bend correctly, and I advise Philip starts off using a towel from day one to protect the screen and help it fold.
Wheels down for an extended test drive... All feels nice and smooth, no rattles or bangs (or things falling off). There is a vibration at speed which we think is down to the wheels/tyres. Looks to be some wheel weights missing, and there is a different budget tyre on each corner of varying (low) depths!). Philip is going to change the tyres soon anyway, and the car will need a 3 wheel alignment after all the suspension changes.
We stopped and took a couple of sneaky pics to show off it's new lowered stance. Looks just about right. Lee has some better ones on his camera which he will add later...
Lee gave the calipers a tidy up before I arrived with a lick of black hammerite. Contrasts nicely against the EBC Yellow Stuff pads.
The rear screen in the car was already showing signs of imminent failure, and a new BMW OEM was ordered. We've had issues sourcing decent quality ones from elsewhere, so for ease and quality it's a pukka one!
One particular thing of note is that the BMW screen has a sticky seal running around it which we've not seen on any of the after market ones. This means that when the canvas is tucked under the edge, it actually sticks in securely and shouldn't come out! The picture below shows the cover on the tape ready to be peeled off.
New screen in. It's going to take a while for it learn how to bend correctly, and I advise Philip starts off using a towel from day one to protect the screen and help it fold.
Wheels down for an extended test drive... All feels nice and smooth, no rattles or bangs (or things falling off). There is a vibration at speed which we think is down to the wheels/tyres. Looks to be some wheel weights missing, and there is a different budget tyre on each corner of varying (low) depths!). Philip is going to change the tyres soon anyway, and the car will need a 3 wheel alignment after all the suspension changes.
We stopped and took a couple of sneaky pics to show off it's new lowered stance. Looks just about right. Lee has some better ones on his camera which he will add later...
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Cracking job fellas Phillip will be well chuffed with that BTW was there any rubber left on the rears following the test drive 
BTW was there any rubber left on the rears following the test drive
Those tyres were brand new before that test drive / flight. I thought I could smell burning rubber.Cracking job fellas Phillip will be well chuffed with that
You lucky thing getting all that work done bet it's like new.
Owww how exciting @PHILIP BAXTER wow the guys have done an awesome job
Have you picked her/him up yet?
Have you picked her/him up yet?
Oh my @PHILIP BAXTER that's looking great!!
@GazHyde the German replacement windows also come with the two sided tape applied. Maybe @BMBabe or @Mnbrennan can speak to it's efficiency as I gave a window to Stacey for her birthday this year. But Philip's car is really looking good, well done boys!! JIM
@GazHyde the German replacement windows also come with the two sided tape applied. Maybe @BMBabe or @Mnbrennan can speak to it's efficiency as I gave a window to Stacey for her birthday this year. But Philip's car is really looking good, well done boys!! JIM
So tonight I did the final touches. Fitted the DAB stereo and changed the fuel filter. Then a final drive on my own to make sure shes ready to go out into the wild again.
I'll start with the fuel filter: The 3.0 has a different filter to all the other zeds. It has a fuel regulator on the top. As a rule of thumb you change the filters every 15,000 miles, this one however has been on since the factory Also these filters have two lines in compared to the single line in on the others.
Old one with the date of when it was produced.
New one with the fuel regulator on top.
Next Philip requested being able to listen to planet rock. So i installed a Pioneer MVH-290DAB this stereo has DAB,Spotify also both types of ports on the front.
The antenna I tucked down low on the passenger side of the windscreen.
That concludes bluebirds build, she's ready for the next 16 years
I'll start with the fuel filter: The 3.0 has a different filter to all the other zeds. It has a fuel regulator on the top. As a rule of thumb you change the filters every 15,000 miles, this one however has been on since the factory
Also these filters have two lines in compared to the single line in on the others. Old one with the date of when it was produced.
New one with the fuel regulator on top.
Next Philip requested being able to listen to planet rock. So i installed a Pioneer MVH-290DAB this stereo has DAB,Spotify also both types of ports on the front.
The antenna I tucked down low on the passenger side of the windscreen.
That concludes bluebirds build, she's ready for the next 16 years
Well done, that's another Zed done. You should have stickers made 'I've been to the Zed shed'So tonight I did the final touches. Fitted the DAB stereo and changed the fuel filter. Then a final drive on my own to make sure shes ready to go out into the wild again.
I'll start with the fuel filter: The 3.0 has a different filter to all the other zeds. It has a fuel regulator on the top. As a rule of thumb you change the filters every 15,000 miles, this one however has been on since the factory
Old one with the date of when it was produced.
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New one with the fuel regulator on top.
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Next Philip requested being able to listen to planet rock. So i installed a Pioneer MVH-290DAB this stereo has DAB,Spotify also both types of ports on the front.
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The antenna I tucked down low on the passenger side of the windscreen.
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That concludes bluebirds build, she's ready for the next 16 years