Looks like a good product to use. I'll make sure I don't get any on the wife......................................(Thin ice)
What have you bought for your Zed this week?
- Thread starter bombur
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- Joined
- Nov 25, 2012
- Points
- 178
- Location
- Newport, South Wales,UK
- Model of Z
- Z3 M43 1.8 (1999) and Z4 E85 2.5 (2003)
Tank vent valve and a fuel cap replacement gasket after I had a code and EML popup on the Z4. Also ordered a oil filter housing gasket after noticing wetness down the side of the engine, not much at the moment but will be going in to change it soon.
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2022
- Points
- 16
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Model of Z
- Z3 Roadster 2.0 Manual post-facelift
Are you able to tell me, are the extended leather components on a Z3 roadster (e.g. the airbag cover, instrument cluster cover, etc) the same as non-extended leather (putting aside the leather itself) components? For example, if I have a Z3 with extended leather and need to replace the airbag cover, is it as simple as getting any airbag cover and getting it leather trimmed? Or are they different sizes to accommodate the leather seams/stitching between panels?
Extended Leather includes the Hockey Sticks up the sides of the front console, the middle console itself, the dash and the dial dome. The dashes and components are all the same themselves - factory ones are obviously fitted professionally and I suspect the leather to be thinned out where required but despite being professionally done the leather around the back of the dash and the dome usually shrinks over time and peels back.
Z3 Extended Leather Peeling Dash Repair (long)
The Problem My car is a 98 2.8 with a tanin red, extended leather interior. Car has been garaged and does not excessively sit in the sun. Many tanin red, extended leather owners have mentioned peeling. (see pic) Most common is the passenger side airbag cover and instrument panel bezel. The...
For DIY, there is a requirement on some pieces to just sand them back a little bit to allow for the addional thickness of the leather that you are adding - this is even though you have stripped the vinyl off the panels initially. If you look at the 2 blue links in my signature you'll see what I mean.
Everything ready to freshen up the front suspension, wheel bearings and brakes.
Battery Bosch 96 S5008. Battery Megastore for £85.36. They sent wrong one (Hankook lawn mower lol) initially so next day had swap over and asked for discount due to inconvenience and have got 10% off..result
Good online shop that.. bought the Bosch for my Zed from them and last month ordered one for my Merc....they rang within minutes of ordering to say they were out of stock of sent me a much more expensive battery instead. They always have 5% off voucher codes running too if you google for them.
I always check for discount codes and none of them worked
but was still cheapest out there and with free delivery. The 10% refund was a nice bonus. My recent cashback from Top cashback and Quidco paid for my battery 
Nice rack
Not all this week, but over the last couple of weeks I have put a new third brake light cover and seal on, replaced a stuck side mirror internal and today changed the plugs, oil and filter and air filter on the green machine.
Positive terminal cover under bonnet- @spurs fan in a coupe
Battery vent connector- Sopers
Positive battery cover- Ebay (chap 10 min from me who works on 3 series cars! A really nice guy and may be of help in future)
Battery vent connector- Sopers
Positive battery cover- Ebay (chap 10 min from me who works on 3 series cars! A really nice guy and may be of help in future)
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New bimmerbum BMW magnetic stone guards, door handle refurb and new seals. Not sure about stone guards but see how it goes it may grow on me.
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- Feb 18, 2016
- Points
- 231
- Model of Z
- Z3M Imola and Z4 (e89)
Graeme, be careful I put those on and it started to affect the paint.