What have you bought for your Zed this week?

elky

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If you are trying to pretend your car is something it's not, its your car to do as you wish. BMW totally devalued the M status years ago, for their short term commercial gain in any case, so it matters little anymore. Most BMWs have a m insignia these days. If I still had a true M car, I would remove the badges anyway.
I feel like in all conversations regarding the ///M police and stuff like that people tend to miss the fact that you might just like the "colors" of the stripes due to their racing nature. To me the ///M is not a economical "premium" status but more of the racing sport identity of a BMW model. This is what I think was the initial point of the stripes...

But true nowadays most BMW have one or two ///M badges for the "premium" vibe...

Also, my inner hidden ///M police instincts say that stripes are OK but putting fake ///M badges is a bit annoying 😂
 

t-tony

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I also got some of these this morning, for the front.
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They will be staying in the box until I get some of these for the rear. Then some EBC UltiMax pads and a set of S/S hoses. Probably a job for February time.

Tony.
 

elky

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I also got some of these this morning, for the front.
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They will be staying in the box until I get some of these for the rear. Then some EBC UltiMax pads and a set of S/S hoses. Probably a job for February time.

Tony.
What are the UltiMax pads? In the summer I fitted GreenStuff and they are quite nice although perhaps I wanted a bit more bite, but still better than OE Brembo in my experience
 

t-tony

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I found them better than standard pads and make little dust.

Tony.
 

AntStark

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Replacement boot. My original one has holes for a boot rack.. this one doesn’t. Looks in good condition and thankfully the breaker just cut the loom at the hinge. Means I can attach some paracord when removing to help thread my existing loom back in. Will be swapping over my clear high level brake light too
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Jam03

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Replacement boot. My original one has holes for a boot rack.. this one doesn’t. Looks in good condition and thankfully the breaker just cut the loom at the hinge. Means I can attach some paracord when removing to help thread my existing loom back in. Will be swapping over my clear high level brake light too
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Good luck with the fitting. What’s the issue with the boot rack holes? Do they leak?
 

AntStark

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Good luck with the fitting. What’s the issue with the boot rack holes? Do they leak?
Nah.. purely cosmetic,
I just don’t like the look of them… if I could have found an OEM rack I might have kept it
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KASPar

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I couldn't understand why my battery clamp wouldn't secure.
The screw had snapped, so a new one from a very helpful chap called Mark at Sopers sorted a new one:
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I treated the well in the boot to a coat of SFIXX Black Out Rust Converter Paint in readiness to fit it. Can't see sufficiently well, so will see if those helpful peeps at ZedShed can help on Saturday.
 

t-tony

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The main light switch in the dash.

Tony.
 

AntStark

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What is a headlamp switch? 😳
Fire hazard 🔥😁
 
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t-tony

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In all honesty, not just for the Z. It's first job will be sucking the engine oil from a Smart Car.
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After that it will most likely be to empty brake fluid reservoirs before doing a brake fluid change.

Tony.
 

t-tony

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Lost me there.

Tony.
 
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