What have you bought for your Zed this week?

ktnez99

Zorg Guru (IV)
British Zeds
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May 18, 2018
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164
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West Midlands
Model of Z
Z3 2.8L
@ktnez99

Autodoc order arrived today, shipped with Evri (not ideal) but well tracked and accurate timings.

All that I ordered seems to have arrived, but have only done a quick check.

Chris.
Great! Thanks for update. So how many days has this delivery from your order taken? Fo chrck all the items are correct and let us know.
 

motco

Zorg Legend
Joined
Dec 6, 2011
Points
74
Location
Chilterns
Model of Z
Z3 2.2i Sport
Did you check it’s the right part for your car on real OEM ..pre and post facelift are different
No, because the vendor quoted my model year, among other facelift years, that it fits and didn't provide a part number.
Eddie Zedder is correct, it does look like a pre-face lift. They slope in the opposite direction and much more sharply.
Lesson learned - again. Never trust an eBay vendor! I can only hope BMW themselves are more reliable.
 

Smudgemanuk

Zorg Legend
British Zeds
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Dec 1, 2024
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73
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Bicester, Oxford
Model of Z
2.8l TU pre-facelift z3
Yep that's the plan. Doing a similar job on dad's e46 ended up with a few snapped bolts and new hubs needed, so hopefully that can be avoided. There was also more angle grinder useage on that job than we hoped for! Hopefully, with enough time this weekend the old stuff should be off.
Love of lessons to be learned, that's for sure!

Thank you
 

motco

Zorg Legend
Joined
Dec 6, 2011
Points
74
Location
Chilterns
Model of Z
Z3 2.2i Sport
My OEM aerial grommet arrived and I've just fitted it. Soak in hot water for while to soften the rubber, a smear of washing up liquid on it and it pushed down into place quite easily. Thanks to whoever on here who suggested a means of getting the aerial back up into it by using a long M5 screw, large washer and an M5 nut. Screw the screw into the aerial mounting point in the box of tricks hidden in the wheel arch in the boot making sure the washer(s) are big enough to protect the grommet but not slip over the nut, and tighten the nut steadily until the top of the pre-amp assembly is pulled up sufficiently to re-bolt the amp housing to the body fastening point.
 
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