Recent content by Darryl_1983

I'd say you need to factor in at least £1k or so for those bits. The last belt service I had cost me around £950 with a couple of minor bits added, and this was around 3 years ago. Also, I'd say it depends on the current asking price. The seller may have priced the car correctly based on the...

172 Cats were always worth around double the price of 182's, to my knowledge. But I could be wrong, they're certainly worth more anyway. The ktec exhaust is decent quality wise. Their cats only have a 6 month warranty, the last time I checked, which says it all, really. I've read a few stories...

Rear sills are common for rust too, but usually you'd see bubbling in the lower rear arches before the sills are bad. Crunching into gear, typically into 2nd or 3rd gear is pretty common at high revs. If it does it'll need new syncros, not massively expensive if you can remove the gearbox...

I've been advised to get the original shafts rebuilt. But after I'd already ordered the above J&R shaft. So I'll fit the J&R once it comes, and keep the original in the garage as a backup. Decided to leave the passenger side for now, to keep initial cost down. I do have a spare CV boot in the...

Spent a bit of time this weekend removing the coilovers, seats and roll cage. Found the issue with the ABS, a broken ABS ring: Also noticed the CV boot is starting to leak grease, I replaced this is 2021 with a stretch boot, and remember is being a nightmare. So with that in mind, I'm...

In hindsight, I probably should have arranged to drive up and view the car, but I'd have likely still bought it if I had, as I feel like it was cheap enough. I guess time will tell. It could very well become a money pit. I've got the new battery now, but I'll probably not fit it until the...

It's pretty frustrating, as in my case, I'd travelled 5 hours on the train (x4)/bus door to door, and it was around 10pm by the time I saw the car. The only way I'm getting home is with the car, or getting a hotel for the night and a train in the morning. Fortunately, I didn't spend a lot of...

I went to GSM years ago to try out a bunch of seats, and for me the Mirco range was quite comfortable and well fitting. I'm 6 foot 2, and around 100kg, waist roughly 36 inches. At that time I ended up buying a pair of Corbeau Clubsports for £350, as they were so cheap, I think the Mirco's were...

So the previous owner has turned it into a track car, with bucket seats bolt in cage, BC coilovers with track spec spring, aircon delete, etc. I'm going to remove a lot of this stuff and return it closer to standard. As the plan is to run this alongside my Z4, so it'll need back seats to take...

Manage to give the car a quick first wash before it got dark yesterday. Still cleans up ok, but I didn't think it's been polished since I last did it, so it'll be getting a full detail at some point soon. First de modification done

So after getting this thing back together and replacing a bunch of parts to refresh it, I listed it up for sale after a few months for what I thought was silly money, even during the covid bomb. I think it was only listed for a few days before it's sold. I noticed it was back up for sale last...

I've just MOT'ed my Z4, it's not a track car, but has bucket seats and aftermarket steering wheel, I spoke with the guy mot'ing it before hand, and he said the bucket seat was fine, but the steering wheel with the airbag removed would be a problem, so I just fitted the original steering wheel...

I think there are a few people on the Facebook groups that have done them. I've definitely seen the swap mentioned a couple of times recently. On the forum I can only recall one being done.

Listing says it's got a 1.6, with nearly 95hp.

BMW 455??? Spotted in Derby yesterday I bet he tells everyone it's a 5.5 litre twin turbo.