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My Z3M Coupe
- Thread starter Topgeartom
- Start date
So true.
Cheers folks!
Hope to get a drive-by/launch video at some point soon.
Hope to get a drive-by/launch video at some point soon.
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
lol, used to love that in my Z3M, throttle blip at traffic lights = whole car rocking from side to side.
Hero points, right there.
Made a couple of small bits of progress with the car recently.
Biggest job was refitting my cat as the decat was making my new cat-back system unbearably loud.
Whilst I was there I dropped the diff oil and replaced it with some quality Castrol 75w140 which was designed specifically for Z3 rear diffs apparently.
Ordered a new genuine S54 rear M badge as mine had faded massively.
Before:
After:
Another reasonably large job was colour coding my rear spoiler. It had always been on my to do list, and with the recent nice spell of weather i got the heat gun and aerosols out. Pretty pleased with the finish considering its a rattle can job and the Halfords lacquer I used is terrible (that's coming from someone who sells it every day).
Before:
After:
A couple of today's smaller jobs were tarting up the pitted ignition cover. The after picture doesn't do it justice, its worlds better than before;
Before:
After:
And finally, I borrowed a neighbours rotary polisher and had a go at cutting back the scratched and hazy headlamps;
Before:
After:
I've got a new oil level and intake air temperature sensor on the way as some new diagnostic software I bought flagged these up as throwing persistent errors. This should clear the warning light on my dash every time the car is started. The IAT sensor should hopefully give the car a big of power back as at the moment INPA tells me the ECU is seeing IAT as a constant 60degrees.
Cheers
Tom
Hi Tom,
Great thread, thanks for posting.
I need to do the same on my headlights, never done this before.
Going to buys rotary polisher off the bay, but wondered what type of head you used, and if you needed any chemicals or liquids specifically designed for job?
Thank you,
Hello mate, thanks for the kind words.
I used a regular waffle/foam polishing pad that came with the rotary machine, a few sheets of 1200/1500/2000 grit sand paper and my preferred cutting polish of choice (which is G3 scratch remover paste)
Meguiars have since brought out an excellent little kit which has everything you need to do the job including a mop attachment for a regular rotary drill. A friend has used this on his UV-damaged Clio headlights with some excellent results. I highly recommend it:
Shameless link to my employer's website.
Check the stock at your local branch, but you should be able to walk in and pick it straight up from the Meguiar's bay. Click the reserve and collect button to have one already put aside for you, or if your local store doesn't keep them in, use the order and collect function to have one sent to them for you to collect the next day.
Cheers
Tom
I used a regular waffle/foam polishing pad that came with the rotary machine, a few sheets of 1200/1500/2000 grit sand paper and my preferred cutting polish of choice (which is G3 scratch remover paste)
Meguiars have since brought out an excellent little kit which has everything you need to do the job including a mop attachment for a regular rotary drill. A friend has used this on his UV-damaged Clio headlights with some excellent results. I highly recommend it:
Shameless link to my employer's website.
Check the stock at your local branch, but you should be able to walk in and pick it straight up from the Meguiar's bay. Click the reserve and collect button to have one already put aside for you, or if your local store doesn't keep them in, use the order and collect function to have one sent to them for you to collect the next day.
Cheers
Tom
Yeh....so this arrived today:
Hoping to trial fit it over the weekend, order a filter for it after some measuring and then look into getting an Alpha-N map sorted.
Cannot wait to hear the noise this is going to make.
Hoping to trial fit it over the weekend, order a filter for it after some measuring and then look into getting an Alpha-N map sorted.
Cannot wait to hear the noise this is going to make.
Rubicon_
ClioSport Club Member
Just wow. Epic car, is this your daily?
Yep the old girl is my commuting bus daily. Even made it up my very steep hill in an inch of snow tonight, albeit very sideways.
The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Shoud have just reversed it up!
Thats going to sound beyond awesome!
Nice comparison of the quality difference out there:
Inside my airbox:
upload by topgeartom, on Flickr
Inside an Estonian ebay special:
Inside my airbox:
upload by topgeartom, on Flickr
Inside an Estonian ebay special:
List price is £30
I luckily found a supplier of genuine bmw stock for a little less than that.
I luckily found a supplier of genuine bmw stock for a little less than that.
e91 330d/type r mini
airbox looks awesome mate and will sound amazing, what make is it and where from?
i found my m3 great in the snow and never got stuck, mabye its the lsd that helps as my 330d is crap
question mr halfords manager, why the freaking hell dont your branch not sell fan belts anymore? i had to go to york road to get one,i know there branch is alot bigger but you have about 3 isles of mindless tat lol
i found my m3 great in the snow and never got stuck, mabye its the lsd that helps as my 330d is crap
question mr halfords manager, why the freaking hell dont your branch not sell fan belts anymore? i had to go to york road to get one,i know there branch is alot bigger but you have about 3 isles of mindless tat lol
airbox looks awesome mate and will sound amazing, what make is it and where from?
i found my m3 great in the snow and never got stuck, mabye its the lsd that helps as my 330d is crap
question mr halfords manager, why the freaking hell dont your branch not sell fan belts anymore? i had to go to york road to get one,i know there branch is alot bigger but you have about 3 isles of mindless tat lol
The airbox came from these people:
http://www.verbundfasertechnik-opit...on-ansaugsystem-für-bmw-porsche-mercedes-amg/
Really pleased with the quality of it, its certainly not on a par with the MAC boxes, but its obviously a professional job.
And sorry to say, but we have boxes full of drive belts behind the parts desk, they're just not on the shop floor! Did you ask anyone if we had them?
e91 330d/type r mini
Yeah I asked mate but just got told, sorry we no longer stock fan belts :-(
lovin the airbox mate
Who did you speak to?
I'll fire them.
I'll fire them.
e91 330d/type r mini
Lol a bit harsh, I asked a bloke and he said no don't think so so he went and asked a woman on the counter and she also said nope don't stock fan belts lol
Morons everywhere.
What bugs me is if they had bothered to look it up on the system it would have told them we stock them. Apologies anyway
What bugs me is if they had bothered to look it up on the system it would have told them we stock them. Apologies anyway
[video=youtube_share;R6dYTrOBQic]http://youtu.be/R6dYTrOBQic[/video]
Fitted the airbox tonight. Pics to follow.
Its awesome.
Fitted the airbox tonight. Pics to follow.
Its awesome.
That sounds f**king savage! Do want.
This
Got some final fitted pictures after spending the morning tidying the install up.
Replaced the vac hoses for the box with more expensive and sturdier silicone heater hose as I wasn't happy with some of the kinks and bends.
Fitted new airbox mounts underneath as the old ones split trying to remove them.
Perhaps the biggest modification was extending the wiring for the air temp sensor. On the original manifold this sits much near the block, yet on the carbon box it's right at the mouth so the original loom isn't long enough to reach. I really didn't want to cur the original loom up so did some head scratching.
After a lot of googling I worked out the connector plug is a bosch EV1 type, most commonly used on fuel injectors, so I ordered a breeding pair and along with some twin core wire, made up an extension piece:
DSC00452web by topgeartom
Room for the air filter is VERY tight, so after lots of measuring ordered a K&N cone that met my dimensions, unfortunately when ordering, there weren't any in the country, so as a stop gap I removed the metal base from an old ITG JC65 cone and used it as a sock filter which actually fit and worked remarkably well.
The K&N finally arrived a few days ago and is obviously a bit sturdier so whilst the box was off I fit that and crossed my fingers everything would fit back in the limited space in the bay.
With everything connected and bolted up the fit is literally perfect, the end of the filter cone just about touches the rim of the cold air duct on the back of the headlamp - very pleased with that.
On a side note, since running the box I have used a full tank during my regular commute and potter to the shops, and after doing the maths it appears to be returning exactly the same mpg as before. Bonus.
DSC00457web by topgeartom
DSC00459web by topgeartom
Replaced the vac hoses for the box with more expensive and sturdier silicone heater hose as I wasn't happy with some of the kinks and bends.
Fitted new airbox mounts underneath as the old ones split trying to remove them.
Perhaps the biggest modification was extending the wiring for the air temp sensor. On the original manifold this sits much near the block, yet on the carbon box it's right at the mouth so the original loom isn't long enough to reach. I really didn't want to cur the original loom up so did some head scratching.
After a lot of googling I worked out the connector plug is a bosch EV1 type, most commonly used on fuel injectors, so I ordered a breeding pair and along with some twin core wire, made up an extension piece:
DSC00452web by topgeartom
Room for the air filter is VERY tight, so after lots of measuring ordered a K&N cone that met my dimensions, unfortunately when ordering, there weren't any in the country, so as a stop gap I removed the metal base from an old ITG JC65 cone and used it as a sock filter which actually fit and worked remarkably well.
The K&N finally arrived a few days ago and is obviously a bit sturdier so whilst the box was off I fit that and crossed my fingers everything would fit back in the limited space in the bay.
With everything connected and bolted up the fit is literally perfect, the end of the filter cone just about touches the rim of the cold air duct on the back of the headlamp - very pleased with that.
On a side note, since running the box I have used a full tank during my regular commute and potter to the shops, and after doing the maths it appears to be returning exactly the same mpg as before. Bonus.
DSC00457web by topgeartom
DSC00459web by topgeartom
Brookie.
ClioSport Club Member
Tom, this is looking incredible. I popped into the shop the other day but you weren't about.
You'll have to give me a run out in it soon though - I'll drop you a text and see what your work schedule is seeing as though I live a minute away from there!
You'll have to give me a run out in it soon though - I'll drop you a text and see what your work schedule is seeing as though I live a minute away from there!
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
Stunning car
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