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MatthewR

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22nd Jul 14 at 19:31

He loves to throw in a pic of his car in bens thread.

Ben - good update. Roof does look great

BeetleGav

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22nd Jul 14 at 20:29

quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
the only thing that's similar is it's a parking space for one car nothing else

Yeah....? That's what I was getting at you fucking spastic.

Rare find when some twat can't park next to you.

Ben G

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22nd Jul 14 at 21:21

Leave Gav alone, he's my car friend *double thumbsup*

BeetleGav

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23rd Jul 14 at 06:24

car fwenddddd

[Edited on 23-07-2014 by BeetleGav]

flybikeslee

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28th Jul 14 at 12:05

both in denial. both wish they had s2000's IMO

whitter45

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28th Jul 14 at 12:32

car looks great Ben

Hardtop will be great in winter

SteveoBC

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28th Jul 14 at 12:38

lol I just read the Z4 forum thread about the roof sale

what a load of up their own arse twats

BeetleGav

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28th Jul 14 at 17:03

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
both in denial. both wish they had s2000's IMO

One honda is plenty for me and that's a lawnmower.

flybikeslee

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29th Jul 14 at 15:16

quote:
Originally posted by BeetleGav

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
both in denial. both wish they had s2000's IMO

One honda is plenty for me and that's a lawnmower.

BeetleGav

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29th Jul 14 at 17:11

Ben G

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23rd Aug 14 at 17:03

Well the car was left on the drive whilst I visited a very odd country. When I came back i noticed a very wet boot carpet, only on one side which has since dried out and hasn't got wet again. Very weird.

This morning in the way home from work I noticed a change in the engine note being piped into the cabin. Sounded like a v8 which was cool if not a bit too loud.

Had a look under the bonnet and it seems that one of the pipes directing the air into the engine/cabin has split, which again seems to be a very common problem, especially considering it's 11 years old.

Not sure whether to tape it up or leave it until I can get another pipe. Unfortunately you can't just buy that little bit, but it's only £25 so not too bad.

Still love driving it. Needs better front tyres on as they won't grip half as much as the f1's on the back.

Also still want a strut brace to tighten it all up.

BeetleGav

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23rd Aug 14 at 22:40

I'm considering a strut brace too, combined with the coilovers I think it should help loads, front end doesn't seem stiff enough to give confidence when pushing hard

Ben G

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24th Aug 14 at 10:40

Yeah I agree. I think it could be the electric steering which detaches you from how the front wheels are feeling. Bit odd really, i'm not a lover of it.

Great on motorway cruisers, not so great on weekend drivers.

BeetleGav

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24th Aug 14 at 11:27

Yeah that's true, I'm not a fan of it either, I always drive with sport mode on but it's still fairly vague. Wonder if the whole column etc could be changed for a manual one or something.

gidged500

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24th Aug 14 at 13:38

Just read a few pages back to catch up that argument on the z4oc is hilarious. That Terry bloke sounds like you've taken his kids virginity.
Noticed he wrote "How could I have brought it" clearly should have been "bought"
Bet you had a right good laugh with all there childish behaviour

Jambo

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24th Aug 14 at 14:15

Strut brace on my E36 helped massively. On hydraulic so not the same but it stiffened the front end and made the steering feel better as well as being more direct, felt like it reacted quicker also.

100% worthy investment Ben. They aren't much either, just don't make the mistake I did and buy an OMP one

Ben G

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24th Aug 14 at 19:54

I was looking at either OMP or 'ultra racing'.

The OMP is only a horizontal brace, whereas the ultra racing is a 3 point which replaces the 2 braces from strut mounts to centre of the bulkhead, so that might be the better buy.

Jambo

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24th Aug 14 at 19:57

That does sound good. I cannot recommend that you DO NOT buy an OMP enough. Mine crumbled upon instilation, the brace bar with a nice lightweight aluminium, but the strut top mounts where made of cheese. Even aesthetically the finish was laughably cheap, one of the bolt holes failed on mine. It was utter junk.

Sparco not do one? Ultra racing one sounds good though.

Ben G

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24th Aug 14 at 20:54

Haven't seen any sparco ones for the Z4. Theres also one made by 'Weichers', but i've never heard of them.

They're on ebay.de mind so would need international postage

[Edited on 24-08-2014 by Ben G]

Ben G

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30th Aug 14 at 13:53

Changed that split pipe today. Bit of a pain getting access to the jubilee clips, but managed it in the end.

Old one had seen better days:

Whilst I was in there i removed the sound generator which pipes the induction noise into the cabin, just under the glove box. I thought both pieces of foam had been removed by the previous owner, but only one piece had, so took the other bit out.

Fitted it all back together and went for a test drive and the thing sounds insane! It's normal on idle and light throttle but far too loud for me as full throttle, so i'll be re-fitting that piece again.

[Edited on 30-08-2014 by Ben G]

BeetleGav

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30th Aug 14 at 13:55

Fecking loud with both out ain't it! Haha on full chat it sounds amazing tho!
I had to put mine back in when I got the exhaust done. Was just too much noise going on, can't remember which bit of foam I put back in.

Ben G

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30th Aug 14 at 13:57

yeah just a tad noisy! Sounds like a supercar towards the redline, no good for a daily driver!

I don't think the missus will be impressed

BeetleGav

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30th Aug 14 at 14:09

What you want is a straight through exhaust. That sounds like a super car! Ha I love mine, doesn't get boring or tedious as a daily it's just too much fun!

djgritt

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30th Aug 14 at 14:16

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Haven't seen any sparco ones for the Z4. Theres also one made by 'Weichers', but i've never heard of them.

Weichers are a well known supplier for Braces etc on the Continent - my old Corsas cage was made by them.

Ben G

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30th Aug 14 at 15:54

Cheers Djgritt

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