That's what the bolts there fore @Andy McDonnell! No need to get your nAils filed down that way! JIMAnd in my case, shorter fingers than when I started!
Artic Silver 2.8 - OEM+ long term project
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Sounds like technical manual labour @oldcarman . I have an issue with the technical side of things .......... I'm rubbish at it.
But while you rubbed off your finger prints you could get up to all sorts!And in my case, shorter fingers than when I started!
Tony.
Hmmmmm, now there's a thought Tony, I could claim I'd hoovered and the C-in-C couldn't despute it for a startBut while you rubbed off your finger prints you could get up to all sorts!
Tony.
Just the tip of the iceberg mate, the world is your lobster!
Tony.
Tony.
Don't worry about losing a bit of skin it grows back! JIM
So, with some breaks in the rain this weekend i managed to give the Z another wash and fit my seat lift kit from Thayer Motorsport.
This is the link for the kit :
http://thayermotorsports.com/collections/z3-custom-parts/products/z3-seat-mod-kit
This is what you get:
good selection of fixings
Process is easy:
Unbolt rear seat 16mm bolts
Unbolt front 13mm nuts
Lift front of the seat up
Build up like this:
Original Nut
Big Washer
Seat Rail
Big Washer
Small Washer
Threaded insert
Spacer
Small washer
Leaves you with this:
bolt everything back up to FT
Difference in the non-tilted passenger seat.
repeat on the other chair.
This is by far the best thing i've done on the Z after the seat bushes. The seats hug me now and i dont slide around in the car under spirited driving conditions.
So cheap to do aswell.
This is the link for the kit :
http://thayermotorsports.com/collections/z3-custom-parts/products/z3-seat-mod-kit
This is what you get:
good selection of fixings
Process is easy:
Unbolt rear seat 16mm bolts
Unbolt front 13mm nuts
Lift front of the seat up
Build up like this:
Original Nut
Big Washer
Seat Rail
Big Washer
Small Washer
Threaded insert
Spacer
Small washer
Leaves you with this:
bolt everything back up to FT
Difference in the non-tilted passenger seat.
repeat on the other chair.
This is by far the best thing i've done on the Z after the seat bushes. The seats hug me now and i dont slide around in the car under spirited driving conditions.
So cheap to do aswell.
Few little jobs finished over the weekend.
First of which was to start treating the roof as the previous owner had obviously never done this. roof was a bit green and a bit grey too.
out came the renovo dye, i'd already cleaned the roof a few days earlier.
roof before
one coat and its already looking much better
whilst this dried i cracked on with my new rear lights, quite literally a 5 minute job. one 8mm ratchet spanner is all you need.
had to tweak the bulb holders too as they had gone slightly out of shape over the years.
£50 eBay rear lights
orange LED bulb to eradicate tango (all bulbs will be changed in due course)
then gave the car a wax whilst i waited for the roof to dry
First of which was to start treating the roof as the previous owner had obviously never done this. roof was a bit green and a bit grey too.
out came the renovo dye, i'd already cleaned the roof a few days earlier.
roof before
one coat and its already looking much better
whilst this dried i cracked on with my new rear lights, quite literally a 5 minute job. one 8mm ratchet spanner is all you need.
had to tweak the bulb holders too as they had gone slightly out of shape over the years.
£50 eBay rear lights
orange LED bulb to eradicate tango (all bulbs will be changed in due course)
then gave the car a wax whilst i waited for the roof to dry
Great jobFew little jobs finished over the weekend.
First of which was to start treating the roof as the previous owner had obviously never done this. roof was a bit green and a bit grey too.
out came the renovo dye, i'd already cleaned the roof a few days earlier.
roof before
one coat and its already looking much better
whilst this dried i cracked on with my new rear lights, quite literally a 5 minute job. one 8mm ratchet spanner is all you need.
had to tweak the bulb holders too as they had gone slightly out of shape over the years.
£50 eBay rear lights
orange LED bulb to eradicate tango (all bulbs will be changed in due course)
then gave the car a wax whilst i waited for the roof to dry
A big improvement on the roof Tim, it transform the look of the whole car mate. Top job.
Tony.
Tony.
Thank you, sealed it tonight with the renovo proofer and got a new coat of wax on too
Anyone would think you were expecting some bad weather mate.
Tony.
Tony.
So after fitting the LED bulbs to the rear lights and side repeaters i was presented with hyperflashing as the relay was thrown out of sync with the lower draw from the LEDs.
3 options here;
fit resistors to all the led bulbs to 'trick' the relay or
mod the relay itself.
3rd option is to fit an off the shelf LED flasher but that requires running little pigtail wires as noone makes a 7pin relay.
One of my premade LED Enabled Relays
start your car and test
et voila, no more hyperflashing and the ability to run LEDs all over the car
3 options here;
fit resistors to all the led bulbs to 'trick' the relay or
mod the relay itself.
3rd option is to fit an off the shelf LED flasher but that requires running little pigtail wires as noone makes a 7pin relay.
One of my premade LED Enabled Relays
start your car and test
et voila, no more hyperflashing and the ability to run LEDs all over the car
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Love it! Great that people can do this sort of stuff.So after fitting the LED bulbs to the rear lights and side repeaters i was presented with hyperflashing as the relay was thrown out of sync with the lower draw from the LEDs.
3 options here;
fit resistors to all the led bulbs to 'trick' the relay or mod the relay itself.
3rd option is to fit an off the shelf LED flasher but that requires running little pigtail wires as noone makes a 7pin relay.
the resistors are easy and cheap but always feel like a bodge. so i decided to mod the relay follwing a guide on bimmerfest.
what you need:
2 x small screwdrivers to open the relay
soldering iron + tiny amount of solder
very small drill bit (dremel etc)
1 x schottkey diode (i got mine from RS 781-5616)
Go find your fuse box and the relay
this is the original 7 pin BMW relay
wedge open the two sides with some very small screwdivers and then the board pops out
here are the guts
the bit that controls the flashing frequency is the 'M'shaped piece of metal (acts as a resistor)
unsolder the 'M'
next the holes need to be enlarged to get the diode through
pass the diode through and solder the pins
snip the tails off
completed. (note the positon of the band on the diode)
clip the relay back into the holder and pop it back in the car
start your car and test
et voila, no more hyperflashing and the ability to run LEDs all over the car
my first time soldering since school! was dead easy thoughLove it! Great that people can do this sort of stuff.
have 9 diodes left too if anyone else wants to do this mode
Witchcraft
Great job Tim, the led bulbs look so much better I think. I used the resistor across the bulb method mainly because it's reversible quite easily.
Well done sourcing the info to do the mod all the same mate.
Tony.
Thanks Tony, this is massively reversible too, just pop an OEM relay back in
considering buying a few old relays and modding them for peeps.
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Good idea mate.
Tony.
Tony.