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June 2011

Been spending a fortune on cleaning stuff. Mainly for the Cooper as that has only been washed twice in 6 months. Thought it would be rude not to try some out on the Zed while I'm at it!

As well as a load of microfibres...
Meguiars smooth clay kit
Mequiars ultimate quik wax (free with the clay kit)
Sonax Xtreme wheel cleaner
Autoglym intensive tar remover
Collinite 476
Fabsil tent proofer



The Zed doesn't need claying at the moment as she had a full detail by The Shine Factory a while ago. Still smooth as a babies botty.

After sorting the wheels with the Sonax Xtreme, she got a going over with Meguiars Ultimate wash+wax. The Sonax is really impressive on the Zed wheels as they were refurbed a year ago. Had to order something a bit stronger for the Cooper as they are plastered with iron deposits (and corroding badly for 4 year old wheels :shock: )

Then a quick coat with the Quik Wax. This is a spray on/wipe off wax, and took about 3 minutes to do the whole car! Definitely getting some more of this.
 

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October 2011

This post should have been all about fitting the Simota induction kit, but thats still sat in the cardboard box. Simota have decided to supply the wrong bits, so waiting on a delivery from the US with the correct bits :head:

So, to console me I bought a refurbished steering wheel!! See thread below for supplier details...

http://zroadster.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=242

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October 2011

Finally got down the post office to collect my heated seat switches. All the way from Zionsville, Indiana! £15 each, £20 postage and £17 customs charge. Still cheaper than just one from BMW 5 miles down the road 8-)

Took them out for a quick test drive, and very nice.... :drive

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After much removal of dashboard and skin from my knuckles, eventually managed to find the wiring connectors. For some reason they were looped around another part of the loom as far away from the holes as possible :head:
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Fitted! Just need to move the roof switch to the spare hole - I hate blanking panels!!
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October 2011

Things to do tomorrow...

1. Get exhaust fitted!

2. Go for long drive to "test" exhaust

3. Get these fitted (courtesy of Naeem!)

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4. Investigate moving roof switch to front panel.

5. Go for long drive to "test" exhaust (again)

Just better not rain!
 
October 2011

There are few words I can think of to describe the exhaust now it's fitted, so I'm going to go with....

HOLY COW -- :shock: :D

I can understand Mike's comments about it being a bit loud, and not wanting to damage his hearing any more. It sure as hell isn't subtle. At low rev's its about as loud as the stock box at full pelt. At high revs it is absolutely trouser wettingly amazing!

I haven't even fitted the induction kit yet :oops:

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October 2011

What with all the excitement of the exhaust, I haven't got round to posting about the centre console.

There was me thinking that fitting the panels wouldn't be too bad. I know which end of a screw driver is which, so this should be a pretty simple saturday morning task....

At the end of the first hour, my car looked like this. :shock:
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So many bits, where do they go?
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After 2.5 hours - ta da! Well pleased with my efforts 8-)
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Only one issue which is that the heater controls don't light up :head: hopefully won't take long to fix that when I get chance.

Oh, and the obligatory "1 screw left over" :oops:
 
November 2011

This will be the last update for a while, as all funding has been strictly cut! :cry:

Finally got the correct carbon fibre box delivered from the US, so dragged my butt off the sofa and fitted it.

Had a quick blast round the block, but I've been advised to run it for around 200 miles or so to let the ECU get used to it.

Can't wait to give it a proper run out 8-)

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Macca said:
Gaz, check the date on your 1st post. Is your car a Delorean in disguise?
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Yep, and I messed a later one up too! Sorted now ;)
 
A small update. Finally got round to de-badging the car, which I think makes the back end a lot cleaner looking!

Ignore the wheels, I put them on because I was going to sell the car. The 18's are back on again now!

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It's a lovely looking zed gaz.. Have you decided to keep hold of it for a while longer?
Are you going to stick an //M badge on the back? ;)
 
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