Jim's Z3 Journey

[Jjim]

Currently have:

• ‘97 1.9 manual, in Arctic Silver
• ‘97 2.8 manual, in Montreal Blue
• ‘98 2.8 auto, in Arctic Silver
• ‘01 2.2 manual, in Sapphire Black

I’m planning on keeping the 2.8 Blue and 2.2 Black.

The other will go up for sale when they are ready.

All 4 have hardtops & sports seats.

 

[Jjim]

Just taken delivery of these.

One for the Blue Z3 and one for the Black (with red interior) Z3.



Sad I know

 

[Jjim]

Using @5harp3y instructions I made myself an LED relay for the indicators.

I got some LED indicators for the front, rear and side.

Comparison of LED (drivers side) vs filament bulb (passenger side):


Drivers side LED


Rear original filament bulb:



Rear LED bulb:



Side original bulb:



Side LED bulb:



Photos don’t do it justice. They LEDs look rich and deep orange. Very happy

As expected I had hyper flashing until I installed the modified relay. Now all is good.

Might look into making sets of these up.

 

[TaffDaddy]

Looks really good. I've got one of the relays but haven't sorted it yet

 

[5harp3y]

Using @5harp3y instructions I made myself an LED relay for the indicators.

I got some LED indicators for the front, rear and side.

Comparison of LED (drivers side) vs filament bulb (passenger side):
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Drivers side LED
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Rear original filament bulb:
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Rear LED bulb:
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Side original bulb:
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Side LED bulb:
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Photos don’t do it justice. They LEDs look rich and deep orange. Very happy

As expected I had hyper flashing until I installed the modified relay. Now all is good.

Might look into making sets of these up.

Glad you made one!

 

[g8jka]

Do you have links to the LED bulbs yo used?

 

[Jjim]

Front & rear
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50w-AMBE...T-indicator-/253255193646?txnId=2428240747015

Side
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Osram-50...or-Set-Pair-/123459843460?txnId=2085080724002

 

[Jjim]

Blue is out from winter storage



First thing was to change the ariel got a stubby now. Much better

 

[Jjim]

Had a spare 5 mins whilst the lady of the house was out so thought I would make good use of it to fit my new steering wheel from Royal’s to Blue



The old one:


The nice chunky, flat bottom, blue stitched new one:

 

[t-tony]

That looks very nice Jim.

Tony.

 

[Jjim]

Got home before the misses today, so the Zed managed to get some attention.

Installed the angle eye side lights in a spare set of lights and then swapped them over today.









Used some araldite glue to fix them in place.

Not a bad job. Used my heat gun to warm them up and split them. Only needed to remove the clear front to fit them. Took a couple of hours.

Ever since I saw @Sean d witg these I knew I had to fit them

Happy with the result..



Also managed to get round to fitting the front bumper side light covers that I got from @g8jka



Look very good with my LED sidelights. Should of taken a photo with the lights off as well.

 

[PHILIP BAXTER]

That looks awesome mate.

 

[Sean d]

Got home before the misses today, so the Zed managed to get some attention.

Installed the angle eye side lights in a spare set of lights and then swapped them over today.

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Used some araldite glue to fix them in place.

Not a bad job. Used my heat gun to warm them up and split them. Only needed to remove the clear front to fit them. Took a couple of hours.

Ever since I saw @Sean d witg these I knew I had to fit them

Happy with the result..

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Also managed to get round to fitting the front bumper side light covers that I got from @g8jka

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Look very good with my LED sidelights. Should of taken a photo with the lights off as well.

Fantastic mate, I love walking away friom the car and looking back, they make a huge difference, first thing I do is put my lights on
My favourite mod and only around £30

 

[Jjim]

Fantastic mate, I love walking away friom the car and looking back, they make a huge difference, first thing I do is put my lights on
My favourite mod and only around £30

Just got to do it again now for the Black one. Don’t want it to feel left out

 

[t-tony]

I think many people would like these but are put off by having to split the lights. Maybe an opportunity to make a couple of bob.

Tony.

 

[Jjim]

I think many people would like these but are put off by having to split the lights. Maybe an opportunity to make a couple of bob.

Tony.

Sounds like a cunning plan

I’m also thinking of putting some LED indicator and relay sets together.

 

[g8jka]

Looking great

 

[Sean d]

I think many people would like these but are put off by having to split the lights. Maybe an opportunity to make a couple of bob.

Tony.

I would do a postal service mate, but I dare say the cost of postage would be prohibitive, could also do a full lens restoration

 

[Jjim]

Blue had a treat today, a nice new piece of boot trim carpet.

 

[Jjim]

Thanks to ZedShed Midland the Blue had new suspension all round (Monroe shocks and Eibach Pro Kit springs), diff oil change and gearbox oil change.

Oringinal suspension:


With new suspension:



Compared to standard suspension and wheels on my other 2.8 Silver: