Within two weeks of moving into the country I had almost been run off the road twice by pickups coming in the opposite direction who pulled out to pass slow movers. Apparently my steel gray Coupe was invisible against the asphalt! I solved the problem by buying the canadian headlight relay from LeatherZ that runs the high beams at reduced voltage continuously. I haven't had anyone move over into my lane in the last several years.
Marty
Genius! I'll look into that. However, I did just buy LED high/low bulbs (for the Coupe...Roadster is HID converted) so wonder how they play with a DRL module.
I drove a full size Bronco for 13 years and almost crushed a couple Miatas. Little cars and motorcycles really are difficult to see in a big truck.
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Nathan in Denver
1999 M Roadster, VFE V3 S/C, Randy Forbes Reinforced, Hardtop, H&R/Bilstein, Apex PS-7, Supersprint
1999 Z3 2.8 Coupe, Headers, 3.46, Manual Swap, H&R/Koni, M Geometry/Brakes, M54B30 Manifold, Style 42
Just got all my steering parts delivered. No lock plate on Z3 inner tie rods? RealOEM shows the part in the diagram, but it's greyed out.
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http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=32_0630
Nathan in Denver
1999 M Roadster, VFE V3 S/C, Randy Forbes Reinforced, Hardtop, H&R/Bilstein, Apex PS-7, Supersprint
1999 Z3 2.8 Coupe, Headers, 3.46, Manual Swap, H&R/Koni, M Geometry/Brakes, M54B30 Manifold, Style 42
2000 Z3 M Titanium Silver / Imola Red+Black Nappa
2011 328i E92 Space Gray Metallic / Leder Dakota+Oyster
Since 1987 12 euros / 2 kdms / 2 jdms
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Nathan in Denver
1999 M Roadster, VFE V3 S/C, Randy Forbes Reinforced, Hardtop, H&R/Bilstein, Apex PS-7, Supersprint
1999 Z3 2.8 Coupe, Headers, 3.46, Manual Swap, H&R/Koni, M Geometry/Brakes, M54B30 Manifold, Style 42
Confirmed. No lock plates on the 2.8.
Overall a rewarding experience. The bearing tool was a game changer for me. DS slid on like butter. PS took a bit more force with the tool but worked great. I didn't paint calipers yet, as I wanted to pull them off the car to do and had lent my power bleeder to a friend. So a paint and bleed needed, but whatever.
Suprisingly the car tracked dead straight. I measured the new tie rods down to the mm though, so makes sense I got close. I did buy some toe plates to see how close I can get on my own. I hate paying shops to do just a toe alignment. Car feels a lot tighter too, so guess tie rods were very worthwhile. I went with Lemforder.
New Zimmermanns and Akebonos are great. Brakes really bite now (not sure what brand I removed).
Oh, and I can hear the motor again. I didn't realize how used to the noisy bearings I had actually become.
That welded tie rod nut was a royal PITA.
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Nathan in Denver
1999 M Roadster, VFE V3 S/C, Randy Forbes Reinforced, Hardtop, H&R/Bilstein, Apex PS-7, Supersprint
1999 Z3 2.8 Coupe, Headers, 3.46, Manual Swap, H&R/Koni, M Geometry/Brakes, M54B30 Manifold, Style 42
Dang man well isnt that some bad luck! Glad ya got the bearing sorted at least
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Seems no real damage besides the scrapes and probably a broken clip or two, but yeah Chrysler Pacificas and Coupes don't mix. A new bumper doesn't really bother me, and maybe the hatch can polish out. We'll see. This was a 5mph tap and saw her coming which is probably worse as far as my neck & back are concerned.
Coupe's bumper same as Roadster's?
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Nathan in Denver
1999 M Roadster, VFE V3 S/C, Randy Forbes Reinforced, Hardtop, H&R/Bilstein, Apex PS-7, Supersprint
1999 Z3 2.8 Coupe, Headers, 3.46, Manual Swap, H&R/Koni, M Geometry/Brakes, M54B30 Manifold, Style 42
Yes coupe and roadster bumpers interchange
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Oh hail no!
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Last edited by s8ilver; 05-28-2019 at 02:58 PM.
Nathan in Denver
1999 M Roadster, VFE V3 S/C, Randy Forbes Reinforced, Hardtop, H&R/Bilstein, Apex PS-7, Supersprint
1999 Z3 2.8 Coupe, Headers, 3.46, Manual Swap, H&R/Koni, M Geometry/Brakes, M54B30 Manifold, Style 42
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