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It was a while ago but I think i used this one, and moved the slip ring over from the BMW steering wheel to the rear of the boss so that the horn worked.
Mine is a April 2002 3.0i MSport. The older cars have a different sterring wheel airbag setup and mount from what I remember so couldn't use WCA's guide as my car setup was different, however there was a great guide for newer Z3's on one of the Z3 forum sites that I used, don't ask me to find it, as I say it was a while ago.
I also bought a cheep airbag reset light device that plugs into a round socket in the engine bay, this was a well worth purchase to confirm that all the circuits were cleared and clear of any fault code.
Thanks Andy, did the clock spring fit onto the boss so the horn and self cancelling indicators still work?
Mine is the facelift (2000) so should be the same as yours.
Search on this site for airbag removal. I thing WCA did a thread second half of last year.
Thanks - I've the steering wheel and dash and everything already off - WCA mention removing the "airbag trigger from the centre console". I'm assuming that this means I'm good to remove.
Thanks Andy, did the clock spring fit onto the boss so the horn and self cancelling indicators still work?
Mine is the facelift (2000) so should be the same as yours.
Hi, yep it did (I called it a slip ring) fit into the boss so indicators cancelled and horn still worked.
Was fun when the lorry arrived and asked if I had a forklift as it had been loaded on the side and would need a forklift to get it off. Luckily being in an industrial estate has its advantages... Asked one of the lads who work for the landlord to do me a favour and then bunged him a €10 to say thanks.
Had to then unload the palletes to fit into the unit.
It's given me a little bit more zest to get the job done now.
I lost a bit of desire after the disappointment with not getting the dials I had ordered from Nubodi. They weren't of sufficient quality so Nubodi sent them back and refunded me. I actually ended up losing money on the whole thing with exchange rates dropping significantly in between ordering and refund. Not anyone's fault really but not a great feeling.
I'm now left with a dilema about what to do with the interior. It was the promise of step-by-step instructions to fit dials that convinced me to order in the first place and had me charge fully into stripping the interior. Now I feel I'm left high and dry trying to bodge something without any real clue what I am doing. C'est la vie...
Was fun when the lorry arrived and asked if I had a forklift as it had been loaded on the side and would need a forklift to get it off. Luckily being in an industrial estate has its advantages... Asked one of the lads who work for the landlord to do me a favour and then bunged him a €10 to say thanks.
Had to then unload the palletes to fit into the unit.
It's given me a little bit more zest to get the job done now.
I lost a bit of desire after the disappointment with not getting the dials I had ordered from Nubodi. They weren't of sufficient quality so Nubodi sent them back and refunded me. I actually ended up losing money on the whole thing with exchange rates dropping significantly in between ordering and refund. Not anyone's fault really but not a great feeling.
I'm now left with a dilema about what to do with the interior. It was the promise of step-by-step instructions to fit dials that convinced me to order in the first place and had me charge fully into stripping the interior. Now I feel I'm left high and dry trying to bodge something without any real clue what I am doing. C'est la vie...
Hmm, shame you weren't happy with the dials, the ones I've seen fitted to Nubodi's demo car look first class to me.
I would be more unhappy with the bodged two pallets holding your £5k panel kit in place ! Is that really how your kit was despatched from Tribute ? No expense spent !
Hmm, shame you weren't happy with the dials, the ones I've seen fitted to Nubodi's demo car look first class to me.
I would be more unhappy with the bodged two pallets holding your £5k panel kit in place ! Is that really how your kit was despatched from Tribute ? No expense spent !
I agree - the ones fitted to the Nubodi cars do look class. I never got the opportunity to see them in the flesh.
The kit was fine. It wasn't dispatched like that - but showing it all wrapped and and in it's protective outer wouldn't make a great photo.
Thanks folks - looking at a few different options now.
Just to clarify - as I know the way the written word can be interpreted - the gauges failed Nubodi's quality control (they were using a 3rd party) and they quite rightly took the decision not to ship them.
Quick question - if I put the frame/crashbar into the vehicle is it easy to get back out? Want to do a kind of trial fit before I paint anything and dont want to then be stuck unable to powder coat the frame.
So long gone as you don'the seal the frothy edge of the roof, I would have thought it can all come off. I think Chris checks them all on a mule before collection. I saw a 250 down there 3 weeks ago, it might have been yours.
So long gone as you don'the seal the frothy edge of the roof, I would have thought it can all come off. I think Chris checks them all on a mule before collection. I saw a 250 down there 3 weeks ago, it might have been yours.
Thanks for the quick response.
Going to be a dry fit. It's half to give me inspiration and half to move the kit out of the way so my mate has room to get his car finished and then move his car back home (sharing a garage).
It was probably there when you saw the dashboard - its been "progressing" since April of last year. I thought we had cracked it when eventually we got to paint recently but Richard was not happy with the paint finish using a paintshop near Reading - cost a fortune by the way - so god knows where we are going from there.
