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Front Roundel Emblem losing paint, April 2007. There's a big chunk
of the white that rinsed off with the soap. |
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Front Roundel Emblem 9/2007. Practically no plaint left. Bird Poop
A la Mode as well. |
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3 Roundel Emblems on the car, but a front emblem is not interchangeable
with a rear emblem. I got the correct replacement from Z3 Coupe
owner Ed
at Bimmerbum.com
To install: wrap a screwdriver in a rag to pry up the old emblem
then shove the new one on.
No adhesive, 2 pins go into the hood |
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///M insert on the stick shift is also wrecked. Ask Ed
at Bimmerbum.com how to replace just the insert, without having
to buy a whole new shift knob. |
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Someone's been driving this car! |
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It took me a moment to recognize the leopard spot patter on the
plastic part under the seat cushion of the seat were sort of printed
from "dots" on the dirty "dot leather". It cleaned
right up. |
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****WARNING ***** DON'T DO WHAT I DID!!! I broke Lisa's driver's
side seat belt guide when I was cleaning her seat. I was moving
it forward to get to some dirt somewhere inconvenient and heard
the crunching sound too late. The seat belt got caught in the guide
while I was moving it. BE AWARE OF THE SEAT BELT IN THE GUIDE WHEN
YOU ARE CLEANING OR MOVING THE SEAT!
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Driver's Seat Belt Guide, part number 52-10-8-410-505. A $19 PART
BUT $199 LABOR because they have to take the seat cover all the
way off to put the new new guide on. You have been warned.
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A much better plan is to use
Dane Kane's SBS fix cuff:
Vinci shows you how
to replace the seat belt guide as a DIY- removing and reinstalling
the cover- if you would like to try that yourself... but even if
somehow you like doing this kind of work (???) if you don't use
Dane's SBS cuff, you might have to do it again... and again... |
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The guide is actually important for proper safety functioning of
the belt, and it looks awful broken. Here is the pristine passenger
side. I had tried gluing the broken guide, no luck. |
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How high does your door lock sit? Mine were uneven. I think this
was fixed by just turning the door lock button until it sat down
at the right height. |
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Gratuitous shot of Emmy's Engine. Couldn't help myself. |
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Measuring availble trunk space in my trunk
liner with cleaning and emergency supplies packed. Several collapsible
bikes fit... 30" x... |
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13.5" x 8" height. |
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Tire pressure and size guide (my current set up is not recommended!)
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