Z4 M Roadster - maintenance

[Rascal69]

An old customer of mine needed some assistance with his Z4 M Roadster.

He had collected all his parts within a 6 month period and then dropped off the car with us for 2 weeks while he left the country on business l.

When he had returned to SA , his car was ready for collection.

We had attended to the following things:
1. Fit new bilstein shocks and top mounts all round with new end links, tie rods, rack ends, boots.ect
2. New belts and idler pulley
3. New clutch, fly, pressure plate, pilot bearing, clutch fork, pivot pin.ect
4. Transmission fluid flush
5. Rear main seal
6. Brake fluid flush and bleed
7. Also enabled M Track mode on this car.

Some pics of the work involved...

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All finished up and ready for collection with the old parts .

[Rascal69]

A few weeks later , the car was back with us. This time the owner wanted to tackle the rest of the suspension, engine mounts and an oil service.



Customer came with the following parts


Started with the service..
drain oil


Mark new filter




Add Ceratec to oil


Shake well and fill oil


Rebuilding tensioner housing




New bearings installed


Returned the customers topran engine mounts and sources the OEM ones from the agents because there was a noticeable difference in the two.


Customer brought me the wrong control arms. Returned them and sourced the right ones.





New vs old engine mounts








All good and new


All done and ready to collect.

[Unobeat]

After all that suspension work, i am sure the car drives a like new car,
Great work guys

[Rascal69]

thank you sir, The car felt amazing after fitting the new suspension parts... the old shocks, ball joints, bushes and mountings were all worn down and needed replacement due to the age of the parts fitted and the condition of our roads...