Oh dear!
As some of you may have seen on my zroadster.net thread I have suffered the boot floor failure.
below are some photos.
I have read on here
http://www.z3mcoupe.com/forum/showth...ght=boot+welds
that the diff bracket can be replaced. Anyone else got any bright ideas?
Photos tell the story but basically I got the car up in the air and once I took the exhaust heat shielding off the full extent of the damage could be seen.
My Dad is a mechanic but steers clear of the majority of welding and as the problems grew we have decided to leave it to the experts.
So I have stripped out the carpet etc. from the boot (took ages) then started to investigate the sound proofing only to realise you could see the outside world through the floor of my little Zed.
Not happy
I'll keep you all updated!
Diff bracket
Crack by N/S rear exhaust mounting
Heat shield off - OH DEAR!
Started to clean up the areas that need welding/patching
ARB (anti-roll bar) area is the worst affected
Most of the boot trim off
Boot floor doesn't look too bad!
Nut is the one that holds my tool kit in
Started to chisel off the stupid glue they smeared all over the floor
Rusty looking area is held together by glue
Two knackered welds under a bracket in the boot!
Oh well, I still know which one I would rather own!
Any comments very welcome, helpful ones please as I've had a bad day!
As some of you may have seen on my zroadster.net thread I have suffered the boot floor failure.
below are some photos.
I have read on here
http://www.z3mcoupe.com/forum/showth...ght=boot+welds
that the diff bracket can be replaced. Anyone else got any bright ideas?
Photos tell the story but basically I got the car up in the air and once I took the exhaust heat shielding off the full extent of the damage could be seen.
My Dad is a mechanic but steers clear of the majority of welding and as the problems grew we have decided to leave it to the experts.
So I have stripped out the carpet etc. from the boot (took ages) then started to investigate the sound proofing only to realise you could see the outside world through the floor of my little Zed.
Not happy
I'll keep you all updated!
Diff bracket
Crack by N/S rear exhaust mounting
Heat shield off - OH DEAR!
Started to clean up the areas that need welding/patching
ARB (anti-roll bar) area is the worst affected
Most of the boot trim off
Boot floor doesn't look too bad!
Nut is the one that holds my tool kit in
Started to chisel off the stupid glue they smeared all over the floor
Rusty looking area is held together by glue
Two knackered welds under a bracket in the boot!
Oh well, I still know which one I would rather own!
Any comments very welcome, helpful ones please as I've had a bad day!
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