My 2003 z4 3.0

bigbacon · 11-16-2011, 07:27 PM

had it a week now, finally took a pic. Not great, hard to get a good angle while it is in the garage. She has every option the car could come with minus the wood grain and the extended leather.

CJW2OO4 · 11-16-2011, 07:36 PM

nice big bacon Hope she serves you well!

pokeybritches · 11-17-2011, 12:00 AM

Looks good- very similar to my titanium silver Z4! Are you sure extended leather was an option in 2003? The wood grain was more of a choice than an upgrade; I believe it was a no-cost option. Threads pop up every once in a while with owners wanting to swap their wood grain interiors for carbon leather or aluminum.

bigbacon · 11-17-2011, 08:30 AM

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Are you sure extended leather was an option in 2003?

I had a print out of the Black Book Cost Guide and it was listed there.

yellowmasta · 11-17-2011, 10:12 AM

Love it dude! Take good care of her

bigbacon · 11-17-2011, 06:25 PM

I changed out the front/rear emblems, popped in a K&N filter, put in all weather mats (car came with no mats) and changed out the spark plugs today. Going to do an oil change tomorrow or saturday.

I wish BMW had a maintenance schedule that was miles based and not just based on the meter in the car. I can't find anything like that anywhere, not even in the warranty booklet.

CJW2OO4 · 11-17-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbacon

I changed out the front/rear emblems, popped in a K&N filter, put in all weather mats (car came with no mats) and changed out the spark plugs today. Going to do an oil change tomorrow or saturday.

I wish BMW had a maintenance schedule that was miles based and not just based on the meter in the car. I can't find anything like that anywhere, not even in the warranty booklet.

google inspection 1 and inspection 2. I know there is a checklist of what should be done. You should also look into a tranny and diff fluid flush and possibly a coolant flush.

pokeybritches · 11-17-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CJW2OO4

google inspection 1 and inspection 2. I know there is a checklist of what should be done. You should also look into a tranny and diff fluid flush and possibly a coolant flush.

+1

Here is another link to give you some ideas.

bigbacon · 11-17-2011, 07:44 PM

I know the car had a coolant flush and one other flush at 5x,xxx miles (can't remember exactly what the BMW tech told me)

I'll find out tomorrow cause the local BMW place had a coupon for a free BMW inspection so I said wth, lets have them do it since the car wasn't technically purchased at a BMW dealer but a place that only deals with BMW, mercades and audi.

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bigbacon Private First Class 21 Rep 162 Posts Drives: 03 Z4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	My 2003 z4 3.0 had it a week now, finally took a pic. Not great, hard to get a good angle while it is in the garage. She has every option the car could come with minus the wood grain and the extended leather.
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bigbacon Private First Class 21 Rep 162 Posts Drives: 03 Z4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	I changed out the front/rear emblems, popped in a K&N filter, put in all weather mats (car came with no mats) and changed out the spark plugs today. Going to do an oil change tomorrow or saturday. I wish BMW had a maintenance schedule that was miles based and not just based on the meter in the car. I can't find anything like that anywhere, not even in the warranty booklet.
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