Allroads lead to an Allroad.... Acquired!

[robthedonkey]

Havent touched anything yet - I not even sure what bulbs it will take! Will investigate.

Z4 should be a d2s bulb ... Usually around £20 each

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[cpjitservices]

7 minutes ago, robthedonkey said:

Z4 should be a d2s bulb ... Usually around £20 each

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Z4? 

[robthedonkey]

Z4? 

Sorry it was @Matty that had shit headlights on Z4

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[Matty]

3 hours ago, robthedonkey said:

Have you replaced the bulb units? The gas goes off over time and they get duller ... The smax wasn't great put a new pair of xenon units in and was night and day

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One this week. At £40 for a genuine Osram at trade prices it'll be a while till the other gets done. Like when it feckin breaks 😁

[Dave_Q]

The suspension should auto rise/fall so if you start in 2 it will drop to 3 then 4 (if 1 is highest) as you drive faster.

[Pete-M]

A good pal of mine is an ex-VW master technician. He had an A6 Allroad 2.5 TDI that rarely behaved itself. That thing challenged him constantly, but on the few occasions I drove it I found it a pleasant enough thing to drive. 

He had suspension issues with it most of the time. He often bought the expensive bits to fix it and found the issue to be something small afterward. 

Good luck. Hopefully yours behaves impeccably. 

[cpjitservices]

11 hours ago, Dave_Q said:

The suspension should auto rise/fall so if you start in 2 it will drop to 3 then 4 (if 1 is highest) as you drive faster.

I noticed it hunker down when I was doing 70 on the motorway, he did raise himself back up again as well

[cpjitservices]

I am thinking though, bearing in mind he's not my daily driver.. IF he misbehaves too much I'll put him on springs. Not ideal but that would solve any air-suspension problems. And he's ok to go off the road for a bit if he does have issues as the Espace is here, which is like the Top Gear back up car. lol

[eddyramrod]

11 hours ago, Pete-M said:

A good pal of mine is an ex-VW master technician. He had an A6 Allroad 2.5 TDI that rarely behaved itself. That thing challenged him constantly, but on the few occasions I drove it I found it a pleasant enough thing to drive. 

He had suspension issues with it most of the time. He often bought the expensive bits to fix it and found the issue to be something small afterward. 

Good luck. Hopefully yours behaves impeccably. 

Welcome back Pete!

[SiC]

On 30/12/2024 at 16:53, Matty said:

Her 2007 z4 has xenons. They're shit as well. I get the feeling more modern headlight design and lens materials are to blame for a lot of shit output. I've had much older cars with far better headlight output than a lot of moderns.

How old are the bulbs? Xenons tend to dim and change colour with age than just fail. Replacing them with new ones on our 2010 A4 at 190k with original bulbs was a stark difference. Only go for genuine Osram or Philips bulbs.

Also I find many lights are too low. Often I adjust them up a tad as the MOT pass area is massive.

[Matty]

3 hours ago, SiC said:

How old are the bulbs? Xenons tend to dim and change colour with age than just fail. Replacing them with new ones on our 2010 A4 at 190k with original bulbs was a stark difference. Only go for genuine Osram or Philips bulbs.

Also I find many lights are too low. Often I adjust them up a tad as the MOT pass area is massive.

Indeed. There's one I've just done went bright pink! In fairness I've had 3 BMs now with "angel eye" type headlights. E39 without xenons E46 and this Z4 with. And they've all been a bit shit in the headlight department. So I still reckon it's mainly headlight design. My old Fiesta in comparison has dead good headlight output on just normal bulbs.

[SiC]

4 minutes ago, Matty said:

Indeed. There's one I've just done went bright pink! In fairness I've had 3 BMs now with "angel eye" type headlights. E39 without xenons E46 and this Z4 with. And they've all been a bit shit in the headlight department. So I still reckon it's mainly headlight design. My old Fiesta in comparison has dead good headlight output on just normal bulbs.

Projector headlights have a very sharp cut-off. Older reflector headlights have a more gradual cut-off. So if too low, a projector headlight is much more noticeable the lack of light being thrown forwards. 

[Matty]

45 minutes ago, SiC said:

Projector headlights have a very sharp cut-off. Older reflector headlights have a more gradual cut-off. So if too low, a projector headlight is much more noticeable the lack of light being thrown forwards. 

I'll bow to your knowledge on this Si. I'll have a look at it 👍

[cpjitservices]

Thanks all im going to try better bulbs and see what happens!

 

[cpjitservices]

Im not sure this photo does it justice, they look brighter on a photo than in actual use.

 

Sidelights and dipped-beam, plus fog lights for extra light (I know I know shouldn't have fog lights on etc)

[cpjitservices]

Been on a big trip today in the big lad. Hull to Darlington, then to Ayecliffe, then to York and back home. 300’odd miles. He’s done well. That cost me half a tank which I think is reasonable. 
Hes covered in crap off the back roads!

An absolutely flawless drive. 
 

There is a slight whistle as you slow down from say 60 to 30, I think it’s the custom prop-shaft. It whistles for a second or two. 

He needs a clean now! Car wash next week! 
 

More updates to come soon! 
 

(Better photos to come had kids with me)