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Am I completely overthinking the door skins? From the pictures I have seen, do you just adhere them to the existing Z3 doors? It looks like the front of the door skin slips over the lip of the door on the side closest to the engine bay. Or am I wrong? |
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Just wanting to get some ideas from you guys, what have all of you done on the door locking system on the Z3? My car did not come with remote lock/unlock system. So when you insert the key and unlock the door both door locks automatically unlock. Once you cover the key hole with the door panel and install the aftermarket door handle, are you guys disabling this feature? You could easily get in a situation where the car auto locks and you cannot do anything to get into the car since the original key hole is now covered..
I am tryin to look into a way to tie to factory wiring in some way into the new door handles I have but it does not look possible.. |
When the central locking goes wrong it deadlocks. To open it without access to the outer door lock you have to insert the key in the ignition before you can open the door from the inside.
Casamolino wired a switch in the boot that allows you to drop the window to gain access. Only viable route. |
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Jeff, I have original 250 SWB door handles that I was going to use. |
Lots of "Car 2 Remotes Central Door Locking Vehicle Keyless Entry System DT Kit Universal" kits on eBay for not much money (<£10). I have one because I saw the fitting of one to a Z3 described on YouTube. No, I haven't fitted it yet. Needs access to wiring behind the heater control panel. The wiring diagram looks to allow a hidden override switch.
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Thanks Gents,
It looks like my 2 options. Either install an aftermarket entry system or go old school and get rid of it entirely. |
I'm going old school with mine!
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Or use the original boot lock... I'm mounting mine on the outside instead of the mini lock (photo) but you could put it somewhere on the inside to unlock the doors...? Probably only need the square box wired up and push/pull to lock/unlock.
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Central locking update.
I had a really good auto electrician come round as I had saved up a long list of problems, one of them being the central locking. I had bought a cheap kit off eBay for him to fit. He checked out my key fob and with a tester found the battery was dead. I had replaced the battery when I got the car and when it packed up the first thing I did was change the battery (twice). He said he often comes across this, did my batteries come from the same batch? of course they did, he said a lot of these small button batteries were stored for so long before use that they work but only last a short time and people don't think to blame the batteries. His suggestion was to always have 2 working fobs. |
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I am more and more leaning to going old school on it though and have come up with a good idea to make the original Ferrari 250 interior door handles that I have function like the original (bock locking and opening). |
Hey Gents,
I realized I haven't posted any progress photos in a while but rest assured I have been busy. Here is what I have been working on: -Extended the hood scoop back (will make a fiberglass mesh piece for the back) -Shortened the height of the original doors by about 1.75" and made a small radius on the bottom corner - Bent up sheet metal boxes to fill the new gaps -Starting fitting body gaps -Coilovers will arrive next week so I will get them installed before the rear portion of the car is permanently bonded. https://i.ibb.co/K5zMcMb/IMG-1035.jpg https://i.ibb.co/XJjpxjz/IMG-1009.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Cw7zyVT/IMG-1033.jpg https://i.ibb.co/rcg8Vzm/57256324438...FDB8-A1-A6.jpg https://i.ibb.co/WydjzMx/57386134890...-F4-A468-D.jpg https://i.ibb.co/gzffRXy/IMG-1056.jpg |
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It was a picture of one of the cars that you had done that made me want to make this change! |
Hey gents,
Just an update on the current activities. I changed my mind yet again on the fuel filler cap location and decided to go with competition model location. I have spent the past few weeks glassing up the new location, modding the boot lid, and running the filler line. Its worked out really well and is downhill the entire length of the filler line so no fuel should sit in the line. Still need to work on gaps... https://i.ibb.co/GxBjN4c/IMG-1157.jpg https://i.ibb.co/bgYmtS2/IMG-1164.jpg https://i.ibb.co/yNLkZdb/IMG-1242.jpg https://i.ibb.co/VNcFmD0/IMG-1296.jpg https://i.ibb.co/ZmBTPZV/IMG-1298.jpg |
I contemplated filling in the license plate well also, but decided not to. As yet. Looking really good Ace!
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This is going to be one great looking car with all the mods. Fuel filler is just right, where was that one obtained?
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Speedway-Mo...ss!77377!US!-1 Cheers |
Thanks, that cap looks abetter size than most i have seen.
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I am going to make a mold of how I want the rear window to look and then heat bend lexan to shape.. I plan on posting a separate how-to on the forum in case anyone wants to follow suit. I have done something similar for a boat window but its the same application. Cheers |
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