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Post by bz4kev » Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:54 pm

With love the look
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Post by mfrancis » Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:55 pm

I think I'm getting closer than ever to having one.
At least I feel I won't be totally ridiculed if I'm seen out and about.
It gets more complicated though when like others you think it looks better with the whole modified rear end, ££££££££££££.
Also the one angle I'd not seen up until now is the one where it protrudes out further to the rear than the boot lid.
Perhaps it's just my OCD?

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Post by Marlon » Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:59 pm

Its a Yes from me :thumbsup:
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Post by Ewazix » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:17 pm

thanatu55 wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:51 pm
Ewazix wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:38 pm looks awful :thumbsdown:

.......... how much do you want for it?
I don't know if that's a genuine comment or tongue in cheek, but it's no longer for sale :thumbsup:
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Post by csquire4 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:22 pm

It's a no from me :slappy:

With design, often less is more :poke:
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Post by thanatu55 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:25 pm

mfrancis wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 7:55 pm I think I'm getting closer than ever to having one.
At least I feel I won't be totally ridiculed if I'm seen out and about.
It gets more complicated though when like others you think it looks better with the whole modified rear end, ££££££££££££.
Also the one angle I'd not seen up until now is the one where it protrudes out further to the rear than the boot lid.
Perhaps it's just my OCD?
It's not so much the ££££££ (well, it is but) it's the sheer effort involved, unless you can afford to get someone else to do it all for you.

It does protrude from boot lid but that's one of the things that sells it for me, I have OCD too and I find the Zed a little top/front heavy so extending the rear that little bit gives it a bit more symmetry in my opinion. As I said in the first post though I was unsure about putting it on before the mods and it ended up in the garage for a year, make of that what you will.

Having said that I wasn't expecting so much love for the spoiler from everybody that's commented, and that's from some people who's opinions I respect having been a long term lurker on this site prior to growing the cojones to open my ride to criticism.
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Post by thanatu55 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:33 pm

csquire4 wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:22 pm It's a no from me :slappy:

With design, often less is more :poke:
True, but there's room in the world for both conservatism and expression :P
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Post by RickRob » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:40 pm

It's a yes from biased me:
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Post by thanatu55 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:46 pm

RickRob wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:40 pm It's a yes from biased me:
I'm a fan of the mud flaps, I was umming and ahhing over them just this weekend looking for someone who's actually got them fitted :thumbsup:
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Post by jabber » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:50 pm

Not for me I'm afraid
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Post by Steve84N » Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:36 pm

Much better without, the roadster already has a beautiful duck tail and this just ruins it. When was the last time you saw a CSL with a spoiler (other than race versions)...?
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Post by thanatu55 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:11 pm

When did the CSL become the devine and definitive dictoral aspiration above every BMW owner's individual taste and expression? I own a 2.0l four-pot Roady, I ain't trying to be a CSL....... Jus' sayin' :poke:

btw. I'm not 100% sold on it, you like it you like it, you don't you don't. Imitation ain't all that. :wink:
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Post by RickRob » Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:12 pm

thanatu55 wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:46 pm
RickRob wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:40 pm It's a yes from biased me:
I'm a fan of the mud flaps, I was umming and ahhing over them just this weekend looking for someone who's actually got them fitted :thumbsup:
Mine came with the mudflats fitted. To be honest I'm none too sure whether they actually do anything. I had hoped that the front ones would prevent road rash at the back of the side sills, but they don't. Also, one of my rear ones doesn't fit quite as well as it should.

Before you let mudflats become your lifetime's dream, be aware that they don't seem to be readily available anymore.

If mine didn't already have them I wouldn't be lusting for them.
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Post by thanatu55 » Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:48 pm

RickRob wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:12 pm
thanatu55 wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:46 pm
RickRob wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:40 pm It's a yes from biased me:
I'm a fan of the mud flaps, I was umming and ahhing over them just this weekend looking for someone who's actually got them fitted :thumbsup:
Mine came with the mudflats fitted. To be honest I'm none too sure whether they actually do anything. I had hoped that the front ones would prevent road rash at the back of the side sills, but they don't. Also, one of my rear ones doesn't fit quite as well as it should.

Before you let mudflats become your lifetime's dream, be aware that they don't seem to be readily available anymore.

If mine didn't already have them I wouldn't be lusting for them.
Haha they wouldn't fit my back bumper anyway. It wasn't so much the mudflaps as such, there's a larger than personally acceptable gap between the rear wheels and my modified rear bumper that I can't afford to fill with more wheel and I was looking for a semi-distraction / solution because I'm too OCD to let things lie. But on reflection I came to the conclusion that even if they did fit they would probably do the complete opposite of what I intended.

I couldn't resist the comment since I'd been looking just this weekend and I was drawn to the fact that yours is the first I've seen with them fitted. I doubt you've had many people so enthusiastically complementary about your mudflaps, and everyone likes a complement. I'm not a mudflap geek, honestly!
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Post by Steve84N » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:28 am

You asked for opinions, "jus' sayin' "...
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