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Sitting here at Wheels in Motion, Chesham, after taking the car to a couple of more mainstream garages who wouldn't touch it, alignment-wise. Got to say that they're living up to their reputation, so far! Lots of time for discussion re. settings and loads of car-specific knowledge.
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2008 Z4MC: heavy wheels | crap suspension | skittish rear end | wobbly engine | not enough induction noise | underwhelming turn in | inconsistent braking | lardy battery | chubby steering wheel
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Nice pic Paul!MrPT wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:29 pm Sitting here in Wheel in Motion, Chesham, after taking the car to a couple of more mainstream garages who wouldn't touch it, alignment-wise. Got to say that they're living up to their reputation, so far! Lots of time for discussion re. settings and loads of car-specific knowledge.
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Heard good things about them, the local Ferrari owners club use them for alignment. Are you having custom geo, csl spec (or as close as these cars can get to it)?
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Hey Dan - good to see you're still lurking.
Yes, they have always had a great reputation so I'd been keen to use them in the past - I just wanted to check out a couple of cheaper, Hunter-equipped placed first to see what they could do. Glad I did - won't go back.
I wanted to use the CSL base settings and then get their view re. rear toe in. We ended up going with 0˚14', which is halfway between the recommendation for this car and the CSL. On top of that, -1.3-ish front camber was the positive end of what's achievable with these KWs and pulled camber pins (!), so I was happy to agree to that tweak on the CSL spec too. I have just moved to wider front tyres so want to keep the tramlining to a minimum, but it's good to know that there's loads of -ve headroom there to play with, if needed.
Does feel absolutely epic now - heading to South Wales this weekend for a proper shakedown!
2008 Z4MC: heavy wheels | crap suspension | skittish rear end | wobbly engine | not enough induction noise | underwhelming turn in | inconsistent braking | lardy battery | chubby steering wheel
2006 Z4 2.5si: gone
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Couple of pics today before the wheel change.
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Bought a 3.0 roadster from a forum member, from down south - great 250 odd mile drive back home!
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South Wales roady.
2008 Z4MC: heavy wheels | crap suspension | skittish rear end | wobbly engine | not enough induction noise | underwhelming turn in | inconsistent braking | lardy battery | chubby steering wheel
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I know! Still a lovely car though... it was really at home in the Elan valley and kept up with the convoy just fine.
2008 Z4MC: heavy wheels | crap suspension | skittish rear end | wobbly engine | not enough induction noise | underwhelming turn in | inconsistent braking | lardy battery | chubby steering wheel
2006 Z4 2.5si: gone
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Same. But it was bone dry, it was a manual and the rwd brigade were two autos plus me.
You already know this, of course, but it’s amazing how good a B road weapon the Z4 can be with some tweaks. You just need to go through the apex of each corner at 3000rpm in second with your left foot over the brake.
2008 Z4MC: heavy wheels | crap suspension | skittish rear end | wobbly engine | not enough induction noise | underwhelming turn in | inconsistent braking | lardy battery | chubby steering wheel
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Defensive parking
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cruise control
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Gone, E85 Ruby Black.
space grey
Carbon interior trim
19" Veeman FS 25`s
cruise control
m sport seats
stubby
led halo bulbs
z4 forum sticker, for added power.
OEM wind deflector
Gone, E85 Ruby Black.
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5k in 3rd is where it"s realy at, otherwise I suspect it was all a little too easy.MrPT wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:57 amSame. But it was bone dry, it was a manual and the rwd brigade were two autos plus me.
You already know this, of course, but it’s amazing how good a B road weapon the Z4 can be with some tweaks. You just need to go through the apex of each corner at 3000rpm in second with your left foot over the brake.
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Roof up shot
E89 s drive 30i manual/gone
space grey
Carbon interior trim
19" Veeman FS 25`s
cruise control
m sport seats
stubby
led halo bulbs
z4 forum sticker, for added power.
OEM wind deflector
Gone, E85 Ruby Black.
space grey
Carbon interior trim
19" Veeman FS 25`s
cruise control
m sport seats
stubby
led halo bulbs
z4 forum sticker, for added power.
OEM wind deflector
Gone, E85 Ruby Black.