Z4C Aero side skirt fitment issue

mrlightyear · Post by **mrlightyear** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:09 pm

Fitting oem side aero skirts to a coupe find the arches don’t line up with the skirts properly. Please see attached photos.

Very frustrating.

What’s the story ?

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Z4MCSL` · Post by **Z4MCSL`** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:47 pm

I cant answer your question but...

....where did you get OEM aero skirts!!!???

Z4MCSL` · Post by **Z4MCSL`** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:53 pm

I cant answer your question but...

....where did you get OEM aero skirts!!!???

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:43 pm

Damn, I wish you hadn't posted that!

I just went out and looked at my Aeros and they are both the same.

But then I looked at a photo of it with the original sills and they don't line up 100% either!

And this photo of my previous Coupe with OE sills seems to have a similar problem.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:20 pm

I’m not joking when I say this but perhaps over time they shrink a little.

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:24 pm

Z4MCSL` wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:47 pm I cant answer your question but...

....where did you get OEM aero skirts!!!???

They get advertised on here from time to time:- viewtopic.php?t=137934

But as they are like rocking horse droppings you have to REALLY want them! Luckily the pair I bought in 2020 were the right colour.

mrlightyear · Post by **mrlightyear** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:45 am

Z4MCSL` wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:53 pm I cant answer your question but...

....where did you get OEM aero skirts!!!???

Forum member, chap was selling his z4 and sold the skirts separately. Seen the car for sale with the skirts and I proposed he sell the skirts separately lucky he still had the original. That an I had spare kidney.

mrlightyear · Post by **mrlightyear** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:50 am

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:43 pm Damn, I wish you hadn't posted that!

I just went out and looked at my Aeros and they are both the same.

But then I looked at a photo of it with the original sills and they don't line up 100% either!

And this photo of my previous Coupe with OE sills seems to have a similar problem.

Ha sorry about that, Well as long as I’m not the only one.

Nice wheels and colour by the way. But I would say that.

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:19 am

Shouldn't be like that though, mine definitely fit correctly?
They were bought from bmw 2017.
I'm not near the car to get a square on photo but you can kind of see here

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DMike · Post by **DMike** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:00 pm

MikeyH wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:20 pm I’m not joking when I say this but perhaps over time they shrink a little.

Or perhaps the car body has elongated?

mrlightyear · Post by **mrlightyear** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:04 pm

TomK wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:19 am Shouldn't be like that though, mine definitely fit correctly?
They were bought from bmw 2017.
I'm not near the car to get a square on photo but you can kind of see here
51427688569_474f14557f_o (2).jpg

I’m wondering if things changed slightly with the face lift.

Can I ask what year this is?

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:20 pm

mine fit perfectly..

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:20 pm

mrlightyear wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:04 pm I’m wondering if things changed slightly with the face lift.
Can I ask what year this is?

It's an 07. The fact that Mr tidy (who must have an 06 or newer) says he has similar would suggest to me that there have been a/some batch/es made out of tolerance. Annoying, but I can't think of any other reason, certainly there's not going to have been any change in the metal work for the face-lift?

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:08 pm

TomK wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:20 pm
mrlightyear wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:04 pm I’m wondering if things changed slightly with the face lift.
Can I ask what year this is?
It's an 07. The fact that Mr tidy (who must have an 06 or newer) says he has similar would suggest to me that there have been a/some batch/es made out of tolerance. Annoying, but I can't think of any other reason, certainly there's not going to have been any change in the metal work for the face-lift?

Maybe the ones with the slightly off fit aren’t oem products? I know a third party also made these

Rob

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:28 pm

Smartbear wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 8:08 pm Maybe the ones with the slightly off fit aren’t oem products? I know a third party also made these
Rob

As far as I know the only non oem ones ever manufactured were in the last year or so weren't they? Skyer or something? There was never a market before 2017 as they were only £350 from bmw or less.
Mr Tidy says he bought his in 2020 second hand so must be older. Can you put a photo up of your fitment mr tidy?

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