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What mods are you going to do to your Zed in 2023?
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What mods are you going to do to your Zed in 2023?
The Furniture Clinic have done their magic… box arrived back today with a pot of colour matched paint, alcohol based cleaner and, importantly, the door handle trim piece!
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Will be interesting to see how the furniture restorer goes
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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What mods are you going to do to your Zed in 2023?
First mod will certainly be some Summer Air in the tires, to ensure adequate air response...
Definitely:
Definitely:
- Re-dye leather armrests
Replacement windscreen - one that isn't pitted
Android Auto - Mr 12volt
Rear Camera/PDC
- Replacement of JBL speakers.
Respray / Paint Correction / Ceramic Coat
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2011 E89 Sdrive35i - Deep Sea Blue, Beige Kansas Leather
'fits in progress - PDC, Cameras, Comfort Access, Respray/Correction - all queued for poor weather.
(9) E46 convertibles; (1) E39 540i; (2) E36 Z3 roadsters; (1) Pre-prod E36 Z3- all gone
2011 E89 Sdrive35i - Deep Sea Blue, Beige Kansas Leather
'fits in progress - PDC, Cameras, Comfort Access, Respray/Correction - all queued for poor weather.
(9) E46 convertibles; (1) E39 540i; (2) E36 Z3 roadsters; (1) Pre-prod E36 Z3- all gone
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What mods are you going to do to your Zed in 2023?
Word is best summer air is from eating half pound of beans and farting in the tyres.Christopher72 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:08 am First mod will certainly be some Summer Air in the tires, to ensure adequate air response...
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Yes, I have undecided phases fairly often…B21 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:22 pmI suspect the speakers will get you 90% of the way there..sounds like you are in an ‘undecided’ phaseTrue-Blue wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:18 pmStrut brace is for looks only , have my eye on a set of 788M’s at a very decent price but undecided, I wouldn’t go beyond swapping out the existing speakers TBH as a moving vehicle is hardly the best environment for sonic perfection and I mainly drive it with the roof down. The audio upgrades will be when I get to the ‘nothing else left to do’ stageB21 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:02 pm
All sounds eminently sensible..as stated elsewhere, each to their own, but not a fan of raw C/F on external bodywork..
Changing my 100mm Top-fi speakers protem to a mixture of Etons and Audison improved things a lot..it was the easy part..the woofers, subwoofers and new DSP/amp will be the harder parts..
Pretty pricey for genuine 788Ms..offsets are good..found the 9j and 10j widths just a bit wide for my tastes in handling but again each to their own..
The strut brace is nice n blingy but I personally found zero impact on handling..
I have just ordered a B12 Pro kit today though, the drop looks manageable (especially coming from the active set up) and I’ve had an E85 with this kit fitted before and felt it was very good indeed.
It was also cheaper to buy the shocks and spring kit separately, as I couldn’t find a decent price on the B12 Pro ‘kit’
Not gone all out with uprated ARB’s for now, wheels and tires is next on the list
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Previous Z4’s :E89 30i, E89 20i, E85 3.0Si (X4) E85 3.0i, E86 3.0 Si, E85 2.5si, E85 2.5i
Previous Z4’s :E89 30i, E89 20i, E85 3.0Si (X4) E85 3.0i, E86 3.0 Si, E85 2.5si, E85 2.5i
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Oh that’s very nice..Royal you say..do you know how much for the gaiter part? I assume they don’t need a part ex?jenniferlouise wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:27 pmYep, I’ll add a pic or two tomorrow. Need to brave the garage …
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I sent them the original Peter, they then used it as a template and fitted the new (far superior) leather to the frame, so I just popped it in when it arrived back. £50, which I thought was ok; I’d seen them of uncertain quality from £20-80 elsewhere.B21 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:28 amOh that’s very nice..Royal you say..do you know how much for the gaiter part? I assume they don’t need a part ex?jenniferlouise wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:27 pmYep, I’ll add a pic or two tomorrow. Need to brave the garage …
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Been out playing in the garage. The leather alcohol cleaner is brilliant. Wasn’t going to buy it BUT it pulls out much more dirt than the Autoglym cleaner alone. The ‘paint’ has filled the scratches nicely. I was a bit impatient on the bolster; it’s covered well but it is harder (for me) treating a larger area. I’d recommend it. Given the passenger seat and part of the driver seat an Autoglym leather cream treatment (I always add it six-monthly to my cars to reduce creasing and cracking). Finish it tomorrow when the paint is fully dry.jenniferlouise wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:33 pm The Furniture Clinic have done their magic… box arrived back today with a pot of colour matched paint, alcohol based cleaner and, importantly, the door handle trim piece!
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OK great all noted…I’ll contact them shortlyjenniferlouise wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 4:58 pmI sent them the original Peter, they then used it as a template and fitted the new (far superior) leather to the frame, so I just popped it in when it arrived back. £50, which I thought was ok; I’d seen them of uncertain quality from £20-80 elsewhere.B21 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:28 amOh that’s very nice..Royal you say..do you know how much for the gaiter part? I assume they don’t need a part ex?jenniferlouise wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:27 pm Yep, I’ll add a pic or two tomorrow. Need to brave the garage …
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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What mods are you going to do to your Zed in 2023?
Very impressivejenniferlouise wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:05 pmBeen out playing in the garage. The leather alcohol cleaner is brilliant. Wasn’t going to buy it BUT it pulls out much more dirt than the Autoglym cleaner alone. The ‘paint’ has filled the scratches nicely. I was a bit impatient on the bolster; it’s covered well but it is harder (for me) treating a larger area. I’d recommend it. Given the passenger seat and part of the driver seat an Autoglym leather cream treatment (I always add it six-monthly to my cars to reduce creasing and cracking). Finish it tomorrow when the paint is fully dry.jenniferlouise wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:33 pm The Furniture Clinic have done their magic… box arrived back today with a pot of colour matched paint, alcohol based cleaner and, importantly, the door handle trim piece!
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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What mods are you going to do to your Zed in 2023?
1st mod done over the weekend. Removed the Cone Filters and replaced with stock air box and K&N filter. Next Mod is to de-crome the face lift indicators that are sat in a box in the shed and fit them.
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Out of interest why did you not go with a stock filter?Gingerlomax wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:21 pm 1st mod done over the weekend. Removed the Cone Filters and replaced with stock air box and K&N filter. Next Mod is to de-crome the face lift indicators that are sat in a box in the shed and fit them.
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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There was not much difference in price and the K&N panel filter wont need changing at every service..B21 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:35 pmOut of interest why did you not go with a stock filter?Gingerlomax wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:21 pm 1st mod done over the weekend. Removed the Cone Filters and replaced with stock air box and K&N filter. Next Mod is to de-crome the face lift indicators that are sat in a box in the shed and fit them.
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Ah OK..I understand that the K+N filtraton is very ppor compared to a paper filter..but each to their ownGingerlomax wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:55 pmThere was not much difference in price and the K&N panel filter wont need changing at every service..B21 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:35 pmOut of interest why did you not go with a stock filter?Gingerlomax wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:21 pm 1st mod done over the weekend. Removed the Cone Filters and replaced with stock air box and K&N filter. Next Mod is to de-crome the face lift indicators that are sat in a box in the shed and fit them.
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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Will be better than the 2 cone filters sucking in hot engine air..B21 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:00 pmAh OK..I understand that the K+N filtraton is very ppor compared to a paper filter..but each to their ownGingerlomax wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:55 pmThere was not much difference in price and the K&N panel filter wont need changing at every service..
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