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Introduction

Post by sdc-911 » Mon May 28, 2012 10:00 am

Hi,

We test drove this Z4 at the weekend and will be picking her up later in the week. This will be our first BMW after owning other cars from VW, Mercedes and Porsche and we were really impressed by the performance and quality of the car. I think it was the DCT box matched to the 3.0 twin turbo engine that sealed the deal.

Initial plans are to sort out the front grille and lower air intake grilles, as the factory ones don't really complement the black paintwork IMHO. I'm between going for the totally black stealth look, with the BMW performance black grille and black lower air intake grills, or an accented look with the upper black grille with the chrome surround and then black lower air intake grilles with a silver/chromed cross divider. I don't think there's anyone out there currently who sells a chromed cross divider for the lower grilles, so I would have to look at getting these done by a specialist electroplating company or seeing if it's possible to wrap them with a chrome vinyl wrap.

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I'll post some more pictures once we've picked her up later in the week.

Steve.

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Re: Introduction

Post by Maniac » Mon May 28, 2012 10:04 am

Looks like mine from the outside. Nice choice ;)

Personally I've left the silver grills as I've tried the all black look and it cheapens (IMHO) the look of the car, all down to personal taste tho. The M Sport variant looks better in all black.

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Re: Introduction

Post by Adamski » Mon May 28, 2012 10:05 am

:thumbsup: Welcome along

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Re: Introduction

Post by DrNick » Mon May 28, 2012 10:11 am

Welcome. Lovely car!
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Re: Introduction

Post by JDM » Mon May 28, 2012 10:13 am

Welcome to the nut house... Lovely looking motor :thumbsup:

Hope the weather holds out for you picking it up 8)
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Introduction

Post by jim80 » Mon May 28, 2012 10:27 am

Looking good Steve, and welcome along! :)


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Re: Introduction

Post by aquazi » Mon May 28, 2012 10:58 am

looks great - welcome along :thumbsup:
imo i would go for an M sport front instead.

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Re: Introduction

Post by WLH » Mon May 28, 2012 11:39 am

sdc-911, welcome to the forum.... :driving:
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Re: Introduction

Post by Swiftly » Mon May 28, 2012 12:24 pm

Welcome, fantastic looking beast :)
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Re: Introduction

Post by deka » Mon May 28, 2012 12:26 pm

v nice welcome :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: Introduction

Post by KERMIT1970 » Mon May 28, 2012 12:50 pm

Very nice ! Welcome :thumbsup:
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Re: Introduction

Post by andysat » Mon May 28, 2012 8:31 pm

Hi and welcome,great looking zed! :thumbsup:
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Re: Introduction

Post by rhodesey35iM » Mon May 28, 2012 8:33 pm

Welcome Steve, watch out for that sport button its mental.

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Re: Introduction

Post by Bing » Mon May 28, 2012 8:35 pm

Lovely Steve, congratulations and welcome to your new home :thumbsup: :driving:
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Re: Introduction

Post by srhutch » Mon May 28, 2012 8:47 pm

Hi and welcome :)
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