What did you do to your Z4M today?
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flimper said:
Mine have always had no tabs - I suspect they shear at the slightest little bumper prang. I bought a new one because the old one had rubbed through when I was running 40-profile front tyres as an experiment! Not terrible - just a niggle worth doing when I had the bumper off anyway.
Bumper re-fitting is easy enough to get right. You just need to keep the torx bolts under the bonnet loose while you prop the centre of the bumper up with blocks of wood etc (or a willing helper) and clip the sides in. The worst bit, in my experience, is undoing those T30 torx bolts as they always seem to bind really badly and they're very close to the paintwork so you can't just go to town with impact guns, heat etc.
Went for day out in the M with Andy Walsh at North Wealds for a driver training day, 2nd time going and again can highly recommend as a safe place to really explore the limits and get comfortable with the car moving about (and spinning, it will) and controlling high speed oversteer.
The mini track he sets out at the end of the day is a a good way to put it into practice and you can have some fun arsing about as well. Only got one video outside the car but gives you an idea though this was fully just messing about at this point rather than trying to be quick.
https://youtu.be/Dv-4TnydJPE
Shame didn't get a video of Andy doing a 'pace' lap in it, certainly an eye opener of what it's capable of in the right hands with the right technique, fair to say I shat myself a few times.
For what you get (and learn), it's a cheap day out IMO and Andy's a top bloke and good instructor and very easy going. He mentioned he's had quite a few Z4's recently but whoever else is there, (only 3 in my case) you'll have a very enjoyable day with more than enough driving time, probably too much in our case today, my poor tyres :wink:
The mini track he sets out at the end of the day is a a good way to put it into practice and you can have some fun arsing about as well. Only got one video outside the car but gives you an idea though this was fully just messing about at this point rather than trying to be quick.
https://youtu.be/Dv-4TnydJPE
Shame didn't get a video of Andy doing a 'pace' lap in it, certainly an eye opener of what it's capable of in the right hands with the right technique, fair to say I shat myself a few times.
For what you get (and learn), it's a cheap day out IMO and Andy's a top bloke and good instructor and very easy going. He mentioned he's had quite a few Z4's recently but whoever else is there, (only 3 in my case) you'll have a very enjoyable day with more than enough driving time, probably too much in our case today, my poor tyres :wink:
TomK said:Looks goodSGRG said:Does the dish depth roughly equal the depth of the original wheel when mounted to the boss?
I made a mistake with mine and the wheel is further away than ideal. Considering the 07 or 08 now, I think the 07 has a 70mm vs 90mm for the 08.
If our paths ever cross again at a trackday Tom you're welcome to try out my Mod.07
if it helps!
Thanks Ed! I fear the chances of that are vanishingly rare these days, though I did make good use of my months tax (first time in a year!) and sneaked in two great days. 
I think I'll just bite the bullet with either, 2cm not much difference, 7/9 on the other hand definitely is. I like look the look of both :scratchhead:
a well used gt3rs and a z4m, class of '07. what's not to like! :wub:
I think I'll just bite the bullet with either, 2cm not much difference, 7/9 on the other hand definitely is. I like look the look of both :scratchhead:
a well used gt3rs and a z4m, class of '07. what's not to like! :wub:
Bet that was great. I did a similar thing at bruntingthorpe many years ago with another renowned 'guru' Don Palmer, incredibly instructive.AndyBeech said:
Sadly I think north wealds is closing, much like brunters already has
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=18&t=2114905
TomK said:Bet that was great. I did a similar thing at bruntingthorpe many years ago with another renowned 'guru' Don Palmer, incredibly instructive.AndyBeech said:
Sadly I think north wealds is closing, much like brunters already has
It was, very enjoyable day!
Him and Don Palmer were the two guys highly recommended to me for this kind of thing back in the day when I first went. Would’ve liked to have done a Don day tbh.
True about the airfield, he’s got some plans in the works, he said there is another part of the airfield which may be suitable for him to move to but it’s all a bit up in the air at the moment obviously.
Hope it works out for him one way or another, had a bit of a crap time of it by all accounts from some things he was telling me.
The ZMC has now had its full refresh, all bushes and suspension components have been replaced. I also upgraded the brakes to a set of M2 blue calipers all round + new brake lines front and back with Cupro nickel
I didn’t manage to get many photos during the work, but the plan now is to let everything settle before getting the geometry dialled in one final time. I do still need to go back and sort the front drop links, as the adjustable ones I originally fitted turned out to be the wrong size bit thats a job for after summer.
I didn’t manage to get many photos during the work, but the plan now is to let everything settle before getting the geometry dialled in one final time. I do still need to go back and sort the front drop links, as the adjustable ones I originally fitted turned out to be the wrong size bit thats a job for after summer.
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Collected a GSR Carbon Airbox plus supporting fitting gubbins, and a freshly powdercoated rear subframe.
Plan is to get the airbox on after MOT early August (wont have time before August around family commitments annoyingly!), and then get the zed off the road for a full rear-end refresh this winter with new camber arms, and possibly fully solid bushed... tbc!
Plan is to get the airbox on after MOT early August (wont have time before August around family commitments annoyingly!), and then get the zed off the road for a full rear-end refresh this winter with new camber arms, and possibly fully solid bushed... tbc!
Exciting mate. Should have come standard with carbon airbox, adds so much to the zed experience.
Took delivery of RTD V4 carbon shifter today. Thanks for answering my questions in the past.
I'm greatly looking forward to getting the airbox fitted and hearing it sing!
That shifter looks great too - I've got the older ones before they developed the dust boot - I really wish I had one of those as the heat kicked out from the hole left in the transmission tunnel without a boot, particularly when on track is mad!
Good luck fitting, make sure to post pics when it's on!