Aero side skirts?
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King André said:
Hi, your Zed looks really nice and I love the colour of the interior
Unfortunately, as Truth has pointed out your Zed is fitted with standard sills in the photos and not the aero version.
It will be great to see some photos once you have customised it.
davros said:
Apologies everyone. I was under the impression that this was the aero kit, as the person told me when I bought the car. My mistake. I should have done research and made sure. Which I have now done... Apologies once again
I am also searching for the aero side skirts, since I just bought a Z4MC.
I saw the Modelo replica, but they are made of fiberglass (fibre for the UK?), which sounds like headache for painting and fitting.
I have also emailed customer relations, and tweeted to BMW of America; they simply responded back saying the side skirts are no longer available, and I should contact my local dealership for inquiries... which is not being customer friendly at all! :x
If you find a way to replicate a set, perhaps you can set up a groupbuy, I am sure a lot of people are interested, including myself!
However, I am located in California, USA, so shipping from the UK could get expensive.
[ref]TomK[/ref], if you are willing to sell, I am interested too!
I saw the Modelo replica, but they are made of fiberglass (fibre for the UK?), which sounds like headache for painting and fitting.
I have also emailed customer relations, and tweeted to BMW of America; they simply responded back saying the side skirts are no longer available, and I should contact my local dealership for inquiries... which is not being customer friendly at all! :x
If you find a way to replicate a set, perhaps you can set up a groupbuy, I am sure a lot of people are interested, including myself!
However, I am located in California, USA, so shipping from the UK could get expensive.
[ref]TomK[/ref], if you are willing to sell, I am interested too!
Hi fryh1n,
from the photos on the Modelo website their skirts seem quite a good copy of the original aeroskirts and include the cut outs for the jacking points etc, but would possibly need a bit of fettling to achieve a good fit and finish.
I’ve also emailed BMW customer relations in the UK and waiting a reply. I doubt it will achieve much but I just wanted to highlight how ridiculous it is that a prestige car like a Z4 or Z4M can now only be properly maintained via an increasing number of parts needing to be sourced from eBay and car breakers etc because so many parts are becoming NLA.
I contacted a number of BMW dealers in the USA and found Gerald Isaac at BMW Cincinnati very helpful. He’s the parts manager there and told me BMW were considering launching a vintage parts line for the Z4’s. it might be worth contacting him to see if he can help you. Hopefully the more people who contact BMW about NLA parts may make them consider launching some of these parts again.
from the photos on the Modelo website their skirts seem quite a good copy of the original aeroskirts and include the cut outs for the jacking points etc, but would possibly need a bit of fettling to achieve a good fit and finish.
I’ve also emailed BMW customer relations in the UK and waiting a reply. I doubt it will achieve much but I just wanted to highlight how ridiculous it is that a prestige car like a Z4 or Z4M can now only be properly maintained via an increasing number of parts needing to be sourced from eBay and car breakers etc because so many parts are becoming NLA.
I contacted a number of BMW dealers in the USA and found Gerald Isaac at BMW Cincinnati very helpful. He’s the parts manager there and told me BMW were considering launching a vintage parts line for the Z4’s. it might be worth contacting him to see if he can help you. Hopefully the more people who contact BMW about NLA parts may make them consider launching some of these parts again.
Does anyone know what BMW were charging for these new? Also what a second hand pair would fetch now?
Have a mate who works in manufacturing and has a lot of contacts around asia, so may be possible to find someone to make these but would need to investigate a number of things... not least financial viability.
Have a mate who works in manufacturing and has a lot of contacts around asia, so may be possible to find someone to make these but would need to investigate a number of things... not least financial viability.
JamieZ4C said:
Hi JamieZ4C, this sounds very interesting...
The BMW part numbers are 51710150780 & 51710150781 and I think they were selling for about £200 each new. They rarely come up second hand but will probably increase in value like the soft top covers 
If your mate was able to manufacture these, I’m sure they’d have a queue of people from this forum lining up to buy them :wink:
davros said:Hi JamieZ4C, this sounds very interesting...
If your mate was able to manufacture these, I’m sure they’d have a queue of people from this forum lining up to buy them :wink:
Cool, well it would seem possible to my simple mind but he'll probably tell me it can't be done for some some legal reason... or we'd have to manufacture thousands just to get the unit cost down to what people are willing to pay :roll:
Leave it with me
JamieZ4C said:davros said:Hi JamieZ4C, this sounds very interesting...
If your mate was able to manufacture these, I’m sure they’d have a queue of people from this forum lining up to buy them :wink:
Cool, well it would seem possible to my simple mind but he'll probably tell me it can't be done for some some legal reason... or we'd have to manufacture thousands just to get the unit cost down to what people are willing to pay :roll:
Leave it with me
Nice one JamieZ4C
I think a lot of people will be keeping their fingers crossed 
I bought mine in France last april and they appeared to be still available on bmw etk... but maybe it is not up to date
but check here it seems to be in stock but only the right one
https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-116143-51710150780-genuine-bmw-part/
and the left one here... https://www.leebmann24.de/abdeckung-schweller-grundiert-links-z4-51710150781.html
but check here it seems to be in stock but only the right one
https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-116143-51710150780-genuine-bmw-part/
and the left one here... https://www.leebmann24.de/abdeckung-schweller-grundiert-links-z4-51710150781.html