All Change! Z4Pilot's Coupe Thread - Page 5 Update

z4pilot said:
Just pulled the trigger on a set of Vredstein Ultrac Vorti's - can't wait to see the back of the runflats ! :driving:

I just put these on my z4m on bbs ch wheels. Great tyres at a great price.
 
Benji26 said:
Prefer the MV2'S as well but either way, it is gorgeous.

I'm tending towards the mv2's myself at the moment, but I'm happy to stick with the 108's until after Christmas or maybe until the better weather returns - they are easy to clean and have had a good going over with wheel wax, so shouldn't suffer too much.
 
RickRob said:
Number5 said:
si-forks said:
Very nice my favourite colour :thumbsup:
..After Black !

I agree, I especially like the interior colour.

Strange how the car looks shorter when covered in snow foam.

I've thought the same about that photo. I think it's because the snow foam makes the car look deeper - emphasising the line of the sills, which are lost when they blend into the shadow underneath the car when it's clean. Or maybe they just made the white ones shorter.... :P
 
Now with added Machine Monkey goodness....
 

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Lowered, spaced and still on it's winter 108's. Bit of an impromptu photo session courtesy of Jamie_Z4 and an hour to kill.... Mines on Eibach's, Jamie is on H&R's - you can see that his is slightly lower, noticeably so at the rear where there's less arch gap.
 

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I don't see why you gave the convertible up for the coupe.

Dammed nice looking coupe tho, don't get me wrong. Love hiding in my air while others swelter it out.

Did notice the door cards need tightened up a bit.
 
Kap'nZ4 said:
I don't see why you gave the convertible up for the coupe.

Dammed nice looking coupe tho, don't get me wrong. Love hiding in my air while others swelter it out.

I enjoyed the soft top, but just not quite as much as I imagined. I'd had an MX-5 a couple of years previously and went everywhere with the top down - absolutely loved it... but when it came to the Zed - I don't know... maybe I'd just got that 'wind in the hair' moment out of my system.

I'd always loved the coupe, and it's relative rarity and design details (They didn't have to put a double bubble into the roof, but they did and it just looks so damn good!) mean that, to my eyes at least, it still looks fresh and I still can't walk away from it without looking back over my shoulder.

Kap'nZ4 said:
Did notice the door cards need tightened up a bit.

I think they're all pretty much like that? Might be the fact that it's pale leather that's making it appear to be looser than an equivalent black version. They weren't tight in the convertible either. I assume it's linked to the fact that the airbag is behind there and it's design requirements should it ever need to fire?
 
Not updated this thread for a while, so thought I'd keep it current with a couple of cosmetic updates...

First off, I decided to sort out my manky rust brown wheel bolts. So from this;


To this;




Much better! And the reason for all this love? Went from these;



To these;



I know it's not exactly pushing the boundaries, but when something works so well, why fight it?

 
Marlon said:
Your car looks even better in the flesh - love those alloys :thumbsup:

Thanks Marlon - it was a great opportunity this weekend to put faces to names. Was glad to see you had the top down on yours despite the slightly dodgy weather - respect! :thumbsup:
 
The car is looking great.

I am about to purchase some Eibachs, and following that, probably the same alloys as yours.
have you got the wheel specs? 18s?
 
crustyclown777 said:
The car is looking great.

I am about to purchase some Eibachs, and following that, probably the same alloys as yours.
have you got the wheel specs? 18s?

Thanks - the wheel specs are 19's, 8.5J fronts ET38, rears 9.5J ET33 (makes for a really noticeable concave on the rears)

I've noticed I get a tiny bit of rubbing on the front arch liners with the Eibach's and these wheels, when you get a lot of suspension compression (very bumpy roads etc), but it seems to be quite a common issue with Z4's either with spacers or after market wheels - there's not a huge amount of room in there!
 
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