E86 restoration nearly complete

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M1TCH

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After saving this at auction and being parked in Scotland for most of its life the restoration is nearly complete
Every single rear bush and new subframe ( RTAM Polybushed)
New rear arms
Brake back plates
New suspension
Brake cables
Every diff bush changed including diff
Replaced subframe
Replacement rear bumper
Replacement 2 rear quarters
Replacement front wings (1 to be fitted)
224 alloys fitted

Service history is brilliant !
 

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You say it come from Scotland? Any pics before so we can see what the salt and bad weather does?
Also love the rear lights. Where did you get them?
 
Wow look what the salt has done.
Well done for saving it. Looks stunning now. Sits nice on the 224’s as well
 
Great to see another Z4 getting rescued M1TCH. :thumbsup:

It looks great now, especially with that Bi-Colour interior!
 
M1TCH said:
After saving this at auction and being parked in Scotland for most of its life the restoration is nearly complete
Every single rear bush and new subframe ( RTAM Polybushed)
New rear arms
Brake back plates
New suspension
Brake cables
Every diff bush changed including diff
Replaced subframe
Replacement rear bumper
Replacement 2 rear quarters
Replacement front wings (1 to be fitted)
224 alloys fitted

Service history is brilliant !
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Looks lovely!! Can I ask what tire sizes you’re running on the rear 224’s? I currently have 265, 40’s on mine, yours looks as if it’s sitting better.
 
Had a couple of z4 coupes and 19”s are too harsh ! In saying that the H&R are quite harsh! This is my previous ! Also had couple Z4m’s roadster and coupe ! I find the si all round a better car in my humble opinion !
 

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What a great job !
What did the rest of the underbody look like ?
Any corrosion to the sills or insde of the arches that you noticed?
 
M1TCH said:
255/35/18
Fronts will be 225/40/18 (currently 225/45/18) I also have H&R springs on rear
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Perfect, thank you! that's the exact setup I was running on my 108's and will be running on the 224's. What suspension setup do you have?
 
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Currently standard suspension just rear H&R thinking of going coilover root tbh
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I’m at the same stage. I’ve been looking at coilovers but have also been advised to look at B8s with lowering springs.
 
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Currently standard suspension just rear H&R thinking of going coilover root tbh
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3.0Si might be different but my MC came fitted with H & R coil-overs, which are firmer than I'd like for road use - might be good on a track though!

But the only adjustment is for ride height. If I was going to buy any coil-overs I'd only want ones that also had adjustable compression and rebound - otherwise lowering springs are probably a cheaper option for much the same result.
 
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