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Bill Boi

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Hi, after months of looking I've finally joined the z4 owners club with the purchase of an 07 plate 2.5 manual in silver. I had to look at a lot of rubbish before finding a car I wanted including a trip to sunny Peterborough (approx hour and a half drive from my home) to see a z4 being sold by a dealer only to find a car covered in cobwebs leaves in the passenger footwell, heater not working and suspension creaking on every bump in the road. I wouldn't have minded but he wanted nearly 4k for this car. :headbang:
My new acquisition is in lovely condition 77k on the clock and everything works as it should.
The only compromise I had to make (as I guess you have to make at least one when buying an older car) was it doesnt have a leather interior.) So my question is apart from the obvious of ebay is there somebody out there who has two spare leather seats they no longer require and would like to sell or is anybody current breaking a car with a leather interior?
I have seen a silver car with the red/burgundy seats and it did look really good so wouldn't dismiss those. Just believe any car that the roof comes off of the car really needs a nice cabin. This would complete my car and make a happy new z4 owner even more happy.
Fyi I live in Hertfordshire.
Thanks. Paul.
 
Standard sport seats go very cheap and can be picked up for around £100 if they're manual, non-heated. More for these options. Obviously condition varies wildly so buy carefully.

If you want m-sport seats you're looking £750+ these days. Prices have gone wild over the past 24 months
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. :thumbsup:

Other options are seats from an E46 3 Series, either a Sport model or an M3. People have also fitted RX-8 seats, but that involves altering the runners.

And we like to see photos of new members' cars!
 
Hi Mr Tidy, thanks for welcome. That's really interesting about other options for seats I'll have a look, are 3 series seats generally cheaper? Think I've uploaded a picture! :cry:
 

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Your car looks great. :thumbsup:

3 Series seats are much cheaper than Z4 M-Sport ones - here's a link to a thread about other seat options:- https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=115884&p=1667706&hilit=E46+seats#p1667706

But based on another recent thread if you do fit E46 seats you need to swap your original pre-tensioners onto the new seats to avoid airbag warning lights!
 
Welcome to the forum Bill Boi. Great looking Zed. Sports seas may be pricey, but they are also very comfy. :)
 
Cheers buzyg, nice to be on a forum with such nice helpful people, been on a couple of others with previous cars and there were some right tosspots on them. ... are the sports seats what you have? I'm going to have to start searching ebay.
 
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Cheers buzyg, nice to be on a forum with such nice helpful people, been on a couple of others with previous cars and there were some right tosspots on them. ... are the sports seats what you have? I'm going to have to start searching ebay.
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Yup. Happily the ///MR comes with sports seats. It's the the extending lip under your knees that makes a huge difference for me, means I can drive my Zed for hours on end, in comfort. Not something I can do in very many cars due to having really long legs. :lol:
 
Lol I know what you mean. So they're the ones with the knee extensions, did you have to change the pre tensioner on those after fitting, and did you get yours on ebay? :thumbsup:
 
Lovely looking Z4! Definitely go for the red leather seats if you can! Here is mine with Titanium Silver:

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Just for info standard seats = sports seats
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Lol I know what you mean. So they're the ones with the knee extensions, did you have to change the pre tensioner on those after fitting, and did you get yours on ebay? :thumbsup:
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These are known as M Sport seats.

The standard seats are referred to as sports seats.

If you have electric seats currently you can swap the bases if you pick up some manual ones.

Bases are the same for sport and M Sport seats so no issues there.
 
Ok so now I have a problem, mani59's seats look really good with the red against the silver but bz4kev's look amazing too, really like the shape of those seats and the knee support. Think I'll have to see what becomes available. Does anybody have any images of RX-8 seats fitted in there cars?
 
Hi OP,

If you want a cheap option I'll have a set of standard sport seats in black leather available for a good price in around 1 month's time; they are electric, heated and in very good condition save for a little bit of wear on the driver's bolster as normal; happy to keep them aside for you if you want them. I just bought a set of M3 seats from a forum member but don't have a chance to fit them until I move back to Scotland mid-October.
 
Hi, that's a good offer thanks, I've currently got a bid on a set on ebay but if they go for too much I'll let you know. Good luck with the Scotland move.
BTW, my car has manual seats, is it a big job/possible to change to electric?
 
Just a thought OP, but if you do decide to go for E46 seats you might get them cheaper out of any 3 Series Sport model than from an M3 (no M Tax)!

Here is a photo of them in my former 325ti Sport:-
 

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