Luke and his Z - Getting there!

SO...!

Little time at lunch time at work and i got to almost finish the first stage of the air intake pipes...

I made a template of the pipes to go into the bumper then cut a hole in each of the sides (its a pretty tight fit and I am going to have to re-wrap the CF on the lower bumper lip :( ) ooh well!

A few Pics so far...
Front Shot
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Left Hand Intake
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Right hand Intake
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Ended up doing it with the bumper on too as i didnt have time to take the bumper off!! Will run the pipes up when I get the bumper off though next :thumbsup:
Also will set to making a the air box / heat shield in the next few weeks :D
 
Is that right hand fog displaced a little? Seems to be sat at a funny angle with a gap at the inner corner.
 
Thanks gents!! I'd been looking for something of the same shape and came across these which looked perfect! Similar black to the bumper too :thumbsup: Looking forward to making them more of a functional feature, but I think aesthetically they do the job too!

T2FFN said:
Is that right hand fog displaced a little? Seems to be sat at a funny angle with a gap at the inner corner.

The right hand is a little off in the pic, I'd pushed the grill in slightly which lifted the fog light a little! Pulled back into place now and it sits nice and flush! It was these pics that made me aware of it!!
 
Toe-side said:
So I got a couple of sub breathers...
Ingenious. Just the right shape looks very OEM :thumbsup:

Haha! My head sometimes looks at things in a different way! Not so much what it is but what it could be :thumbsup:
 
ranski said:
Neat job there Luke, really improves the look of the bumper

Thanks Rich :thumbsup:

To be honest the cuts were a little fiddly to get super neat but because of the lip on the pipes it hides it which is good! You can see the amount of shavings though that were left on the floor from the cuts!
 
Could you give a few details on the bluetooth receiver please.

It looks like a £16 module from Amazon. Do you run it on battery power or did you hard wire it? Does it pair automatically when you get in the car? I assume you can stream spotify and not just the default music app? Hows the sound quality?

I'm thinking this is a neater solution for my iPhone 5.

Thanks
 
T2FFN: yea it's just a cheap receiver, the link is a page or two back :thumbsup: works well BUT the aux lead is not brilliant. Sound is pretty quiet compared to other sources so may have to do another one.

Few pics from yesterday afternoon...
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Needs a good clean but was a gorgeous afternoon!
 
LukeMace said:
So I got a couple of sub breathers...
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The pictures of the finished job look really good. Can you tell me what these are and where you got them? Also, what is the greatest diameter of the shoulder at the mouth of the pipe please? I want to find something to duct cold air to my brakes that is aesthetically pleasing - these would be perfect for the job if they'll fit the ///M bumper :thumbsup:
 
Great thread mate, keep it going....Z4-i-tus , i have it too only had my car a month :thumbsup:
 
Did you do something new to your exhaust? It seems to stick out further than when I saw it a week or so ago...???
 
stlymch said:
Did you do something new to your exhaust? It seems to stick out further than when I saw it a week or so ago...???

If he's been on a hoon it might have extended with the heat
 
Beetlegav said:
stlymch said:
Did you do something new to your exhaust? It seems to stick out further than when I saw it a week or so ago...???

If he's been on a hoon it might have extended with the heat

That's probably what it is. I've not done anything to it since making it!
 
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