My 2006 Z4 3.0Si Supercharged, new updates
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Finally an update on this car 
I have sold my other prosject car, the F10 550ix. So now I finally got time for the Z again
The supercharger conversion will be done in July. This is because it's easier when the car get another year older 6th of Juli. Hard to explaine, but it saves me taxes here in Norway.
Since I have sold the 550, I now have a lot of cash to spend on the Z
Ok, a little cash then 
So I have bought me some new part last two weeks, heres the list:
-Z4M front bumper
-Z4M rear bumper
-Z4M hood
-Z4M front swaybar (hope it fits)
-Z4M lower control arms
-H&R rear swaybar
-Z4M grille painted gloss black
-Schmiedmann exhaust muffler
-Eisenmann sound rohr
-Aero sideskirts
-Bmw Performance front calipers
-M3 CSL front rotors
-Drilled rotors in rear
I will also do the quaife conversion later.
Now I just need some spare time, so I can install a little under and over. Looking forward to working on the Z again
I have sold my other prosject car, the F10 550ix. So now I finally got time for the Z again
The supercharger conversion will be done in July. This is because it's easier when the car get another year older 6th of Juli. Hard to explaine, but it saves me taxes here in Norway.
Since I have sold the 550, I now have a lot of cash to spend on the Z
Ok, a little cash then So I have bought me some new part last two weeks, heres the list:
-Z4M front bumper
-Z4M rear bumper
-Z4M hood
-Z4M front swaybar (hope it fits)
-Z4M lower control arms
-H&R rear swaybar
-Z4M grille painted gloss black
-Schmiedmann exhaust muffler
-Eisenmann sound rohr
-Aero sideskirts
-Bmw Performance front calipers
-M3 CSL front rotors
-Drilled rotors in rear
I will also do the quaife conversion later.
Now I just need some spare time, so I can install a little under and over. Looking forward to working on the Z again
bmwZ said:
It fits, just as the e46 m3 swaybar (z4m=27mm, m3=26mm)
Are you're going to fit poly bushings?
If you have coilover you may need slightly shorter droplinks.
You can check it when both the wheels are in full droop (so on the ramp, wheels hanging down), and one side is detached, the other (detached) side must not come in contact with the lower suspension arm. (so the swaybar or the bottom pivot point from the drop link may not touch the control arm).
adam1985 said:bmwZ said:
Which calipers are these orignally from? Would be interesting to see some pics of the parts
They are from 1 series and E9x cars. I have bought a adapter, so that they fit my Z
I don`t know if I will keep the oem colour Phoenix on them. Having plans of painting them in the New Ferrari colour on the 488 GTB. Rosso Corsa Mettalizato, it is a bright red metallic I just got the Sway bars, nothing to post Pictures of yet :|
I`m also thinking of going for a full respray of the Z. Not that the old one is bad, but when I now have bought new bumpers, hood and sideskirts, I painting 1/3 of the car, so why not go for the rest and change colour. What does the forum members think of Invidual frozen silver?
adam1985 said:bmwZ said:
Which calipers are these orignally from? Would be interesting to see some pics of the parts
Are they these parts?
http://www.individual-cars.com/xshop/product_info.php/info/p282_BMW-PERFORMANCE-BRAKE-for-all-3series-E46-and-Z4-E85---E86.html
I've just ordered these, they look like the same caliper as fitted to the 135i coupe but in a different colour and logo.
I have a set of those on my car, and also made the rear calipers fit.
Front:
Rear:
Rear was a lot of work to make fit.
The front was a plug&play kit (ecs tuning), for the rear getting a larger diameter disc fit with parking brake&all is difficult.
But it works like a charm now.
Front:
Rear:
Rear was a lot of work to make fit.
The front was a plug&play kit (ecs tuning), for the rear getting a larger diameter disc fit with parking brake&all is difficult.
But it works like a charm now.
Stu Boy said:adam1985 said:bmwZ said:
Which calipers are these orignally from? Would be interesting to see some pics of the parts
Are they these parts?
http://www.individual-cars.com/xshop/product_info.php/info/p282_BMW-PERFORMANCE-BRAKE-for-all-3series-E46-and-Z4-E85---E86.html
I've just ordered these, they look like the same caliper as fitted to the 135i coupe but in a different colour and logo.
Yes, that is the kit. They are the same as 135i as you say. Brembo that manufacture them
I have this kit on my car for about 3 years now.
For the rears I used a X3 disc (modified on a lathe), and various adapted parking brake parts from 1 series, 3 series and 5 series :lol:
And some home made parts to get the rear calipers on the right offset.
So on the rear it requires a lot of tinkering. (took me about 2 weeks every evening for the rears.... 2 hours for the fronts :roll: )
For the rears I used a X3 disc (modified on a lathe), and various adapted parking brake parts from 1 series, 3 series and 5 series :lol:
And some home made parts to get the rear calipers on the right offset.
So on the rear it requires a lot of tinkering. (took me about 2 weeks every evening for the rears.... 2 hours for the fronts :roll: )
