My E89 Z4 35i ESS, Dynoed
- Thread starter bmwZ
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So I done a caliper mod as an Christmas gift to my Z 
The colors picked where, Ferrari Scuderia gold wheelcolor (named "Oro") and Maserati grey wheelcolor (named "Grigio Mercury").
As much as possible was taken apart for paint without taking the brake lines off.
To make the gold details also be a part of the rear caliper, I modified the spring of an Z4 23i front caliper and mounted it to my rear caliper
So this was the process:
Before front:
Before rear:
Cleaning with acid:
Primer:
Painted Maserati grey with matte clear coat:
Parts taken off:
Center of brake disc before cleaning:
Center of brake disc after cleaning with a brush and drill:
Before painting brake disc center rear:
Ferrari gold painted in a professional paint shop:
Front finished:
Rear finished:
With the winter wheel on:
The colors picked where, Ferrari Scuderia gold wheelcolor (named "Oro") and Maserati grey wheelcolor (named "Grigio Mercury").As much as possible was taken apart for paint without taking the brake lines off.
To make the gold details also be a part of the rear caliper, I modified the spring of an Z4 23i front caliper and mounted it to my rear caliper
So this was the process:
Before front:
Before rear:
Cleaning with acid:
Primer:
Painted Maserati grey with matte clear coat:
Parts taken off:
Center of brake disc before cleaning:
Center of brake disc after cleaning with a brush and drill:
Before painting brake disc center rear:
Ferrari gold painted in a professional paint shop:
Front finished:
Rear finished:
With the winter wheel on:
I have thought about this mod for a while. The idea came after buying me the M-steeringwheel. When it arrived it was without the black panels around the multifunction buttons. So I had to use the silver high gloss panels that was fitted to my old steeringwheel. This looked a little strange because of the 3rd spoke being black. After checking price on these parts (Crazy), I decided to go with a alcantara wrap that look even more nice than the original plastic black panels . The steeringwheel is not finished yet, I have a idea of how I could get the 3rd spoke to look nice
This is the pictures so far:
M steeringwheel vs sports steeringwheel
This is how it looked like with the silver bits
One down, one to go
I had to grind the edges down a little to make space for the alcantara
Two of Two
How it`s wrapped
One mounted
Both mounted
I will post more pictures when I do the 3rd spoke
This is the pictures so far:
M steeringwheel vs sports steeringwheel
This is how it looked like with the silver bits
One down, one to go
I had to grind the edges down a little to make space for the alcantara
Two of Two
How it`s wrapped
One mounted
Both mounted
I will post more pictures when I do the 3rd spoke
It looks superb but ouch! on the cost to upgrade.bmwZ said:A new 35i was in 2009 costing £40 000 more than a 23i with same equipment
So I had to give £25 000 more for my used 35i than a used 23i.
I like the steering wheel spokes. I may have to steal that idea when I get annoyed with the rubberised coating looking old and tatty on the M wheel.