My new Coupe!

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fzootb

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Hi all, just picked up a handsome Z4 3.0si Coupe as a recent birthday present. Over the moon!
 

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Hi and welcome to the forum with your smart looking Couoe. :thumbsup:

I meant Coupe - keyboard fail! :oops:
 
Congrats on your present (to self ? ) and well done with photo on first post. Lovely looking coupe, lots of fun ahead for you.
 
Well to the forum and congratulations on your very handsome looking coupe.

Be prepared to get some stick for having those wheels and only two pipes on the back, though.
 
Welcome from another coupe owner . Just change the 224 wheels to black like I did and people won`t notice that they are M wheels and just comment that they don`t like black wheels . Works a treat :wink:
 
224s on a 3.0Si don't bother me - they sit really well on the OPs' car.

But I'm not a fan of black wheels. :lol:
 
Totally get the wheels comments / came with the car as well as the knackered 108m originals, which I’m having refurbed to go back on :-)
 
1536Z4 said:
I suppose I was asking for that
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Well to be fair it's only because the style of the wheel seens to lose definition if it is black - but if others like them that's their choice. :thumbsup:

Anyway it seems it will be going back to 108s!
 
Welcome along! 224s on a non-M Coupe look great, ignore everyone else ! I had them on my old SG 3.0Si too.

Any plans for the car beyond putting 108s back on?
 
Ed Doe said:
Welcome along! 224s on a non-M Coupe look great, ignore everyone else ! I had them on my old SG 3.0Si too.

Any plans for the car beyond putting 108s back on?
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Thanks a lot for the warm welcome! Absolutely love the dark grey 108s, but a wheel’s a wheel to me right now!

A few small tweaks I think - ZHP gear knob, playing around with the sound generator foam l, stubby aerial and the wheel could do with a retrim, but other than that I’m very happy as is. Any recommendations?
 
ZHP gear knob is a definite improvement, sound generator foam experimentation is also worth doing. Stubby is a matter of personal preference!
Steering wheel retrim has to be by Royals. :thumbsup:

If it is a manual removing the CDV can improve gearchanges especially between 1st and 2nd. There is a "How To" guide here for an E89, but it's the same on the E86.

https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1642395&hilit=CDV#p1642395

And although BMW claim the gearbox is sealed for life fresh transmission fluid is never going to do any harm!
 
fzootb said:
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome! Absolutely love the dark grey 108s, but a wheel’s a wheel to me right now!

A few small tweaks I think - ZHP gear knob, playing around with the sound generator foam l, stubby aerial and the wheel could do with a retrim, but other than that I’m very happy as is. Any recommendations?
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Nice plans :) As others have said the ZHP is a nice mod - I had one on my si coupe - improved the shift nicely :) the CDV Delete is a good mod to go with this too - it just makes the clutch engagement more direct and therefore more predictable.

I found the noise the sound generator mod produces to be a bit pants to be honest! Worth trying it out for yourself though, as you may like it :) Personally I'd find a decent exhaust garage and get them to remove the mid-box and replace with straight pipes. From experience this made a nice (and cheap) improvement to the noise of the car, without introducing any drone. I dailied and tracked mine for 5 years, never had any issues with long journeys or noise limits on track, but it sounded more fruity & hard-edged than standard with burbles etc. on the overrun :) I did try the backbox delete briefly (replace backbox with straight pipes) - personally I instantly regretted this, had it like that for two weeks purely until I could get the original backbox welded back on. Far too loud and hideously droney.

In terms of other mods it just depends what you want to use the car and how far down the rabbit hole you want to go :lol:
I ended up fitting the Bilstein B12 Kit (B8 Dampers, Eibach lowering springs) a quaife Diff, BMW Performance 6 pot brakes and M3 CSL Discs, Powerflex bushes to the Rear Trailing Arms, Front Wishbone 'Lollipop' bushes, ARB bushes front and rear, and then applied an M3 CSL Geometry set up - all of which combined to make a really fun car both on the road and on track. I did have it over the course of 5 years, I doubt my wife would have sanctioned it all at once :lol:

Above all, these really are cracking cars, so whatever you end up doing just enjoy it!
 
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