New Z4 owner - guide to modifications

J

James Junior

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 Manchester
Hi everyone,

I pick up a Z4 Coupe 3.0 Si SE within the next few weeks.

I love to modify my cars and also really enjoy being a part of forums. The Z4 is a completely new car to me and I have very little knowledge of BMWs in general. My past expreience starts and ends with an E46 320d I owned many moons ago and getting to drive my buddy's E46 on a few occasions (cracking car!).

Every forum generally has its collective experiences and conventional wisdom with regard to modifying. What are common modificaitons for the Z4 3.0 Si?

As far as I can tell there is a mod to remove some of the sound deadening from the engine bay which seems like a no brainer.

A set of 19" staggered CSL style wheels will be ordered as soon as I get the car. An old and often repeated theme, but for good reason.

Looks like a set of 20mm/ 25mm spacers will set this off nicely.

What do people generally do with suspension? Eibach 30mm with Koni adjustable dampers is a well regarded mod on Alfaowner. What do people generally do to their Zeds?

Also are strut braces known to make much improvement to the handling, or are they a waste of time on the coupe? I imagine it is pretty rigid already...

The stock brakes feel very meaty to me and not really fussed about upgrading those, although I may powder coat my calipers red or yellow (my car is black).

What do people generally do about induction and exhausts?

Apart from the above I cannot imagine there being many other things other than cosmetics?

Any input or guidance you crafty veterans could give to a noob like me would be very gratfully recieved.

Really looking forward to getting stuck in over the coming months. :D :thumbsup: :driving:
 
Having come from a MK1 TT, lots and lots of mods, but for me the Zed has it all apart from some cosmetics, I have De-Badged, changed the ariel to a stubby, I will at some point darken the rear lights and I would also like to get a strut brace.

Sound Mod was already done on mine, but I put some foam back it as was too loud for any passengers, very easy to do.

Other than than I tend to mod as items fail, ie: Suspension, brakes, exhuast etc, BUT the Zed is lower enough for me as its my daily drive.

Everything else was done to mine as factory option M multi function steering wheel, sports heated seats, satnav, cruise control, etc
 
get the proper offset on the alloys and no need for the spacers!

with 19's and yours being an SE - you will def need to drop it! The sport can just about pull this off and it sits 15mm lower!

With it being a coupe the most important mod of all.... a can opener for the roof :evil: :rofl:

And welcome!
 
Thanks guys.

If i lower it, can standard dampers cope with lowering springs, or would I need to change the dampers too?
 
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