Z4 E86 Coupe modifications so far .............Latest update - PCB Flappy Paddle change to left down change and right up .

Looks beaut , and very functional. Soz about the slip with the drill , I know that feeling.

Again, Exellent job!
 
Finally got round to taking some photos of what spray painting I had done .Some may have seen it at Zedfest . I have had the roof painted Carbon Black so that in certain lights it shows as dark blue and I had the tailgate done in the car colour of Montego Blue but left the rear of the tailgate as clear carbon . I think it turned out ok as the carbon on the back goes with the rear diffuser . The roof doesn`t show as blue as I would have liked but it is much better than the clear carbon which looked ok from 6 feet away but not a joy to look at close up . It definitely flows much better now .
 

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Bloody Hell!
I suggested to my wife that as I'm 60 in October I should get registration MR Z4 60
She suggested I would be better to get MR Z4 64 as it's the year I was born.

I couldn't find it anywhere. That was only 48 hours ago. Spooky!
 
j3nks79 said:
Have you thought about having Montego blue fade into the carbon on the edge?
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Thanks to Jenks for giving me the idea of fading the Montego Blue on the tailgate which led to how it finally turned out :thumbsup:
 
enuff_zed said:
MR Z4 64 as it's the year I was born.
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Yes that is Spooky ! and me too November 1964 and I couldn`t believe my luck when I saw the reg number on DVLA . Inside I`m still 21 and sometimes even younger with my sense of humour but my body soon tells me something different :) When I see footage on TV ( you tube ) of what was happening in 1964 onwards I find it hard to believe how different everything looks . Horse drawn coal carts etc . Now I am sounding really old :rofl:
 
1536Z4 said:
Finally got round to taking some photos of what spray painting I had done .Some may have seen it at Zedfest . I have had the roof painted Carbon Black so that in certain lights it shows as dark blue and I had the tailgate done in the car colour of Montego Blue but left the rear of the tailgate as clear carbon . I think it turned out ok as the carbon on the back goes with the rear diffuser . The roof doesn`t show as blue as I would have liked but it is much better than the clear carbon which looked ok from 6 feet away but not a joy to look at close up . It definitely flows much better now .
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That looks really good. :thumbsup:
 
j3nks79 said:
Just noticed the rear diffuser. Where did you get that from Tony? I need one
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That came from https://burkhart-engineering.com/shop/bmw/bmw-ag/bmw-z3-z4-z8/kohlefaser-diffusor-passend-fuer-e85-e86-z4-bmw/ . Bloody expensive especially when you include import tax etc but it is a quality item . It comes with an adhesive pattern to cut out the rear bumper ready for fitting . Easy to do . If you go for it make a copy of the template as I have had a couple of people asking me for it as they have bought original BMW items but don`t have the template .
 
1536Z4 said:
j3nks79 said:
Just noticed the rear diffuser. Where did you get that from Tony? I need one
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That came from https://burkhart-engineering.com/shop/bmw/bmw-ag/bmw-z3-z4-z8/kohlefaser-diffusor-passend-fuer-e85-e86-z4-bmw/ . Bloody expensive especially when you include import tax etc but it is a quality item . It comes with an adhesive pattern to cut out the rear bumper ready for fitting . Easy to do . If you go for it make a copy of the template as I have had a couple of people asking me for it as they have bought original BMW items but don`t have the template .
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Cheers Tony
 
Vanne said:
The CF tailgate going on the new one?
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No definitely not taking it off and putting it on the new one and don`t really want to go through getting a new carbon tailgate for the new one ...........at the moment :) :thumbsup:
 
1536Z4 said:
Vanne said:
The CF tailgate going on the new one?
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No definitely not taking it off and putting it on the new one and don`t really want to go through getting a new carbon tailgate for the new one ...........at the moment :) :thumbsup:
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Surely all your lightweighting problems have just been solved with more power? :lol:
 
Ed Doe said:
Surely all your lightweighting problems have just been solved with more power?
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I seem to be getting a red wine belly and with winter coming I will probably put on a few more pounds so the power to weight ratio is decreasing :rofl:
 
1536Z4 said:
Ed Doe said:
Surely all your lightweighting problems have just been solved with more power?
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I seem to be getting a red wine belly and with winter coming I will probably put on a few more pounds so the power to weight ratio is decreasing :rofl:
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:rofl: you've got a fair way to go before the power to weight is anything less than 'rather exciting' though I'm sure! :lol:
 
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