Z4M what next subtle mods

Before I went supercharged I went on every BMW forum with an FI section to make sure I choose right....

It was a wise decision ...

Research alone was nearly a year ...

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jimmybell said:
Flash Chrome looks good! Silver cars can pull off silver wheels much better than other colours though.. you could even go brilliant silver with a gloss effect! And Silver also is one of the few that can pull off the carbon front lip too. Sadly i'm not sure there are any colour mods i can do to my car. tempted to carbon wrap the wingmirrors.. and paint calipers - but what colour do you paint calipers on a red car, without going yellow and making it all ferrari-ish?!

I dont like anything darker than Shadow Chrome personally, especially on OEM cars.

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Have never seen csl's in this colour but they look incredible :thumbsup:

Have an imola coupe as well feel a night of browsing wheels coming up....
 
Woots said:
Bit love/hate on the alpina spoiler

My fave design of the z4 is the boot lid, that lil flick at the back

On further note Byron I studied that thread in detail....is there any forum you aren't a member of?
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There's a black M for sale on AT with an Alpina spoiler. TBH I don't like it - it doesn't really go with the facelift lights and M bumper. But that's just IMO.
 
Bing said:
Woots said:
Bit love/hate on the alpina spoiler

My fave design of the z4 is the boot lid, that lil flick at the back

On further note Byron I studied that thread in detail....is there any forum you aren't a member of?
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There's a black M for sale on AT with an Alpina spoiler. TBH I don't like it - it doesn't really go with the facelift lights and M bumper. But that's just IMO.
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Link plz??


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jimmybell said:
Very nice DONDP, i like! :) I think it needs the white text you have over the top to highlight them though. Did you do this yourself, how hard is it? :O

I'd be tempted to jjust upgrade brakes and get nice calipers as a byproduct, but i always have trouble justifying the price of a full brake upgrade.. OEMs really aren't that bad.

ZermattV - go Flash Chrome and Carbon Lip :D will look great i think.
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Well... Funny you should mention the full brake upgrade, as if you were to look closely, the white text actually says AP racing. And as beedub will confirm they are leaps and bounds ahead of the stock setup, literally makes your eyeballs fall out when used in anger :-)

DO IT!!!
 
DONDP said:
jimmybell said:
Very nice DONDP, i like! :) I think it needs the white text you have over the top to highlight them though. Did you do this yourself, how hard is it? :O

I'd be tempted to jjust upgrade brakes and get nice calipers as a byproduct, but i always have trouble justifying the price of a full brake upgrade.. OEMs really aren't that bad.

ZermattV - go Flash Chrome and Carbon Lip :D will look great i think.
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Well... Funny you should mention the full brake upgrade, as if you were to look closely, the white text actually says AP racing. And as beedub will confirm they are leaps and bounds ahead of the stock setup, literally makes your eyeballs fall out when used in anger :-)

DO IT!!!
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they are incredible..... whoever rides in my car, whatever they comment on.. the brakes is one of the subjects that come up time and time again......... the hotter they get, the better they get.....
one of my all time best purchases EVER.... i will never own another fast car without a similar braking setup.... the rotors go a lovely blue color when you using them i anger, i love them....
parts are painfully expensive however :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
 
Beedub said:
DONDP said:
jimmybell said:
Very nice DONDP, i like! :) I think it needs the white text you have over the top to highlight them though. Did you do this yourself, how hard is it? :O

I'd be tempted to jjust upgrade brakes and get nice calipers as a byproduct, but i always have trouble justifying the price of a full brake upgrade.. OEMs really aren't that bad.

ZermattV - go Flash Chrome and Carbon Lip :D will look great i think.
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Well... Funny you should mention the full brake upgrade, as if you were to look closely, the white text actually says AP racing. And as beedub will confirm they are leaps and bounds ahead of the stock setup, literally makes your eyeballs fall out when used in anger :-)

DO IT!!!
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they are incredible..... whoever rides in my car, whatever they comment on.. the brakes is one of the subjects that come up time and time again......... the hotter they get, the better they get.....
one of my all time best purchases EVER.... i will never own another fast car without a similar braking setup.... the rotors go a lovely blue color when you using them i anger, i love them....
parts are painfully expensive however :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
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i know a lot of your mods are your all time faves.....from the brakes to the mounts to the little fan youve got attached to the engine....

listing your top 5 mods in order....what are they??
 
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they are incredible..... whoever rides in my car, whatever they comment on.. the brakes is one of the subjects that come up time and time again......... the hotter they get, the better they get.....
one of my all time best purchases EVER.... i will never own another fast car without a similar braking setup.... the rotors go a lovely blue color when you using them i anger, i love them....
parts are painfully expensive however :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:[/quote]

i know a lot of your mods are your all time faves.....from the brakes to the mounts to the little fan youve got attached to the engine....

listing your top 5 mods in order....what are they??[/quote]

engine mods
suspension/brakes - joint second
Hardtop
vt mounts
stud/nut conversion

these were the most noticeable ones for me...
 
still think bone stock, the z4m is an awesome machine....

i loved it with stock engine, agressive alignment, camber shims uprated pads and fluid..... the car felt so good and the mods are cheap.......
 
Beedub said:
still think bone stock, the z4m is an awesome machine....

i loved it with stock engine, agressive alignment, camber shims uprated pads and fluid..... the car felt so good and the mods are cheap.......
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i just want more straight line speed.....when u go 30mph to a national speed limit...

when ppl are with me they go "ah yeah its quick"

i want them to defecate in their pants :)

or for their thong to snap :wink:
 
Woots said:
Beedub said:
still think bone stock, the z4m is an awesome machine....

i loved it with stock engine, agressive alignment, camber shims uprated pads and fluid..... the car felt so good and the mods are cheap.......
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i just want more straight line speed.....when u go 30mph to a national speed limit...

when ppl are with me they go "ah yeah its quick"

i want them to defecate in their pants :)

or for their thong to snap :wink:
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Defecation of under crackers is not needed the stock z4m can defo provide those brown pants .....


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Beedub said:
Woots said:
Beedub said:
still think bone stock, the z4m is an awesome machine....

i loved it with stock engine, agressive alignment, camber shims uprated pads and fluid..... the car felt so good and the mods are cheap.......
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i just want more straight line speed.....when u go 30mph to a national speed limit...

when ppl are with me they go "ah yeah its quick"

i want them to defecate in their pants :)

or for their thong to snap :wink:
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Defecation of under crackers is not needed the stock z4m can defo provide those brown pants .....



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i need to do a track day to see where the limits lie...

dont want to try mine or the cars limits on the road

even a big empty car park would be a start
 
Woots said:
Beedub said:
Woots said:
i just want more straight line speed.....when u go 30mph to a national speed limit...

when ppl are with me they go "ah yeah its quick"

i want them to defecate in their pants :)

or for their thong to snap :wink:
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Defecation of under crackers is not needed the stock z4m can defo provide those brown pants .....



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i need to do a track day to see where the limits lie...

dont want to try mine or the cars limits on the road

even a big empty car park would be a start
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Hmmmmm I may have something for you ... Ill watsapp you...


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I'm with woots - i need more pushing the car to the limit experience! Track day insurance is a pig for only a few hours driving :(
 
jimmybell said:
I'm with woots - i need more pushing the car to the limit experience! Track day insurance is a pig for only a few hours driving :(
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If you are really worried about on track insurance then change your insurer, quite a few include 5-6 free days cover.

I personally don't bother - the probability of an issue is low, and the exclusions are massive, and the excess is pretty high.

Though since my current insurer has finally dropped 3rd party cover for TF, which was the main reason i was with them, I will be looking around at policies with track day cover included.
 
Yeah i'll be moving to another insurer eventually, but living in London means admiral are the best price until i've owned the M for a while.

I'm not too worried about me, it's other people :D
 
Woots said:
i need to do a track day to see where the limits lie...

dont want to try mine or the cars limits on the road

even a big empty car park would be a start
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Airfield trackdays are a good place to start as they're cheap and pretty safe with loads of run off and no significant changes in camber or pitch. http://www.motorsport-events.com are mainly around Oxfordshire and Wiltshire and run open pit lane trackdays for about £100 a day. They're very well marshalled and often have a separate area to explore the handling of your car on a slalom course.
 
BMWZ4MC said:
Airfield trackdays are a good place to start as they're cheap and pretty safe with loads of run off and no significant changes in camber or pitch. http://www.motorsport-events.com are mainly around Oxfordshire and Wiltshire and run open pit lane trackdays for about £100 a day. They're very well marshalled and often have a separate area to explore the handling of your car on a slalom course.
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The only downside of (most) airfields is the usual hard wearing concrete surface. You can easily go through a set of tyres in less than an hour (well I did at Elvington in my M5 on Pirelli P-Zeros). Doing this probably doesn't help their lifespan though...
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The best of both worlds is when you can find an airfield track that's been covered in tarmac (e.g. Bedford, Prestwold) - but there's usually only tarmac on the 'course' not if you go offline.

Also, whilst most of them have lots of run-off into the deep grass, a lot of them have a pronounced 'step' off the concrete/tarmac into the grass so you can end up having a 6-12" drop to fall off and climb back up :P
 
That's certainly true with some - Keevil in Wiltshire is really grippy but eats tyres. That said, I've never got through a new set in a single day, usually they last two or three at least :roll: As for the drop off the runway, I can testify that there isn't one at Abingdon as I've spun off both sideways and backwards in my Westfield without coming to grief :)
 
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