Z4/M Owners Thread
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I rather stick with OEM for most things. Price doesn't really bother me. If the price mattered I just wouldn't replace them.
My "genuine BMW badges" from ebay looked cack after 18 months.£6 for 3 on Ebay!
But then I paid about that amount, so kinda expected.
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I'm now Z less..... let the search begin for the next one 
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I'm now Z less..... let the search begin for the next one
what happened?
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Solid it to buy a newer/better one or perhaps an M.... or, maybe, a boxster, sorry I'll get my coat.
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I had to buy new wing badges for my Z4 before sale and they were about £35 each after some discount I blagged
Yeh mine are £35~ each plus vat I think. Dads picking them up for me today hopefully so I can fit them on a lunch break one day this week.
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New Zed collected yesterday
Need to get a DA and do a proper restore/detail on the paint, other than that it's sweet. These wheels are my fresh refurbs off my old Zed. The one's that came on the car need doing so I'll sell them off as it had 2 new tyres. Plus I prefer the 108's
Need to get a DA and do a proper restore/detail on the paint, other than that it's sweet. These wheels are my fresh refurbs off my old Zed. The one's that came on the car need doing so I'll sell them off as it had 2 new tyres. Plus I prefer the 108's
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Is that the standard exhaust?
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Believe it just has tips fixed on it. Sounds quite nice though.
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Not sure if this is a thing, but my front bumper badge has fallen/stolen off the car (No where to be seen on the floor) But here's the kicker, the actual metal badge holder is still there, like the emblem part is gone, so all i have now is a silver badge with glue remnants, I know it's been hot lately but is this a thing? Also best place to buy a replacement at a reasonable cost to replace on a facelift bumper cheers.
That looks quite nice. Best colour interior as well
Hope you have better luck with a DA then I did. 2 afternoons I spent on one part of the boot lid and it made no difference. I either suck (likely) or the paint is hard as hell.
I changed all my badges over on Thursday lunch time. Only took about 15 min or so to do. Back one wasn't too bad but the sides had faded a lot. To my surprise the paint has not faded at all so at least it shouldn't go pink any time soon.
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Speaking with a detailing company at Goodwood FOS last week, I had a demo and go with a DA, he said the older BMW Z4 paint would be very hard and take the most aggressive compound first before going to the medium and then fine.
That wouldn't surprise me. I did try hard compound (can't remember what). I'm on the lookout for somewhere near me that will do it for a decent price.
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I read you can clean them and dry them out and it may come back to life. I need to check mine is clear and free.
Just purchased the cruise control stalk and loom to add that feature in.
It doesn't have folding mirrors, my old one did, so will look into that as well
Just purchased the cruise control stalk and loom to add that feature in.
It doesn't have folding mirrors, my old one did, so will look into that as well
Regarding polishing, I've heard of some people using microfibre pads to make any headway on the paint, as the sponge pads just didn't have enough cut to them.
It doesn't surprise me, my black 13 year old Zed shows far less swirls and marks than the 4 year old DS3 it replaced, so I imagine the paint is significantly harder!
Believe the folding mirrors are an awful lot of work as none of the wiring will be there
It doesn't surprise me, my black 13 year old Zed shows far less swirls and marks than the 4 year old DS3 it replaced, so I imagine the paint is significantly harder!
Believe the folding mirrors are an awful lot of work as none of the wiring will be there
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Wool pads are what you need to make decent progress cutting BMW paint.
However, over the years I've gotten good results on my BMW's by using 3M cutting pads with Gtechniq P1
However, over the years I've gotten good results on my BMW's by using 3M cutting pads with Gtechniq P1
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A few guys on the forums repair them and move to boot around the UK, go and search. Cost is like £200 and you don't usually need a new motor. They stop because they're soaked in water. Z4 forums that is.Annoyingly the roof motor in mine went today. Bit of a nuisance and I guess I already know what the Christmas bonus is going on.
07 Plate purchased privately in late March