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Post by Burple » Tue Jul 11, 2017 12:11 pm

Hi all,
My name is Ewan and I'm an alc... no wait.. wrong place :D

I'm a first time Z4 owner - pick it up on Thursday evening! :trampoline:

It's a nice low mileage mineral white 2013 18i. Not much on the speed front (yet) but it has the right amount of toys to offset that for now.
Future plans will include debadging, a stubby aeriel and probably a remapping sometime int he not too distant future 8)

I'm a long term Mini owner first BMW one in 2003 and have 4 since and this is my forst foray out of the brand for a long time! - Previously to that I had 7 or so classic minis, so y'know, not shy with the tools and... wee bit obsessed. Fancied a bit of a change tho :D

So... Hi!

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Post by markeg » Tue Jul 11, 2017 3:32 pm

Hi Ewan - welcome to the forum! See your addiction is already started with the proposed mods; thin end of the wedge there, I'm sure your mod list will grow somewhat as you frequent this forum :wink:

Oh, and be prepared for requests for pics of the car; post some up as soon as you get it :thumbsup:
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Post by metal licker » Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:04 pm

Hi and welcome Burple just went the other way Zed to Mini :thumbsup:
718 4.0 GTS Boxster in YELLOW :driving:
718 Guards Red Boxster .........Gone!
A35 AMG saloon .........Gone!
JCW ...........Gone !
E89 35i Msport VO ................Gone !
E89 23i SE DSB ................Gone !

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Post by Burple » Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:58 pm

Cheers guys!
I just came from an R56 JCW - brilliant wee car, but I had it for 4 years and fancied a change (actually that was my second JCW :D )
Sad times removing all the mods and getting it back to standard! :D I'll be back in a Mini at some point, I don't doubt it!
Now I need to sell all the bits to fund my NEW mods :thumbsup: :D

Here's a quick pic from the dealer site:
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Post by Rusky » Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:19 pm

Nice :thumbsup: welcome :thumbsup:
3.0l Silver SMG, whippy and ginge fringe/ Sound gen mod/ Media bridge fitted (bluetooth and audio streaming) / Clear third break light/ Hard Top/ Eibachs springs and DLV back box/ Roof motor in the boot/ plus lots more.

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Post by buzyg » Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:06 pm

Welcome to the Forum Evan. Very cool Zed. 8) Only two more sleeps to pick up. :wink:
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Post by Marlon » Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:11 pm

Welcome to the forum - lovely looking E89 and on the right wheels :thumbsup:
Begging for a remap :wink:
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Post by RickRob » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:36 pm

Hi and welcome.

Nice car!

Enjoy :driving:
///M Roadster. 2007 Black/Black. Rear spoiler, whippy aerial, mud flaps and gimp-style wind deflector! :)

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Post by obewan » Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:28 pm

Welcome - looks nice, hope the sun shines for you when you pick up :)
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Post by Smartbear » Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:38 pm

Hi Burple, nice zed :)
They look neat with the badges off (badger cull?)
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A decent remap can really give these cars some extra wallop as well :driving:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:34 pm

Welcome to the forum Burple. :thumbsup:

Lovely looking Z4, and those wheels are fantastic - enjoy!

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Post by Burple » Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:03 pm

Thanks all, I do love the wheels.. can't help thinking they'd look great in shadow chrome too tho... hmmm.. :D :D

That dyno pic above is pretty much decided for me that the 18i would be a great place to start, rather than trying to find an equally low mileage 20 or 28i that wasn't at the other end of the country from me! :D
How does it change the drive? Gonna take a bit of getting used to coming down to 155bhp from 211! :D

1 sleep to go! :crazydude:

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Post by jabber » Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:57 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum
Z less again
14 E89 Z4 2.0 msport grey gone now
10 E89 Z4 3.0 Black auto now. Very sadly gone
Gone 04 E85 z4 3.0 Maldives blue smg

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Post by Burple » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:53 am

So.. First Mod already done.
I'd kept the Stubby aerial off the JCW just in case. Turns out it didn't fit (thread was too big).
Then I remembered when I bought the stubby (official sport one from Mini) that there was another threaded adapter in the box.
Guess what? it's the right size :thumbsup:

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