Beckenbauer the Z4

[Ant]

old steering wheel has arrived, leaving it up to a local guy to get it retrimmed with m-stitching, perforated leather sides and alcantara top/bottom

[Ant]

Sound generator mod done
Serviced - oil/filters etc etc
DISA upgrade fitted
Cleaned inside/out

Mot tomorrow

new steering wheel should be ready to collect in couple of days too

[Ant]

bought a wheel from a breakers and left it up to a local guy Arek to get retrimmed, was quick no real complaints, only gripe was i asked for it to be a bit more padded than it is to make it more like the msport type. Might still send the one i've swapped off to royals and see which looks better.
Anyway old vs new with perforated leather sides and alcantara top/bottom
Just noticed the trim on the new wheel is matte silver and my old one is chrome, is that because the new wheel is off a facelift or something?

[ben g]

The matte silver looks much better anyway.

Not keen on the alcantara bits but the rest is nice. Like the perforated leather, much better than standard.

[Ant]

aye i'm not totally sold on it myself i thought he'd use the same shade as the perforated leather than that dark a black. it's not as notiable when you're in the car to be fair with the radio being black and other bits of trim/seats etc

[derin100]

Just discovered this thread....Really like it!

I'm thinking of getting another Z4 (in addition to my 3.0Si) myself to do something similar to as a bit of a 'project' for some fun. I just need to make some garage space (and get a bit of money!) and then find the 'right' car. It's got to be cheap to buy but mechanically sound....the rest I can deal with.

Would a 2.0L be hopelessly slow? Never seems to be much mention of them on here?

[Ant]

Think it all depends to what you currently drive/have driven
I went from a 2.0 Hyundai coupe(daily) and driving one of our 2.2td Honda cr-v's to this and the difference is night and day in terms of acceleration so i obviously notice it more, it has 100bhp more than the coupe pretty much so it was a fair jump.

i'd say if i was going the other direction, from a z4m> z4 3lt, or in this case a z4 3lt to a z4 2.0 it'd be a big difference, kinda like going back to the Hyundai, i think going to another type of 2lt that has a turbo or something to make up for it would be a different story.

Don't get me wrong the coupe wasn't a bad car to drive it just didn't have the power at certain times when you wanted it.

[derin100]

Yeah...I think the car I'd look for would have to be 2.5L minimum really to justify the effort.

[Ant]

Dry yesterday and risked it being the same today, so give it a go over with renovo cleaner/revive/ultraproof
Cleaner yesterday
Redyed with revive this morning and proofed at lunch
no more green algae and the like

[Ant]

New shoes ordered

[Ant]

19" et35/et33 8.5j/9.5j 225/35/19 & 265/30/19

[ben g]

Much better

[Ant]

Got one side of this done so far, maybe a bit of a marmite one but wanted to paint them something other than red.

[Ant]

These arrived today

[Ant]

aye was thinking of picking up the 330 upgrade but not sure I can be arsed with it, would be purely a cosmetic upgrade in reality without doing track days and what not it's not like i need it.

might just settle with new discs/pads all round and get the bushes done