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E89 M Sport Front Splitter - M Performance Style

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by SteveSmith » Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:25 pm

I'm so excited that after months of research, a sheet of marine ply, nearly buying a £650 carbon Splitter to spray black and endless emails to companies I've finally found someone to design and produce an M Performance style front Splitter for our e89's!!

It will be a CNC cut item.

I've just purchased a second hand bumper for the guy to use so I hope I'll be able to update all within a few weeks!

The cost will be under £200.

Who would be interested?

It will look like this...

[IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206 ... 5105A1.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by jimbo1958 » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:54 am

Sounds good Steve. Will it have the rounded nose as in the photo?
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Post by dvd112 » Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:24 am

I would definitely be interested. :thumbsup:

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Post by Tumnus » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:38 am

I'm certainly interested, depending on how it looks.
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Post by Marekdawg » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:08 am

Would be interested, as soon as I finish my purchase to actually get my E89 :D
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Post by jimbo1958 » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:27 am

Tumnus wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:38 am I'm certainly interested, depending on how it looks.
+1 Can't visualise how it will look. The bottom of the bumper isn't flat/straight with the vents under the headlamps sloping upwards towards the centre of the bumper if that makes sense. (Just found this photo)

Steve.....will the splitter be a moulding as per the photo or is it going be cnc'd out of flat sheet?
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Post by SteveSmith » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:31 pm

The goal as something more like this...

[IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206 ... F1C210.jpg[/IMG]

I will ask re the rounded edges.

At this stage I'm not sure what the finished product will be but I hope whatever it is that it looks good and offers good value as the carbon fibre options are a lot of money if you don't want exposed carbon!
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Post by ibroker » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:59 pm

It looks good. Please keep me updated
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Post by jimbo1958 » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:12 pm

That looks great Steve.....look forward to seeing it. Always fancied a splitter.
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Post by mcbutler » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:30 pm

I would give a preliminary YES to that :-)
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Post by SteveSmith » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:50 pm

Quick update!

The bumper has been received so I've been sent some ideas...

[IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206 ... 4C9C7D.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206 ... B4A1C3.jpg[/IMG]

Thoughts please??

I really like it, it started out too big so I asked to scale it down quite a bit. There's a few challenges to overcome but looking at this chaps other work I'm confident it will look fantastic.

He's going to cut one out and send it to me to mount before having it CNC machined.

I'll keep you all updated.
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Post by jimbo1958 » Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:55 pm

Thanks for the update Steve......still not sure how he'll address the gap between the splitter and the vent part of the bumper that slopes towards the centre. Any thoughts?
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Post by Philly_Sweden » Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:19 pm

Interested

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Post by BeardyJon » Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:32 pm

3D Design do a pretty decent Carbon Fibre Splitter similar to the one you're designing. Looks like it hooks over the lower sill on the front bumper too so helps eliminate that gap.

http://www.3ddesign.jp/english/product_aero_E89Z4.htm
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Post by SteveSmith » Thu Oct 05, 2017 10:49 pm

jimbo1958 wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:55 pm Thanks for the update Steve......still not sure how he'll address the gap between the splitter and the vent part of the bumper that slopes towards the centre. Any thoughts?
He's spoken to me about some sort of nylon material which will sandwich between the splitter and the bumper. The centre part will be open.
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