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Which Stubby?

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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BeardyJon
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Which Stubby?

Post by BeardyJon » Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:19 pm

Daft question... but which one do you guys go for? I've googled, and ebayed, and they all look cheap and sh!t tbh. Then they vary in price from £1 to £24 for the OEM BMW one (Which is ridiculous).
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Post by Buckz » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:00 pm

honestly they're all much of the muchness.. I've got a tiny metal one. It is for AM stations only so servers little to no purpose.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Short-Stubby- ... SwstxVGAu5

is the recommended one.

I've got one of these -;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-CAR-AER ... SwXshWriPV

and it looks good IMO.
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Post by Pbondar » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:07 pm

Maybe it’s my age, but I fail to understand the beauty of a stubby...nearly on a par with the obsession with 19” wheels.. :poke:

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Post by BeardyJon » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:18 pm

Done. Cheers!
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Post by BeardyJon » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:19 pm

Pbondar wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:07 pm Maybe it’s my age, but I fail to understand the beauty of a stubby...nearly on a par with the obsession with 19” wheels.. :poke:
I'm also contemplating the 19" wheels. I just think they look a lot more dramatic and shiny than the 18". Just gives the car an extra POW when you look at it.
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Post by mcbeee » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:48 am

I got one years ago that fits a Peugeot, looked great fit perfectly. Got one recently off the net, beautiful piece of metal, didn’t quite fit as well as my old one ( that car is long gone). Went to bmw and got one , very happy now.

The one I didn’t like was about 60 dollars when you look at the shipping costs etc. The BMW one was $44. Nothing is cheap here, especially for a bmw.
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Post by EssexZed » Tue Oct 03, 2017 7:42 am

I got the BMW one, works perfectly - now getting the whippy one off.....that's another story!

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Post by firebobby » Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:56 am

BeardyJon wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:19 pm Daft question... but which one do you guys go for? I've googled, and ebayed, and they all look cheap and sh!t tbh. Then they vary in price from £1 to £24 for the OEM BMW one (Which is ridiculous).
Your car looks great with the whippy (ORIGINAL, BEST LOOKING) aerial.
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Post by Pastry » Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:20 am

Pbondar wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:07 pm Maybe it’s my age, but I fail to understand the beauty of a stubby...nearly on a par with the obsession with 19” wheels.. :poke:
You're right, it's your age. You'll be wearing socks with your sandals next :) :poke:
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Post by mcbutler » Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:20 am

Pbondar wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:07 pm Maybe it’s my age, but I fail to understand the beauty of a stubby...nearly on a par with the obsession with 19” wheels.. :poke:
Agreed, the whippy is way cooler, looks elegant. And why spend hundreds or thousands on a wheel one inch wider that invariably looks worse than any of the OEM wheels ??!!!!
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Post by Pbondar » Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:30 am

Pastry wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:20 am
Pbondar wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:07 pm Maybe it’s my age, but I fail to understand the beauty of a stubby...nearly on a par with the obsession with 19” wheels.. :poke:
You're right, it's your age. You'll be wearing socks with your sandals next :) :poke:
Actually I've been wearing socks with my sandals since 1980....I found when testing my Laverda flat out I got rather chilly without them.. :rofl: :rofl:

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