Coupe ownership so far

[Lee]

I'm 6 weeks into ownership and still waiting for the V5 so I can fit my plate. The handling is perfect, driving it hard needs nowhere near the amount effort like my old Z3M and not as raw as my Cerbera was. The only thing I'm still struggling with is the electric power steering its a little numb, it's like loosing one of your sense's when driving. I managed to improve the handling further fitting Eibach springs couple of weeks ago, Gary has a standard Si so we went out driving each others cars back to back, it felt so much more confident in the corners well worth the few hours work changing over the springs. In-between times I fitted some lightweight TSW alloys with fresh rubber and uprated the discs/pads to EBC usr discs with yellow stuff pads, I didn't realise how much this improved things till I drove Gary's Si and nearly over shot a junction.

I chose the Coupe over the roadie because I wanted the chassis to be just that little bit more stiff, I believe it's not so much an issue with the Z4 but my old Z3M really moved around a lot when driving it hard, Also my better half has a Z3 so thought it didn't make sense to have two verts.

So bringing up to this weekend I fitted the short BMW aerial and had the car professionally detailed. I lost how many stages the car went through prepping, I really learnt a lot. 2000grit paper over the scratch's then polish them out. He also picked up one of the front wings had been replaced because of the paint being different although I couldn't see this. It was also good to learn how to use these new clay mit's to remove the grim out the paint. Be rude not to include some photos.

Lee

 

[EnthuZiaZT]

Now, that really does look the business @Lee, I think blue cars in general look fantastic when the small swirls and scratches have been sorted out, your paintwork now looks stunning. What colour blue is it? Montego Blue.

Mike

 

[Lee]

Now, that really does look the business @Lee, I think blue cars in general look fantastic when the small swirls and scratches have been sorted out, your paintwork now looks stunning. What colour blue is it? Montego Blue.

Mike

Thanks, Yeah its Montego blue. By far my favourite of the blues.

Lee

 

[BMBabe]

Awwww looking good @Lee I hope Martin and me catch you on Sunday as I will be gutted to miss you both and seeing the work on the Z4

 

[Shelly]

Lovely looking Z you have @Lee
the colour is great

 

[Bazza]

love the look of them wheels, makes the car look meanerLee try not to polish the paint off

 

[Jack Ratt]

Awesome looking motor

 

[t-tony]

That looks the dogs now Lee. Paintwork like a mirror.

Tony.

 

[GazHyde]

Has to be said that I would love a Coupe, much more attractive than the Roadster and has a bit more road presence to it. A real head turner!

 

[matt_zeus]

looks mean. big fan of that

 

[oldcarman]

If I ever find the need for a Z4 it will definitely be a coupe! Love the look @Lee , JIM

 

[Low Rider]

I'm 6 weeks into ownership and still waiting for the V5 so I can fit my plate. The handling is perfect, driving it hard needs nowhere near the amount effort like my old Z3M and not as raw as my Cerbera was. The only thing I'm still struggling with is the electric power steering its a little numb, it's like loosing one of your sense's when driving. I managed to improve the handling further fitting Eibach springs couple of weeks ago, Gary has a standard Si so we went out driving each others cars back to back, it felt so much more confident in the corners well worth the few hours work changing over the springs. In-between times I fitted some lightweight TSW alloys with fresh rubber and uprated the discs/pads to EBC usr discs with yellow stuff pads, I didn't realise how much this improved things till I drove Gary's Si and nearly over shot a junction.

I chose the Coupe over the roadie because I wanted the chassis to be just that little bit more stiff, I believe it's not so much an issue with the Z4 but my old Z3M really moved around a lot when driving it hard, Also my better half has a Z3 so thought it didn't make sense to have two verts.

So bringing up to this weekend I fitted the short BMW aerial and had the car professionally detailed. I lost how many stages the car went through prepping, I really learnt a lot. 2000grit paper over the scratch's then polish them out. He also picked up one of the front wings had been replaced because of the paint being different although I couldn't see this. It was also good to learn how to use these new clay mit's to remove the grim out the paint. Be rude not to include some photos.

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Lee

Photo 4. Awesome

 

[Carl Latham]

Nice coupe, like the contrast of the blue and dark wheels. I like the wheels and think they would look good on my silver coupe, what size are They? may consider those for the future.

 

[Lee]

Nice coupe, like the contrast of the blue and dark wheels. I like the wheels and think they would look good on my silver coupe, what size are They? may consider those for the future.

They are 18" and running the same profile tyres so I dont upset the handling.

 

[Lee]

How she looks now.