Z4 to Z8

Dalek

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Just found this 2008 dated article. Anyone got a cheap Z4?

BMW Z8 Replica Kit Using a BMW Z4 Roadster as a Base

We don’t know how this BMW Z8 replica might look in person, but it could have fooled us in these pictures. Created by a company named “Car Kit” in Alabama, the BMW Z8 replica pack is based on the current BMW Z4 and it consists of a 5-piece fiberglass bodykit that includes front-clip, rear-clip, trunk lid, outer door panels and the hood along with front and rear lights. The bodykit costs $5,995 or €3,840 while the front and rear light lenses without projectors or bulbs, $1,000 or €640 ($125 a piece).

The company says that you can own a completed BMW Z8 Replica for around $14,000 which includes $6,000 for a salvageable BMW Z4 donor car, plus $7,000 for the bodykit and lights, $500 for paint material and $500 for miscellaneous things. It goes without saying that this price is if you do all the work yourself. We must add though that, letting aside the fragile nature of convertibles/roadsters when it comes to accidents, a salvageable BMW Z4 Roadster costing around $6k will most probably need a lot more than body work. -Continued

But just for the sake of conversation, let’s say you found a salvageable BMW Z4 Roadster; would you restore it to its original condition or would you go and create a BMW Z8 Replica?
 
The panels look very thin and flimsy although the finished article looks good. Anyone got a picture of a Z4 in the buff i.e de panelled? Just wondered what strength is in the main tub.
 
I have taken a close look at these kits on line as I really fancied doing one, however they look really poor quality and would require a massive amount of work to get them anything like.
 
Bit like buying a Rolex on the beach in Tenerife though isn't it? Looks the part but everyone knows it's a fake.
 
Bit like buying a Rolex on the beach in Tenerife though isn't it? Looks the part but everyone knows it's a fake.

There'll be a lot more Rolexs around than Z8s, fake or not. And how many people would actually recognise a Z8, anyway? Us on here, Bimmerforums etc but to most people it'd just be "wow, that's pretty".
 
The finished article certainly looks the part in the pictures :thumbsup:
 
There'll be a lot more Rolexs around than Z8s, fake or not. And how many people would actually recognise a Z8, anyway? Us on here, Bimmerforums etc but to most people it'd just be "wow, that's pretty".
Still a Z4 in Z8 clothing. Not for me even if I could be arsed. Bit like sticking an M badge on a non M car IMHO
 
Still a Z4 in Z8 clothing. Not for me even if I could be arsed. Bit like sticking an M badge on a non M car IMHO

Hate to point this out, but BMW put several ///M badges on my not-at-all-///M 2.2, and I see plenty of 118ds around with a plentiful supply of ///M badges all over them. Still, if anyone has the right to devalue their own badge BMW are the ones.:rolleyes:
 
Hate to point this out, but BMW put several ///M badges on my not-at-all-///M 2.2, and I see plenty of 118ds around with a plentiful supply of ///M badges all over them. Still, if anyone has the right to devalue their own badge BMW are the ones.:rolleyes:
Agree BMW have devalued the M brand, worst culprit
 
Agree BMW have devalued the M brand, worst culprit
Does that mean I have to bin my 2 sets of MV3 wheels .......... with ///M stickers on :(

I think you're bang on though, same as AMG
 
Does that mean I have to bin my 2 sets of MV3 wheels .......... with ///M stickers on :(

I think you're bang on though, same as AMG
No mate BMW put them on there its allowed :whistle:=))
 
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