joedeejay

For me its the interior that lets it down. Sure the recaro seats are nice but the rest, well its just any old focus interior. Doesnt feel special enough inside

Hammered the overtime at work and treated myself to some accessories from BMW. Exhaust, diffuser and front splitter. Transformed the car!

Pops n crackles like a good 'un now!

Dropped price on filters to £50 to sell. Sat doing nothing in the loft!

Ill yake the lenses ill pm you now

PM sent

Edit: Map lenses sold!

Dibs on the filters. Does the £60 include delivery?

 

 

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Yes thats posted

Beg to think whats under that wrap. Plastidipped for sure, can see the lift/bubble on the back number plate surround.

Odd! Definitely had pics, reposted now. Hopefully thats gone through right this time

Thanks again

Hi guys, few bits and bats for sale.

All items are welcome to be collected from Leeds near Colton/Temple Newsam. If not, payment via PayPal and all will be sent Royal Mail signed for.

2 x K&N Panel Filters - SOLD

2 x GTR Clear Map Light lenses - SOLD

50ml Chipex Paint SOLD

Thanks for looking

No worries, I'll repost it then

Didnt want to repost before asking in case I'd done something wrong.

Cheers

Hi guys,

Posted 2 for sale topics, one has been approved and now up, the other hasnt surfaced yet. One with K&N+GTR Map lights is missing

Just wondering why? Im sure I formatted it right etc.

Thanks

Great stuff, I'll drop you a PM now

Sold pending payment+collection

Hi guys,

For sale is - [font=Fjalla One", sans-serif"Weapon R Neo-Chrome Secret Weapon Intake + Z1 Motorsport silicone side breather hoses. Will not split/span/span

span style="color: #000000"span style="font-family: Fjalla One", sans-serif]Covered best part of 1000 miles if that, no longer have the car being the reason for the sale.[/font]

I wont lie, I found this kit a bit of a pig to install and the insructions arent 100%, but I arent the best at handy work. The Z1 side breather pipes were bought as I werent too happy with the included piece.

SOLD

Picture installed on the car

Only video I have of the noise, not the best im afraid!

Thanks for looking

How easy was it to take the masking tape off after Plastidipping? I found it incredibly hard on the 350 shape, without the edges peeling?

I found it really easy after following instructions on internet. Trick was to get clean masking lines, and spray decent coats on. Never let it fully dry before next coat, and on the final coat remove the masking tape immediately and it should come off in a clean edge as its still wet. If any layer has dried it'll pull and peel. Sounds daft but also using genuine Plastidip and not eBay rubber coat stuff.

For spray coverage a tip I found out was to put the can in warm water for 10 mins before spraying, and that the American cans have better spray nozels compared to UK cans. Seller on eBay has the american cans but cant remember the name

No one pays the list price on any BMW. 10% off is minimal discount you should be pushing for.

 

Definitely. And if you buy through TRL on Babybmw you should see 20% off list on these I think (that's what I got on my recent M135i purchase).

 

Love the 2 Joe and as others have said, looks fantastic in red. Are the grilles an easy change? And do you have a link for where you got yours?

Very easy! I'll send you a message with the details

Really cant help myself..... Much better than my Plastidip and vinyl attempt. Bought these 5 days ago from Taiwan and they turned up this morning. Cant believe how quickly they've turned up in the post!

looks good,like the colour

 

what camera have you used for that first pic?

My Galaxy S6 haha. Just cropped it and used the Auto Adjust on the phone and a few other settings. Nothing fancy

Rear windows now tinted thanks to Yorkshire Tinting in York. Really nice guy that did them, had the 370z done by them too. Happily recommend.

Gone for an 85% tint, OEM look. Should probably stop spending money now hah!

^^ I hate Marmite Joe but I like those.

The kit from BMW came with 4 lenses to use which is pretty cool, think the M is the best of the lot though. Cant really use the "X" for Xdrive seeing as I dont have that hah

How much are these new ?

List price for mine was £39.8k and whatever the 5 year service pack cost. I parted with £28.5k for it 1 year old and 13k miles on the clock. Someone lost some money on it!

Just bought and fitted some of the LED Door projectors BMW sell. Probably a marmite thing but I love them

Comparing mine to an M2, I cant see where the extra £20k worth of car is! Crazy list price on M2's. Definitely a rich mans toy one of them!

It was the only thing I didnt like about my 370z when I first got it, that it was too quiet, especially compared with the 350z. Was expecting that 3.7 to growl hard and it never did, until I booked in to the Longlife place near me. Had to go for the jap look and get titanium burnt tip slash cut. Then combined with the induction kit, it really roared. Best sounding car I've ever owned by far!

 

Video please.

I no longer have the car im afraid!

I've given it a download and had a dabble round local park. Problem was.... bloody O2, internet signal kept dropping, and then the servers kept going down. Sods law

It was the only thing I didnt like about my 370z when I first got it, that it was too quiet, especially compared with the 350z. Was expecting that 3.7 to growl hard and it never did, until I booked in to the Longlife place near me. Had to go for the jap look and get titanium burnt tip slash cut. Then combined with the induction kit, it really roared. Best sounding car I've ever owned by far!

Got back from walking the dog, could notice people who were playing it. Like zombies

Saw this linked on Facebook, definitely seems about right haha

I had a google to see what the big changes were, and as you said a few more ponies/torque. Xenons being replaced with the OLED headlights, I wont lie that would have been a selling point for me haha. Im a sucker for fancy lights. Oh and xDrive being an option which is quite a biggy, wouldnt bother with that though after test driving an S3 Saloon. The Haldex setup was great, really fast, but no fun.

 

The only thing I don't like is that there is no dipstick! I really hope the technology to read the oil level is accurate in the computer.

 

I wonder are these the new BMW lights that sense oncoming traffic and bend the beams around it rather than dipping?

I think thats the laser lights in use on the i3 and i8 that have that technology, the OLEDs from what I just googled are restricted to side lights and brake lights and arent yet bright enough to be used as headlights and indicators, so I'll have a stab the M240i will just have fancy new angel eyes up front, not as exciting as I first thought now.

Lovely looking car.

 

Looks like BMW x35i are fast become in the nature upgrade path for Z owners . Can see why, the N54/55 unit is about as good as it gets for the internal combustion engine.

Well N54 hasn't show like a reliable engine at all. Hope with N55 is different story

 

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I've not heard any horror stories as of yet, 2 years BMW warranty just in case though lol. The N54 was never strong enough for 2 turbos, guessing thats why they dumped it for a twin-scroll single turbo instead to make the N55