Scored an M Coupe Today!!!!!

[AriuSen]

Originally Posted by xxSigxx

Lol Shit man! My heart stopped there for a second haha! Will do! Usually I would try and do something like that prior to purchase but I didn't want to drag my feet on this one. They seem to get snatched up pretty quickly. Took a small gamble.

lol....someone did that to me so I had to do it to someone too lol.

almost shit my pants when reading the bad news.

[xxSigxx]

Originally Posted by AriuSen

lol....someone did that to me so I had to do it to someone too lol.

almost shit my pants when reading the bad news.

No kidding! I had the worst sinking feeling in my stomach when I read that. Btw... I do like those wheels but I'm thinking I want more spokes. They do look good on the Z though.

[Philly_sweden]

Apex? Lol no!

Those are black CSL/ZCP replicas or the real deal.

Apex looks alot like BBS RC and are similar to CSLs but still not even close

Congrats to your new car!

[ehill73]

Welcome. Great color combo.

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by xxSigxx

Thanks for the help man! I'm thinking I'm just going to go with Apex. I do need a little help though. Do talk have suggestions on the size and width? Do I need to order any spacers? Tire size? I'm guessing its stock suspension but it's had a few owners so not sure. I would like to have everything that I Ned here so when it arrives I can put them on same day. I would appreciate you guys input. Added a link they sent me below so yall can see the car. Thanks.

a lot will depend on what your plans are for the car (track, street only, lowered, ...etc)
The guys at Apex are very familiar with fitment on the Z4MC and will provide a good fitment for your needs.
There is also TONs of information to be mined here.

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by AriuSen

I'm thinking of selling these wheels to get apex 17x9.5....anybody knows how much these goes for? It's the m4 oem bmw wheels
They go super well with the z4m!
oops forgot the pics

JM2C, but be cautious going to 17s
- brake clearance if running a BBK
- deeper tire sidewalls etc
JMO, but 18s are still the sweet spot for track use.

[xxSigxx]

Originally Posted by inTgr8r

a lot will depend on what your plans are for the car (track, street only, lowered, ...etc)
The guys at Apex are very familiar with fitment on the Z4MC and will provide a good fitment for your needs.
There is also TONs of information to be mined here.

Thanks a lot! Just what I needed to know. Not sure which route I'm taking. Mainly street. Like the lowered look but don't want to sacrifice ride quality. I'll have to give Apex a call.

[AriuSen]

Originally Posted by inTgr8r

JM2C, but be cautious going to 17s
- brake clearance if running a BBK
- deeper tire sidewalls etc
JMO, but 18s are still the sweet spot for track use.

For sure I know that it will clear bbk


The rest I don't know lol....the reason I wanted to go with 17 is so that I can run 265/35/18 with maxxis and have a little bit more clearance, but I guess I'm gonna stick with 18s

It sucks that jrz can't get -3.5 camber on front without using the e36 shims...with mcs you can get that amount of camber without shims?
With shims I lose a little bit of clearance to lower the front

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by AriuSen

For sure I know that it will clear bbk


The rest I don't know lol....the reason I wanted to go with 17 is so that I can run 265/35/18 with maxxis and have a little bit more clearance, but I guess I'm gonna stick with 18s

It sucks that jrz can't get -3.5 camber on front without using the e36 shims...with mcs you can get that amount of camber without shims?
With shims I lose a little bit of clearance to lower the front

I'm running -3.2 right now with caster maxed out so that I get more dynamic camber.
I'm happy with that setup.

I'm not a huge fan of running shims due to increased scrub radius

[AriuSen]

Originally Posted by inTgr8r

I'm running -3.2 right now with caster maxed out so that I get more dynamic camber.
I'm happy with that setup.

I'm not a huge fan of running shims due to increased scrub radius

Weird cuz I'm also running.max caster....is -3.2 the max? Or you can go have more camber?
Should've gone with vorshlag plates

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by AriuSen

Weird cuz I'm also running.max caster....is -3.2 the max? Or you can go have more camber?
Should've gone with vorshlag plates

Its a trade off with the caster setting.
max caster sets the damper shaft back in the tower opening , which means it cant go as far in to get more camber.

One solution is to trim a little of the tower opening to let it move further in.
Ive seen that done on a few cars.

[krusty]

The sat nav on the Z4s already looked a little dated when it came out. I do like having things built-in, but in this instance, it is the one component of the car that has 'dated' /// so you may be better off not having it at all. Keeps the lines clean, and the car won't date. [The same is probably true of brand new cars today -- whatever screen technology they put in them, they will look dated in a few years time ].

[Patrick Gent]

A practical comment--I have the same stock wheels as on the CarMax photos. I try to wash my car every week, takes me as long to do the wheels as it does to do the rest of the car. I love the look of the CSL style wheels, but I would bet that they would be a mother to get clean. Fast car, good pads equals lots of brake dust.

Mike Miller is the technical guy at BMW Car Club of America. If you plan to keep the car a while, get his lifetime maintenance schedule (he will email it free to anyone) and follow it--do not follow the BMW schedule, which is designed to hold their "free maintenance" cost down for the 50,000 that they give a darn about the car.

$34k sounds to me (I have been just surveying a little) in the ballpark for the car. They are going up in value with low miles, yours is a little more than low miles but not too much for an 8 year old car. My '07, daily driver, is at 104.

[KPop]

Originally Posted by Patrick Gent

A practical comment--I have the same stock wheels as on the CarMax photos. I try to wash my car every week, takes me as long to do the wheels as it does to do the rest of the car. I love the look of the CSL style wheels, but I would bet that they would be a mother to get clean. Fast car, good pads equals lots of brake dust.

Mike Miller is the technical guy at BMW Car Club of America. If you plan to keep the car a while, get his lifetime maintenance schedule (he will email it free to anyone) and follow it--do not follow the BMW schedule, which is designed to hold their "free maintenance" cost down for the 50,000 that they give a darn about the car.

$34k sounds to me (I have been just surveying a little) in the ballpark for the car. They are going up in value with low miles, yours is a little more than low miles but not too much for an 8 year old car. My '07, daily driver, is at 104.

I've been using Armor All wheel protectant for the past month and it's pretty good at keeping the brake dust off the wheels. Before I would need to wash at least once a week to keep them looking fresh. Now, I can go maybe 2-3 weeks before you see any noticeable brake dust.

[Huz-Z]

Originally Posted by KPop

I've been using Armor All wheel protectant for the past month and it's pretty good at keeping the brake dust off the wheels. Before I would need to wash at least once a week to keep them looking fresh. Now, I can go maybe 2-3 weeks before you see any noticeable brake dust.

I'll have to try some of that. Per Patrick Gent's comment above, I just had a set of VMR 718s installed on Friday. They are a CSL style rime and yup - they are a bit of work to clean - way more than my style 108 5-spoke rims.

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by Huz-Z

I'll have to try some of that. Per Patrick Gent's comment above, I just had a set of VMR 718s installed on Friday. They are a CSL style rime and yup - they are a bit of work to clean - way more than my style 108 5-spoke rims.

I hear peanut butter works wonders

[yousefnjr]

Just downshift through all the gears from a mile away and avoid using brakes at all, win-win

[Golden Child]

Originally Posted by yousefnjr

Just downshift through all the gears from a mile away and avoid using brakes at all, win-win

Keep her locked up in the garage for a month.
No dust...... BORING

[KPop]

Also Sonax is awesome for taking off any hard-to-clean brake dust grime and crap. It sprays on green but turns blood red when it reacts with the brake dust.