FINALLY!

[MVF4Rrider]

Originally Posted by nmulax

Congrats on the car and welcome to the forum.
Looks like that soft-top needs a new coat of waterproofing before winter!

A new coat? I doubt it has ever had one BMW water repellant coating. That stuff works great! It's total DIY (concentrate + water and then sponge on and let dry in the sun). Easy. In fact, I'm about to treat mine right now!

[xJxDx0926]

Thanks for the kind words everyone

How/where do I get the water proofing?

[MVF4Rrider]

^^ Dealer sells it as it's a BMW product. It's good stuff. You'll need a nice clean sponge (small) too...

[imom]

How often do you treat the roof? Is this only needed for folks in the rainy/snowy states? I'm in CA...is it really needed?

P.s. that's a fairly decent price for dealer...they did make money off of you... but at least you have piece of mind that it's CPO. That's about $2k+ cost added to the car. Was that price out the door or before tax+paperwork?

Are you happy with the CDV...thinking of modding mine.

[MVF4Rrider]

Originally Posted by imom

How often do you treat the roof?

Whenever the water no longer beads up and runs off with ease...

[xJxDx0926]

Originally Posted by imom

Are you happy with the CDV...thinking of modding mine.

ehh I like it just the way it is. On my last car I think it had the same thing but it was called a "slave cylinder" I drove a friend who did the delete mod and I didnt notice much of a difference.

I'm really not going to fuck with it too much in terms of performance altercations. Maybe a grouppe M air intake but thats it.


Where can I get the following-

1. Shorty antenna
2. Leather Shift boot with ///M colored tri stitching
3. Cell phone mount (recommendation)
4. Car cover (need a good recommendation)
5. Aluminum pedals, (is that to tacky?) ( I just hate the black ones) ( also, not paying 300 for the AC schnitzer ones)
6. other subtle mods. I appreciate the little things.

[chickdr]

Originally Posted by xJxDx0926

ehh I like it just the way it is. On my last car I think it had the same thing but it was called a "slave cylinder" I drove a friend who did the delete mod and I didnt notice much of a difference.

I'm really not going to fuck with it too much in terms of performance altercations. Maybe a grouppe M air intake but thats it.


Where can I get the following-

1. Shorty antenna
2. Leather Shift boot with ///M colored tri stitching
3. Cell phone mount (recommendation)
4. Car cover (need a good recommendation)
5. Aluminum pedals, (is that to tacky?) ( I just hate the black ones)
6. other subtle mods. I appreciate the little things.

1: www.bimmian.com (do a google search for a discount code to get 10% off)
2. LeatherZ: http://www.leatherz.com/Merchant5/me...Z4_Shift_Boots
3. ???
4. Depends on what you are looking for. It's all about the fabric you want. I like the Evolution type.
5. The OEM BMW SS pedal set(http://www.leatherz.com/Merchant5/me...egory_Code=E82) is what I used. Bimmian also has some nice ones. I did not want to have to drill my pedals. You can get the OEM pedals for 25% off(as well as any other BMW parts) here: http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...?siteid=214760 So thier cost would be $111.00. My local dealer matches their prices, your may too.

I would also suggest a clear bra for your car since it has such low miles. Probably does not have many chips yet and it helps immensely. Also consider doing the headlights with the film.

[epbrown]

[QUOTE=chickdr;6220651I would also suggest a clear bra for your car since it has such low miles. Probably does not have many chips yet and it helps immensely. Also consider doing the headlights with the film.[/QUOTE]

This^. I didn't do my coupe right away, but a few interstate roadtrips had it pick up all sorts of little pecks in the paint. Next spring I'm going to re-paint the bumper and add a clear bra.

[ZStig]

anyone else amused at the trouble the dealer gave him for asking only $500 off?

[chickdr]

Originally Posted by Roffle Waffle

anyone else amused at the trouble the dealer gave him for asking only $500 off?

I have a feeling either 1)they just took the car in and weren't ready to deal
or 2)he showed a bit too much enthusiasm when he saw
the car

[xJxDx0926]

The car came with the Venture shield clear bra from the previous owner. And a Windscreen. Thanks for the suggestions! I just got home from detailing the shit out of her. (its 2:34 am)

Originally Posted by chickdr

I have a feeling either 1)they just took the car in and weren't ready to deal or 2)he showed a bit too much enthusiasm when he saw the car

Little bit of both lol. I checked the BMW locator thursday afternoon and the car was not listed. Then i checked it thursday night and it was listed with no picture. I even went to the dealers website and it wasn't even on stock yet.

I was excited but the real reason they didnt want to go down at all is because I was not the first one to jump for it. I went back to the dealer and one of the guys was telling me a bunch of people called on it. And if I didn't put a depoosite on it I would be shit out of luck because I guess a few people came to see it.

[gago]

they say that all the time

Originally Posted by xJxDx0926

The car came with the Venture shield clear bra from the previous owner. And a Windscreen. Thanks for the suggestions! I just got home from detailing the shit out of her. (its 2:34 am)



Little bit of both lol. I checked the BMW locator thursday afternoon and the car was not listed. Then i checked it thursday night and it was listed with no picture. I even went to the dealers website and it wasn't even on stock yet.

I was excited but the real reason they didnt want to go down at all is because I was not the first one to jump for it. I went back to the dealer and one of the guys was telling me a bunch of people called on it. And if I didn't put a depoosite on it I would be shit out of luck because I guess a few people came to see it.