Aero Side Skirts Installed (Photos)

[Beedub]

Originally Posted by Roffle Waffle

shaizer, I might have to order my set before the stock dries up $$$$$

yup thats pretty much where i am as well, anyhow mine are ordered and en-route to me..... looking forward to getting these on the car.... get them ordered tom!!!

[ZStig]

Im waiting on a price quote. Whoever says boats are money pits, never owned a z4m with a mod bug

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by Beedub

antone got some pics of the slight trim they did on the top edge???

I remember somoene showing pics here, but I didn't take any of mine when I did them. I just trimmed a little at a time until it was flush.

[ZStig]

damn, its $840 painted and shipped. a bit too baller for me right now

[Beedub]

i got the skirts for 320 GBP delivered, and painting will be arond 150gbp... ill install myself.

[Beedub]

these came in today :-) really pleased with them..... alot more Flare i them than the pics suggest........ taking them off to the painters on monday morning :-) will fit them the following weekend :-)

[ZStig]

Cool. Maybe u can weigh the stock vs them too : )

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by Beedub

.... anyone got some pics of the slight trim they did on the top edge???

here ya go.... on my old M roadster

The cut area shown in the^ thread is a little extreem.
IIRC I notched mine little more than halve of what's shown.

[Finnegan]

Originally Posted by inTgr8r

here ya go.... on my old M roadster

The cut area shown in the^ thread is a little extreem.
IIRC I notched mine little more than halve of what's shown.

I did the same. I just trimmed it to the same size as the OE. There's a tab that is about half back from the front on spot highlighted in the photo--I trimmed up to that point and stopped.

[Beedub]

Originally Posted by Finnegan

I did the same. There's a tab that is about half back from the front on spot highlighted in the photo. I just trimmed it to the same size as the OE.

ohh so its the tab on the back side im trimming??? not the top edge ???

[Beedub]

Originally Posted by inTgr8r

here ya go.... on my old M roadster

The cut area shown in the^ thread is a little extreem.
IIRC I notched mine little more than halve of what's shown.

thanks for that thread, ill be using this for the install :-()

[Finnegan]

Originally Posted by Beedub

ohh so its the tab on the back side im trimming??? not the top edge ???

No. Poor clarity on my part (I edited the post above). There's a tab that is about half back from the front on spot highlighted in the photo--I trimmed up to that point and stopped. When you look at the OE, and line it up with the Aero, it will be pretty clear where to trim and stop.

[Beedub]

Originally Posted by Finnegan

No. Poor clarity on my part (I edited the post above). There's a tab that is about half back from the front on spot highlighted in the photo--I trimmed up to that point and stopped. When you look at the OE, and line it up with the Aero, it will be pretty clear where to trim and stop.

thanks, thats cleared it up for me... what did you use to do the trimming?? the material looks soft enough to trim with a stanley blade or similar of will i need to purchase a detail hacksaw do you think??

[ZStig]

I really dont see why bmw would discontinue them if there is enough demand to buy out the whole stock. Makes no business sense

[Jumbosock]

Originally Posted by Beedub

ohh so its the tab on the back side im trimming??? not the top edge ???

Beedub it's on the backside of the top edge... not the front of the top edge! I got some pliers and did mine in about 30 seconds after it was painted. When you take the stock one off look at the backside and you'll notice a very slight difference in the shape. Trim the aero skirt to match this before trying to put it in. You end up cutting about a half inch square area. It literally totalled to about two snips with my pliers. If you don't do this the skirt doesn't push in far enough.

[Beedub]

Originally Posted by Jumbosock

Beedub it's on the backside of the top edge... not the front of the top edge! I got some pliers and did mine in about 30 seconds after it was painted. When you take the stock one off look at the backside and you'll notice a very slight difference in the shape. Trim the aero skirt to match this before trying to put it in. You end up cutting about a half inch square area. It literally totalled to about two snips with my pliers. If you don't do this the skirt doesn't push in far enough.

thanks for this... this helped me visualise where im trimming!!! looking forward to install..... looks like 20 mins per side..... if that....

[NYZ4]

Anyone thinking of ordering the Aero parts should definitely get on it ASAP. I ordered mine 3 days ago and I recieved this e-mail yesterday saying "Left Side (Driver's)) side skirt are currently on national backorder from BMW. Typical backordered items arrive to our facility in 2 - 3 weeks from Germany."

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by Beedub

thanks, thats cleared it up for me... what did you use to do the trimming??

I used plain old household scissors to do mine.

[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by Beedub

thanks, thats cleared it up for me... what did you use to do the trimming?? the material looks soft enough to trim with a stanley blade or similar of will i need to purchase a detail hacksaw do you think??

I just used a box cutter

[Starscream]

Never needed to cut mine

[Beedub]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Never needed to cut mine

thats what i dont get..... some say it needs trimming.... ?? strange that is....

huh either way ill match the stock sills at that top edge for perfect fitment :-)
i love delicate jobs like that.....

wont be long before these arn't available anymore.... lots of bits being discontinued by bmw for the z4's, these are the exact type of non essential bits that will be ended.....

same for the hardtops, wont be long before they all dry up.....

[WestCDA]

I ordered mine 3 days ago and I recieved this e-mail yesterday saying "Left Side (Driver's)) side skirt are currently on national backorder from BMW. Typical backordered items arrive to our facility in 2 - 3 weeks from Germany."

I've ordered twice from Tischer in the past few months, each time for a variety of parts. In both cases some of the parts had to come from Germany, and I was sent the above email. The parts came in and were shipped within that time frame - no 'out of stock' issues.