Well I finally got around to posting some pic's of my Zed, I purchased it from a nice Chap in Scotland in June of this year after a long search for the right one, It's a 98 model and to be honest I was giving up hope as I had just got home from a 7 hour round trip of wasted time yet again! (M25 car park)
I sat down at my pc to see A lovely Zed had just been listed on Pistonheads and seemed to tick all the boxes, and then looked at the location....Do I really want to travel that far! 
Well my advice to anyone on the hunt for the right car is "keep the faith and be willing to travel"So after a long chat on the phone I arranged to fly up the following Saturday and after looking over the car, test drive and a few cups of coffee the deal was done so I departed with my new Zed and a bottle of fine malt whiskey
. I was a little apprehensive regarding the long journey home to MK, however, the Zed performed without fault and really enjoyed the drive.Once home it was time for a few Mods, the car was standard apart from the short Ariel and a cone filter, I wanted a little more aggressive look with imo a nice contrast in colour. As this is going to be a keeper I started with a complete re-trim, the interior was in good condition just a little tired, It's just I'm very fussy! I also had a new black Mohair roof all installed at the same time by a local company P&G Trimmers I finished off the interior with a new gear knob and brake lever,new pedal covers and mats. I then had Daz from Dent Bustas work his magic on the small imperfections to the bodywork I have used him in the past I can't fault his work. I then removed the bonnet, boot and wheel badges and replaced them with black and white Carbon fibre ones, the Kidney grills were replaced with black. I removed the M gills and painted them in satin black and covered the M badges with Vinyl. I also tinted the side and third brake lights, the rear lights I purchased from a German company off Fleebay the fitment is very good, Then it came to the wheels as I've always changed them on my previous cars, However, I really like the M wheels with the deep rear dish and staggered fitment I just wanted a change in colour so I went to my local body shop that I have been using for many years, so we put our heads together and I decided on the colour choice below.
The one thing I believe BMW should have given the Z3M from the start is a exhaust note it deserves, also as you know it is somewhat restricted from to cat back so I had a custom Powerflow fitted with a nice tone (Not intrusive) when the fun pedal is hit.
I had heard good reports on here about Evolve so I arranged to have a Simota fitted and a Map I was very pleased with the service and results, the car is now more responsive and seems to Rev more freely with added punch to it. I have recently ordered the Supersprint de-cat pipe, once fitted I will return for a Dyno run.
I will then stiffen up the suspension a little I have a front tower strut brace on the way and will probably fit H&R arb's as I have used them on a previous car with very good results.After all the above work was carried out it was time to give her good clean and polish so I spent 2 days detailing to bring her up to the condition she is in now.
Well Guys Just want to say thanks to you all this Forum has been very helpful and I hope to put some names to the faces in the future.
Hope you like,
Regards Yan.
- The most powerful letter in the world.
Thanks for all the compliments they are much appreciated. I wanted to try and bring her up to the high standard of the cars on here before posting pic's.
