z3m gills ?

mrluke · Post by **mrluke** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 12:29

a respray is on the cards.

should i keep the chrome side gills or get some z3m ones as its getting resprayed ?

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 12:37

Mr Luke

Personally the chrome gills do nothing for me apart from perhaps on a silver car.

The ///M gills do look cool and there was a mod posted on here recently debadging them and filling the space before respraying. They looked very sleek and you won't get accused of pretending to be an ///M

yalden · Post by **yalden** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 12:54

I'm contemplating whether to sell my smoothed M gills... you might be interested.

Please don't treat this as a sales ad... but if you are interested let me know and I'll get back to you sould I decide to get rid!

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 14:39

Why??????? they look cool

Bit of a prang on the wheel though

yalden · Post by **yalden** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 15:15

jonttt wrote:Why??????? they look cool

Bit of a prang on the wheel though

Agreed, they look great... but I'd like to be a little more different and go with the BMW Individual grills... it's just the cost that puts me off!

I got the wheels as they are, in a sorry state of repair but with decent tyres all for £200. Not bad for genuine 18" ACS Splits, I guess the incorrectly spelt ebay ad didn't do the seller many favours!

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 19:37

mmmm don't think I have ever seen the individual gills. Do you have a pic

yalden · Post by **yalden** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 21:47

#13...

Kiwi · Post by **Kiwi** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 23:16

I've always thought the individual gills would look good with the BMW roundel removed and smoothed - never seen it done yet.

And another vote for the smoothed M gills on a Z3 - here's mine

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Tue 17 Mar, 2009 23:29

Cool.

I have the original 2000 ///M series brochure but it does not show the individual options, I assume it was a seperate brochure?

The individual gills would certainly be unique as I have not seen them on a car before but I think I like your current ///M style better.

Also I don't like the bodykit fitted and that hood cover

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Mine has the chrome door handles and I can't decide if I like them or not

mrluke · Post by **mrluke** » Wed 18 Mar, 2009 11:28

yalden wrote:I'm contemplating whether to sell my smoothed M gills... you might be interested.

Please don't treat this as a sales ad... but if you are interested let me know and I'll get back to you sould I decide to get rid!

thanks for all the replys!

yes please let me know via PM if u decide to get rid , i would be intrested

pangster · Post by **pangster** » Sun 22 Mar, 2009 11:24

jonttt wrote:mmmm don't think I have ever seen the individual gills. Do you have a pic

there's a Z3 for sale on Autotrader with the Individual Gills just now (first one I've seen):

whiteminks · Post by **whiteminks** » Sun 22 Mar, 2009 12:42

I think the individual look great!

BimBeema · Post by **BimBeema** » Sun 22 Mar, 2009 13:09

Wow - never seen those before. They look cool. Where they ever an optional oem or was it aftermarket?

pangster · Post by **pangster** » Sun 22 Mar, 2009 14:47

BimBeema wrote:Wow - never seen those before. They look cool. Where they ever an optional oem or was it aftermarket?

optional BMW

Part no: 51 13 0 022 899

see here:

http://bmwfans.info/original/Z3/roa/Z3% ... l-51_4632/

HTH

pangster · Post by **pangster** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 17:08

I guess if you want rarity the Hamann gills would be an option (although I think these might only be available second hand now as I don't think hamann make them anymore?):

Althulas · Post by **Althulas** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 19:07

Love that hard top, I hope those are easier to get hold of.

pangster · Post by **pangster** » Wed 25 Mar, 2009 20:21

Althulas wrote:Love that hard top, I hope those are easier to get hold of.

I don't think they are!! LOL!

BimBeema · Post by **BimBeema** » Thu 26 Mar, 2009 12:07

Very nice. Thanks Pangster.

c_w · Post by **c_w** » Thu 26 Mar, 2009 14:13

Best looking without a doubt for me is the smoothed M gills. The others look a bit "cheap" to me. Other than that the standard Z3 gills are nice (but not in chrome

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pangster · Post by **pangster** » Thu 26 Mar, 2009 17:14

c_w wrote:Best looking without a doubt for me is the smoothed M gills. The others look a bit "cheap" to me. Other than that the standard Z3 gills are nice (but not in chrome )

I'm the same.. I prefer the smoothed M gills or the stock ones.. just seem to suit the lines of the car better IMO..

I always wanted to see what they'd look like on a montreal blue one - but hadn't seen any pics.. until I came across this one.. (nice hamann roof as well! LOL!!) - although the gills do need smoothing! LOL!:

I don't think you have to do very much to these cars to make them look nice - as the above pics show. There's not really anymore you would want to do to that IMHO..

NickDale · Post by **NickDale** » Thu 26 Mar, 2009 20:47

thats lowered with a M bumper rite?

pangster · Post by **pangster** » Thu 26 Mar, 2009 21:17

NickDale wrote:thats lowered with a M bumper rite?

yep!

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Thu 26 Mar, 2009 21:27

And M wing mirrors

The roof is ace.

I think after seeing the alternative that the smoothed M is by far the nicest and would be rare enough for me

pangster · Post by **pangster** » Thu 26 Mar, 2009 21:31

jonttt wrote:And M wing mirrors

The roof is ace.

I think after seeing the alternative that the smoothed M is by far the nicest and would be rare enough for me

yep..

///M mirrors
///M front bumper
///M side gills
///M rear light clusters
Hamann roof
18" Rial Daytona Alloys (8.5" in front and 9.5" rears)

he's also changed the interior - full black sports seats and ///M interior/console... probably one of the nicest Z3's I've seen..

3.0 Lakes Lee · Post by **3.0 Lakes Lee** » Wed 01 Apr, 2009 11:23

Hi Yalden

If you decide to sell I will definitely buy them, I have chrome grills see pic below and will be selling these if I get yours or alternatively we could exchange plus some cash your way?

Regards
Lee

estocks · Post by **estocks** » Wed 01 Apr, 2009 12:36

^^ Cool tyres.

_wendy_ · Post by **_wendy_** » Wed 01 Apr, 2009 15:03

3.0 Lakes Lee wrote:Hi Yalden

If you decide to sell I will definitely buy them, I have chrome grills see pic below and will be selling these if I get yours or alternatively we could exchange plus some cash your way?

Regards
Lee

and if u sell the chrome gills at the right price i would be interested

Eastsix · Post by **Eastsix** » Wed 13 Mar, 2013 17:30

pangster wrote:
c_w wrote:Best looking without a doubt for me is the smoothed M gills. The others look a bit "cheap" to me. Other than that the standard Z3 gills are nice (but not in chrome )
I'm the same.. I prefer the smoothed M gills or the stock ones.. just seem to suit the lines of the car better IMO..

I always wanted to see what they'd look like on a montreal blue one - but hadn't seen any pics.. until I came across this one.. (nice hamann roof as well! LOL!!) - although the gills do need smoothing! LOL!:

I don't think you have to do very much to these cars to make them look nice - as the above pics show. There's not really anymore you would want to do to that IMHO..

I know this is old,but i was just doing some research and found this-OH MY WORD! Who's is this? And how much would one of those roofs cost me??!

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Wed 13 Mar, 2013 17:48

Those roofs are awesome

Sent from my HTC Desire

BladeRunner919 · Post by **BladeRunner919** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 08:06

Eastsix wrote: And how much would one of those roofs cost me??!

Whatever the seller wanted to charge, I guess! They are made from the finest unobtanium and come with a gift set which includes a set of hen's teeth and a bucket of rocking horse poo.

Eastsix · Post by **Eastsix** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 08:50

Which mak

BladeRunner919 wrote:
Eastsix wrote: And how much would one of those roofs cost me??!
Whatever the seller wanted to charge, I guess! They are made from the finest unobtanium and come with a gift set which includes a set of hen's teeth and a bucket of rocking horse poo.

Which makes me wonder- there are loads of aftermarket fibreglass body parts out there, skirts bumpers and the like, why not more roof options? The oem roof doesnt quite do it for me, this hamaan one makes the car SEXY. Are there any others out there?

John1950 · Post by **John1950** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 15:57

yalden wrote:#13...

I've never seen a tonneau cover like the one in the photos here.

Post by **Robert T** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 16:03

John1950 wrote:I've never seen a tonneau cover like the one in the photos here.

Its called the Speedster cover and fits to the hardtop mounts. It comes in two versions - one for cars with hoops and one cars for without. It splits into three so that it will go in the boot (just). Several threads about it if you search for "speedster".

Cheers R.

('_')Z3 · Post by **('_')Z3** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 16:04

John1950 wrote:
yalden wrote:#13...

I've never seen a tonneau cover like the one in the photos here.

Someone was selling one of these last year I think it was. It's the speedster cover I think

It didn't sell, looks like a dog IMHO! Also it's hard so if you get caught in rain despite it coming in three pieces it won't fit in your boot if youve got anything else in it so be prepared to get wet

Mike Fishwick · Post by **Mike Fishwick** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 16:10

I couldn't put it better myself! Like all things aimed at impressionable Americans, it is junk! Just imagine having to get out of the car, remove and stow the cover (if there is room in the boot) and then raise the roof. Even given that it seldom rains in California, it is still awful! I guess someone must like it . . . maybe it is designed for people with a James Dean fixation, who would like a Porache 356 Speedster.

I like the wheels on this car, though.

OldskoolRS · Post by **OldskoolRS** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 17:42

I know this is an old thread, revived, but I'm really taken by the smoothed M side grilles. Can the M grilles still be bought new or are they only a secondhand option? I'm not keen on the chrome ones, but I fancy a change from the standard ones on my non M Z3.

('_')Z3 · Post by **('_')Z3** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 18:36

Zettiworld in Germany do new ///M gills, £169. They have a shop on eBay (German version)

OldskoolRS · Post by **OldskoolRS** » Thu 14 Mar, 2013 19:52

Thanks! I found another link but they were £260. Probably other things I need to spend money on, but I've saved the link in case I feel a bit flush later.

http://www.zettiworld.de/BMW-Z3/Karosse ... iemen.html

c_w · Post by **c_w** » Fri 15 Mar, 2013 23:19

Saw these, look like the individual gills on a Coupe

gookah · Post by **gookah** » Sat 16 Mar, 2013 10:31

I think they just look like door handles for the bonnet..

yalden · Post by **yalden** » Sat 16 Mar, 2013 20:32

gookah wrote:I think they just look like door handles for the bonnet..

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