You have £1000 to spend...

Piemuncher · Post by **Piemuncher** » Tue 07 Jun, 2011 21:02

On a standard 98 1.9 Z3 with 20k on the clock, original cont pilot 15" tyres on it.

How do you spend the £1000?

PS haven't told the wife yet

jontymo · Post by **jontymo** » Tue 07 Jun, 2011 21:11

px and get a 2.8!

Canman · Post by **Canman** » Tue 07 Jun, 2011 21:18

retrofit roll bars if not fitted, sports seats and/or 18" alloys with falcons.

Piemuncher · Post by **Piemuncher** » Tue 07 Jun, 2011 21:33

Thanks Canman, wheels are on the shopping list but hadn't considered the roll bars.

Are 18s the way to go? will they go straight on without any probs?

Thanks!

Canman · Post by **Canman** » Tue 07 Jun, 2011 21:38

18's will fit with the right offset not sure what the correct one is , think its et43. the general feeling on here is 18's are the ideal size.
But roll bars do give a Z3 a more complete sports car look. I paid £300 for mine inc all the panels and brackets you need. Well worth it in my opinion.

Piemuncher · Post by **Piemuncher** » Tue 07 Jun, 2011 21:41

Great feedback, Thanks!

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 00:07

Depends how much time / patience you have to search for a bargain.

eg I sourced a rare set of AC Schnitzer Type II split rims with good branded tyres and refurbed for £700 ish (£4k+ new) but took me 12 months and imported from Germany.

Or you could by a nice new set of wheels and tyres for £700ish

As suggested above you could add the roll hoops for £350ish 2nd hand with patience or £1k ish if you buy new parts.

I guess from above my top choice would be wheels first and roll hoops second.

Re wheel offset depends on which Z3 you have (narrow bodied, wide bodied, ///M). Search on here as lots threads on this but in principle you need 3 series wheels and can adjust with spacers (must be 5 holes and PCD 120)

£1k is a good budget so take your time and do some research (eg post a thread asking people for their favourite wheels etc... for inspiration

)

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 00:14

jontymo wrote:px and get a 2.8!

What do you do if you have £1k to spend on a 2.8, trade in for an ///M

Its not all about power with these cars

Z3cade · Post by **Z3cade** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 07:26

Jonttt wrote:
jontymo wrote:px and get a 2.8!
What do you do if you have £1k to spend on a 2.8, trade in for an ///M Its not all about power with these cars

you would need far more than £1k to upgrade to an M....

my first choice would be a nice set of wheels too.. second spend it on lowering springs... at 20k your shocks should be ok.
if any more left then go for sport or M seats... cant go wrong

BimBeema · Post by **BimBeema** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 10:17

New (& bigger) alloys and lowering!

TaffZee · Post by **TaffZee** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 10:22

Piemuncher wrote:On a standard 98 1.9 Z3 with 20k on the clock, original cont pilot 15" tyres on it.

How do you spend the £1000?

PS haven't told the wife yet

Give me £500 and come on the spanish cruise next week

GazHyde · Post by **GazHyde** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 10:56

New/refurbed 18" alloys (not personally fussed about suspension drop)

De-tango headlights, side lights etc

Sport/M seats if you can get hold of set. Much nicer and really hold you in when cornering. Rare as hens teeth though.

New headunit to replace the poor quality OEM one. The sound difference even with my £90 Sony unit is amazing.

Short stubby aerial

Z3cade · Post by **Z3cade** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 12:26

Or with the fuel prices as they are just keep it in the bank and spend it on fuel...

seriously though you should maybe look into spending the first part of your money on maintance, service or anything that needs doing to it to keep it in tip top condition....

But if all ok then what the hell splash on a set of rims!!

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 19:47

GazHyde wrote: Sport/M seats if you can get hold of set. Much nicer and really hold you in when cornering. Rare as hens teeth though.

For clarity the sport seats are not the same as the ///M seats.

Its the ///M seats that are the most sought after.

They do look very similar to you have to know what to look out for (there is a thread with pics if you search

)

mmmmmm come to think of it there are loads of cool mods you can do and I forgot about detangoing

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 19:51

BimBeema wrote:New (& bigger) alloys and lowering!

bingo...!

jontymo · Post by **jontymo** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 19:51

Jonttt wrote:
jontymo wrote:px and get a 2.8!
What do you do if you have £1k to spend on a 2.8, trade in for an ///M Its not all about power with these cars

ooh sorry sir, but it is for you

jontymo

jontymo · Post by **jontymo** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 19:56

jontymo wrote:
Jonttt wrote:
jontymo wrote:px and get a 2.8!
What do you do if you have £1k to spend on a 2.8, trade in for an ///M Its not all about power with these cars

ooh sorry sir, but it is for you!

And yes it was meant as jest but obviously not in your world!!!!!!

Looks like we are in serious mode tonight.

Jontymo

Piemuncher · Post by **Piemuncher** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 20:04

Hi Chaps, thanks for your views. It's interesting to get a good range of suggestions. I'm surprised that brightening up the interior hasn't been suggested more.

The car is mint so I have a really good basis to work with. The car as I have said is original so the tyres although full of tread are cracking, so dangerous. So wheels are top of the shoping list. depending on how they look on the car I guess will dictate if I look at lowering it. If not, I'm tempted to go with new head unit / speakers.

jontymo · Post by **jontymo** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 20:13

A new hu is well worth doing and is a big improvement over the standard unit for not a lot of money and 5 minutes work.

nobynom8ss · Post by **nobynom8ss** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 20:22

spray it silver

then at least 75% of people on here will be happy.
good luck with what ever you do and enjoy

rgf · Post by **rgf** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 20:31

GazHyde wrote: Rare as hens teeth though.

I think that's another thread, GazHyde!
(Damn these hens, they are cropping up everywhere now. At least we have moved on from ducks and tits.)

£1000 to spend - that's grand - chrome everything!

Bill- · Post by **Bill-** » Wed 08 Jun, 2011 20:55

Sports Seats

red & Black

GROMMIT · Post by **GROMMIT** » Thu 09 Jun, 2011 07:48

Piemuncher wrote:On a standard 98 1.9 Z3 with 20k on the clock, original cont pilot 15" tyres on it.

How do you spend the £1000?

PS haven't told the wife yet

Trade it in for a straight 6. You get masses of torque with the 3 litre and an over-run to die for.

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Thu 09 Jun, 2011 19:26

jontymo wrote:
Jonttt wrote:
jontymo wrote:px and get a 2.8!
What do you do if you have £1k to spend on a 2.8, trade in for an ///M Its not all about power with these cars
ooh sorry sir, but it is for you

jontymo

You could not be further from the truth. I get my power kicks from other sources

the Z3 is the least powerful car I drive !

jontymo · Post by **jontymo** » Thu 09 Jun, 2011 19:30

Jonttt wrote:
jontymo wrote:
Jonttt wrote: What do you do if you have £1k to spend on a 2.8, trade in for an ///M Its not all about power with these cars
ooh sorry sir, but it is for you

jontymo
You could not be further from the truth. I get my power kicks from other sources the Z3 is the least powerful car I drive !

And don't we all know it

Z3cade · Post by **Z3cade** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 12:46

the Z3 is the least powerful car I drive ![/quote]

A nice supercharger kit mite change that jonttt??????

jakey · Post by **jakey** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 16:55

Jonttt wrote:Depends how much time / patience you have to search for a bargain.

eg I sourced a rare set of AC Schnitzer Type II split rims with good branded tyres and refurbed for £700 ish (£4k+ new) but took me 12 months and imported from Germany.

Or you could by a nice new set of wheels and tyres for £700ish

As suggested above you could add the roll hoops for £350ish 2nd hand with patience or £1k ish if you buy new parts.

I guess from above my top choice would be wheels first and roll hoops second.

Re wheel offset depends on which Z3 you have (narrow bodied, wide bodied, ///M). Search on here as lots threads on this but in principle you need 3 series wheels and can adjust with spacers (must be 5 holes and PCD 120)

£1k is a good budget so take your time and do some research (eg post a thread asking people for their favourite wheels etc... for inspiration )

You'd have to be mad to spend £1000 new on roll hoops! I would like a set on mine but can't even condone spending £350ish on a second hand set!

But if I was spending a grand! It would be a nice set of wheels, lowering springs and a SS exhaust!

billz · Post by **billz** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 17:03

A Grand would be just the start

Nice set of wheels will be any where from £550 to what ever Ours cost 1200 ish
lowering springs around 150 to 300 depending on make.
A change of leather interior any where from 200 to 750
but personally if you go for wheels pay the extra for the best tyres as you can change the whole of the handeling of the z.
Just use this as the first grand you will spend

the next will follow later
bill

spurs fan in a coupe · Post by **spurs fan in a coupe** » Fri 10 Jun, 2011 17:13

///M wing Mirrors (I know a man who has a set!)

and definitely wheels, I'm on my 4th different style on my Zed and love the completely different look a set can make.

or, if I had a Zed 3 Roadster I would get a hard top, wheels and lower it.

Roll hoops do look cool too

Mr Silver · Post by **Mr Silver** » Sat 11 Jun, 2011 08:17

£1000 - Mmmmm.. Half of that could go on best 98 Shell for the next two months and save the rest for gas for the Italy trip..! Just think, you could ignore the fuel gauge for a whole summer! Nice!

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Sat 11 Jun, 2011 09:02

I'd go for suspension and wheels. Look for a good set of springs and shocks, it will transform the cars handling and tidy up the look - the best mod I have done yet

Then next on the list would be stereo (upgrade front components/ headunit and possibly small subwoofer) and as mentioned about M mirrors will modernise the car

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