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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 05:54 AM
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What are those wheels? I usually am not a huge fan of the M Coupe, but yours is deadly sexy! For sale...?
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 06:03 AM
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What are those wheels? I usually am not a huge fan of the M Coupe, but yours is deadly sexy! For sale...?
Thanks for the compliment. The wheels (and the roof and suspension) are from a BMW specialist (TCKline Racing). The wheels are essentially Volks that are special ordered by TCK with the correct offsets and sizes. They usually come with TCK decals, but I opted for a cleaner look.

No, sorry, the car is not for sale. I’m not done with it yet.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 911m3s2k
Thanks for the compliment. The wheels (and the roof and suspension) are from a BMW specialist (TCKline Racing). The wheels are essentially Volks that are special ordered by TCK with the correct offsets and sizes. They usually come with TCK decals, but I opted for a cleaner look.

No, sorry, the car is not for sale. I’m not done with it yet.
Damn you... I am now on Ebay looking for an Mcoupe... I was happy when I woke up this morning and now I'm shopping for a car.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 06:31 AM
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Damn you... I am now on Ebay looking for an Mcoupe... I was happy when I woke up this morning and now I'm shopping for a car.
Check out www.z4coupeaddicts.com for more temptation...
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 911m3s2k
Thanks. Yeah, the seats are pretty comfortable. The car is not the easiest to get in and out of. The seats are a good compromise between support, comfort and easy ingress/egress.

BTW, I see you're from Chicago...If you're ever downtown you should check out the guys at ProDetail (around 1300 W Randolph). They handled the entire roof installation process and detailed my car to a level of clean I didn't think possible.
That is great too know thanks - ive been thinking about taking it to a place when the weather starts getting better, but didnt know where to go - thanks for the tip, ill keep them in mind
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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is that structural cf? of a faux lamintated piece over the stock roof? just for looks?
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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is that structural cf? of a faux lamintated piece over the stock roof? just for looks?
It is the real deal.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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Great googly moogly! The CF roof looks great! Gorgeous car you've got there. The wheels look great too!
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 911m3s2k
It is the real deal.
I doubt very much it's fully structural cf. something tells me it's just a glue on. poseur cf.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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I'm not even sure you know what you are talking about Oaks. What is "fully structural carbon fiber"? The piece is a solid laminate carbon fiber panel that takes the place of the OEM aluminum roof skin; same as the new M3 and M6. It's no different than a fender or door skin being replaced with a carbon fiber variant. I wouldn't be calling other peoples' mods poseur unless you knew what they were actually doing.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by oak
I doubt very much it's fully structural cf. something tells me it's just a glue on. poseur cf.


Why would you doubt it? TCK made a complete Carbon Fiber M Coupe (and roadster). Are you suggesting that they "overlayed" the entire car and somehow, magically dropped over 300lbs?

The roof on the M Coupe is secured with a bonding adhesive and 4 bolts (one at each corner).

...here's a link to an example of my "fake" roof on a white M Coupe. Looks even better on white.

http://www.zpost.com/forums/showpost...5&postcount=39
 
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looks good...what is the weight savings?
 
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looks sick, totally changes the cars appearance
 
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what is the weight of the CF roof over stock?
 
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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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what is the weight of the CF roof over stock?
It weighs about 7-8lbs less then stock.
 
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