Posted by PerryinVA on December 11, 2000 at 08:13:49:
In Reply to: z3 upgrades.... posted by Medium aka...Danz3 on December 10, 2000 at 21:57:48:
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Noah cover? Can't imagine a college kid using it, right intention, wrong execution, you'll use it, oh, 5 or 6 times then decide too much trouble, too much trunk space, "damn, car is dirty, can't put a cover on a dirty car", yada, yada, yada. A Noah cover is for weekend driver cars or garage queens, certainly not a daily driver. MUCH more useful is a Z3solutions cover. It will protect your soft top, prevent door dings, and you'll use it, espec. in summer when top is down, cheaper and takes less room. Along with that some stone guards for the rear fenders, a good start. Get Xpel headlight and foglight covers. $50 and YOU CAN do it yourself. (If you have a warm place like a garage). A lot of highway driving? Get a Colgan bra. Join BMWCCA, (Car Club of America)$35 and you'll get %20 of any BMW part you buy, (like the chrome tips, 2.8 badge, shift knobs, car mats, oil filters, oil, yes with a discount, that is the cheapest place to get the right oil, yada, yada)Mine has paid for the next 10 years worth of dues. Plus the Roundel magazine has more sources and ads for upgrades than anywhere else, so you won't drive the MB people insane with ?'s we've answered a 1000 times. Do the calipers, who cares?. Do the speakers, we all did, put 4" behind the seats, it's worth it, separates in the front kicks and in doors, but depending on what head unit you have, it might be a waste. Where would you put a bazooka, so it doesn't look like crap? It's a waste in the trunk, its hard to port the trunk to the cockpit, if you have the factory sub, upgrade it. Read all the articles on www.mz3.net, there are not that many and a lot apply to your car. Why would you waste the $ on clear lights? Except on a black and maybe silver car, its not better looking, IMHO, and big bucks, much better spent elsewhere. Do you have any idea what ACSchnitzer parts cost...you've got to be kidding, based on what you're telling us....