BMW Z4 Grill Replacement | My First Mod!
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- BMW Z4 Grill Replacement | My First Mod!
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I finally went ahead and bought an exterior part for my Z4 ..
In this video, I show you (sort of) how to replace the front grills on a BMW Z4, although this applies to lots of other BMWs from the same era.
Hope you find this useful/entertaining!
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Glad you’re all enjoying this video! Comment below on what mods you’d like to see next on the Z4!!
The best mod I have by far is an M sport steering wheel. They are so chunky and just feel much better. I also put a stubby aerial on as I prefer the look. As general preventative maintanence I would also look at getting an aluminium DISA valve when you can. Easy to fit.
David Jones I really want that wheel - nice and chunky! I actually have a stubby aerial but haven’t been able to twist the old one off, it’s too stiff 😂 and yes I need to look at the DISA.
Looks really good! You should also get black backgrounds for the the front lights
Watching this in February in Michigan. Winter here. Very satisfying hearing the birds while you improve your car! 🙂
I just got a Z4 two months ago but I have a 335i which I changed the front grill to black mate, when I was removing them I broke one. I watched your video because I didn't want to break it again. You said to pull down on them... you are right, I wish I would have known that before, these came off really easy. Thank you!
Maybe wheels next?
Nothing crazy, either bigger but still stock Z4 rims with really thin spacers just to beef the stance up, or maybe the newer Z4 rims (2014 and up)
Marco G. I really want to get the 18” m sport wheels and then spray them carbon black. Definitely with spacers and perhaps some lowering too.
It's Joel love the idea! looking forward to see your next mods! I want to get into a Z4 too, hopefully before summer of 2019, but for now I’m keeping my little red Alfa Mito ✌🏼
Marco G. Do it! Love the Mito - such a great little car!
What I love about the facelift is the half inch gap under the headlights where the rain runs down into the bumper and pools water so the non air tight fog light lamp fitting collects water and deteriorates the fog lamps which get all misted and moldy. Renewing the fog lamps makes no difference. This happens worse on the driver side as on the passenger side there are air holes where the temp sensor is. So I drilled a few holes on the other side to let out the rain that pools from running down the lights. Don’t know if the pre-facelift is any better.
By the way the leak is where the light fits in as I siliconed around a brand new fog lamp perimeter completely and it still misted. Mind u in a damp atmosphere I am not surprised that this can corrode, surprisingly more on the driver side.
About time you did something on your Z! Looks really smart btw.
Inline_sixty6 thanks mate!
Wrong method. You’ll risk damage that way. The correct way is to lift the grill up and pull the bottom out first, then the top last.
I saw what you did there with that sexy cup holder deployed in the shot. It wasn't missed. Cool that you programmed the top. It costs money to do that at a dealer.
I've just discover this channel, really cool contents mate! I've compared a Z4 e85 with my TT last week on my channel and the Z4 it's so nice to drive!
Thanks mate, will take a look!
the roads in your videos are really cool, in which part of England do you live? I live in Cambridge ;)
Just Drive in surrey! Lots of hills round here!
Yeah the z4 3.0 is a very raw driving Experience. Rwd straight six upfront. Top down. Don’t get much better for me unless you wanna start spending 25k plus. I go through cars very quickly and I’ve had my zed over three years lol. Don’t think I could part with her.
Good stuff mate. I’m after a new headlight drivers side for my 2008 Z4. Struggling like hell to find one
Hey Joel, would you mind posting a link for the grills you purchased?
I bought some similar looking grill replacements for my Z4 and unfortunately the passenger side grill came out and broke under the car after going over large pothole. I'm hoping to find a better fitting replacement set instead of guessing at which will actually fit - the ones I got never latched properly.
Glad to see the car is clean 😂
Jude Rainsborough haha, it’s clean now! Just not when I filmed this 😂
Looks great - well done - from New Zealand.
Thanks John
Hi Joel, thanks for taking time to comment. I have just finished washing my Z4 - the black brake dust on the allow wheels Is a real ongoing problem. Years ago I wrote to BMW Germany with a plea. “BMW is a world leader is automobiles - yet the tens of thousands of drivers are still faced with cleaning off black brake dust when washing their car. Time to solver this worldwide problem”. I did not get a reply. Any ideas?
If it's cold outside I think it's better to do this after warming up the engine so the plastic becomes less brittle especially if it is an old car
inox1ck good shout!
Looks great. I am doing the mat black on my Z.
Omg, a video on what I need! I only had my car for 15 years and no mods yet but my grill got smashed in!!!
A lady behind the wheels on a z4... intimidating!! I got my z4 last week, roadster 2.5i☺☺
Great video. Alot easier then I thought it would be. Next video should be a stormwerks shift knob and hand brake handle.
Cupholders! In all seriousness though, new grille looks great, black on black. Hoping to test drive a Z4 this weekend, and if all goes well the black grille and cupholders would be my first purchases for it (Y)
Have you done any other mods since? Iv just bought a new clear tail brake light that looks great and ordered a storm wurks v1 weighted short shift gear knob that apparently improves the gear change massively
Apart from the backbox delete, not yet. Do want to get a short shifter!
I need the mounting bracket for the kidney grill. Where would I buy that? I can't find a part number.
Same
was looking into doing what you just did. your video was super helpful. thank you.
Awesome, glad I could be of help
Love the channel mostly for the z4 and your bubbly character!
What I recommend doing is painting or rapping the two rods yellow that sit right behind the grills. Would look SICK!
I like the Silver better, but it looks good in black too.
Hi @Joel , mate where did you buy the front grills from, I bought a set from AliExpress and they DO NOT fit into the front securely at all. We can remove and re-fit the original grills no problem, but the AliExpress ones we cannot get them to secure in at all. Where did you Buy yours? Thanks in advance! Adam
I bought mine off EBay. eBay has a good feature that allows you to put in your vehicle registration before purchasing to make sure that they fit your car 👍🏻
Thanks mate, do you know the vendor or link to the item because I bought some from a vendor and they don’t fit in... just keep popping out, but I can remove and reinsert the originals no problem at all... so def bad mould. Hoping if I buy from your vendor I’ll have a better chance of success!? Thanks mate all the best :)
Anyone know what the inner bit is called? The black brackets that hold the grill.
Buddy you have convinced me to do it now. I have been thinking about but I just needed the little push.
Bryan Reyes haha, nice one I’m glad! It’s so easy to do, I should have done it earlier!!
Very helpful, thank you very much.
your second mod should be a set of 18" mv2, just done mine from 17" the same as yours style 103, much much better and from the rear looks much better as the rears are 8.5j fronts are 8j, got mine used from ebay for £200 with tyres, going to remove the cdv today so clutch should fell better too, next for me is to drop the car 30mm, might even go with some coilovers...the wheels have given the car a new look and feel sooooo much better,,,just need to paint them now as hate silver wheels...
Nice, yeah I'm looking out for some 18" m sport wheels at the moment!
Hiya mate, love the channel. Can you hot me up with a link to the grills please?
Helpful - thanks!
Love the new grills! I might get a pair myself eventually!
Tristan Noon definitely worth it!
Always wondered about parts off eBay, might be worth doing another video after many miles to show how these grills stand up to stone chips etc.
They seem to be holding up well!
I was in a very small accident and replaced my bumper with the one from the Aerodynamic package. Nice best mod for this Z4. I used some grills from somewhere online prob the same from eBay as they appear to be plastic but graphite color. The original graphite ones felt a little bit heaver and slightly better feel/look. But these are great for the price 👌
When removing the driver side grill you said to "pull it up"; when removing the passenger side grill you said to "pull down". Could you clarify, please? Thanks
Hi there, been a while since I filmed this video but I think you have to do a bit of both, essentially wiggling the grill out of place. Depending on if the top or bottom pops out first, that would determine whether you pull up or down to get it out completely. Hope this helps.
Thanks Joel, I just bought my first BMW, a 2016 sDrive 35i with only 9000 miles on it. It’s virtually new and I’m probably being overly concerned that I might break something.
Have to be very careful removing the old grill. I pulled it down as hard as I could but I think I still broke something because the new grill just won’t clip in on one side 😣.
I was going to change my silver grills for black but then it turns out the silver grills distinguish the 3 litre cars from the smaller engines so I’m keeping mine silver 🏎💨💨
Hi Joel. The new grills look great. I’m picking up my Black Z4 tomorrow and think I’ll do this mod also. Have you looked into installing cup holders? I watched your video on 5 things you hate. It seems you can buy the for about £50.
Hey Joel,
I was wondering, How do you find owning a 2 seater in everyday life? Are you often wanting more space? (Only ask as I have a F20 1 series for a daily and I just bought a 2005 Z4 for the weekends, but I was considering selling both at somepoint and buying a newer roadster, Z4, SLC, Boxster etc)
Many thanks :)
CarsofGlasgow Glasgow hey mate, good question - for me, never a problem. Only on the rare occasion when I want to drive somewhere but there’s more than 1 passenger! Never had an issue with luggage.
Thanks for responding Joel, that is great to here! Thanks for your input :)
My pleasure buddy, thanks for watching! :)
Have you got a link for the grills dude?
Think these are the ones rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202255277812
I’m personally thinking of getting some new headlight for my 2005 E85. Found a company that makes angel eye headlights for the Z4.
alexis c that’s cool, I’d like to do the same at some point!
Same brand. I'm looking to get these.
vipmotoz.com/collections/bmw-z4-2005/products/spyder_pro-yd-bmwz403-hl-bk-black-headlight
Do you have them yet? If so how do you like?
You need to replace those headlights so that they no longer have the orange accents. The orange was characteristic of early 2000's cars and getting rid of it would make the car look newer. Also they seem to be getting a little cloudy.
Yeah would like to in an ideal world, but not really worth spending £400-600 on in my opinion!
looks clean bro
Thanks buddy
Looking good Joel. How long before your dad mods his wheels? 🤔
Mervyn McCaughey haha - no idea!
Why didn't u just paint the silver ones?
Was thinking of changing my silver grills to black too but I found out today on a forum that only the 3 litre cars have the silver grills so I have decided to leave them silver 😄🏎💨💨
Haha no way, I didn’t know that!
It's Joel Change then back to silver quick so everyone knows you have the biggest engine 💪🏼
Haha 😂
Tried my 2008 Z4 3.0si doesn’t work
eyebrows looks cool as well
Hi
for next change the mat headlight....i know it isn't cheap
Yeah would love to, but so expensive
Wheels brother 🤸
@itsjoel aftermarket wheels!!!!! 😬😬
Z4 is my next car. The coupe is much prettier though...
it's a great car, I would love to have a coupe at some point!
I think z4 with hard top looks as good if not better than coupe.
Need to be very careful removing old grill. I broke one side of one, either removing the old grill or installing the new one because it won’t clip in properly on one side 😤. I don’t think pulling down is the best way to remove
I didnt know theyre that EZ to install
perfect !
Top Tip - there are TH-cam videos on how to remove the grille on a Z4.
Is it a BMW Part?
Don’t think it’s OEM, off eBay
cool & beautiful
Might of looked better if you’d washed the car, but a funny little video and you came across well 👍
Joel. The old one, silver color was better :)
I like the black ones :)
I bought the black ones, had them on for a few months, put the stock ones back on...think I will put the black ones back on for a bit.
The black ones were reasonable on eBay...no biggie to switch off and on.
I agree silver ones look better especially with the color of his car. Stands out more too. Black is just dull but that's my opinion each of us have our own taste. On mine I love the graphite ones. 😁
Lambo doors? 🤔
Cristian haha 😂
why not just paint it?
Cause that would be permanent and difficult, the replacement grills are cheap too
A coat of wax on them prior to installation would have been a better idea.
you could just paint them....
It’s way easier and cheaper to just replace the grills
lol where do you live ? xD for me is cheeper to paint them :P but they are already black anyway xD
In the UK!
i feel bad for you man :P i bought the same model but 2.0 it feels gooooood ^_^
Haha it’s not too bad here. Where are you from?
Come on man, you could have washed her for your vid yah?
Kurt Kaster I hope you’re joking 😂
@@itsjoel Why would I be joking? Is there something I'm missing, is a dirty car cool? Certainly didn't mean to be rude, I just think most folks would want their car to look its best for a video, a video about trying to make the car look better...
Kurt Kaster i find it very rude. I put lots of effort into creating my videos, and all you can comment is “you could have washed her” I film about 4 videos a week, it’s impossible to keep the car clean for all of them.
@@itsjoel :-(
Clean your car
Graham my car is normally clean, just didn’t have time to clean it before filming this video.
Polish the Headlights with toothbrush. And put on some carnuba wax over the cleaned car :)
Mxgtumgoten I have already tried that, think it must be on the inside! Have a look at my Instagram, I waxed it yesterday 😉
Alex Nduaguibe yeah - I think a lot of the cloudiness is on the inside, that’s why.
toothbrush lol..i used a sanding disc much quicker then clear coat now like new.., use the toothbrush on your teeth