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| 01-01-2023, 07:38 AM | #1 |
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What updates or upgrades will you do to your Zed in 2023?
Following on from folks with their recent mods..what are you planning to do, or thinking of, and maybe why to your Zed in 2023..
Here's my mod list to date and my 2023 action plan..enjoy https://www.dropbox.com/s/8h1vabklgz...0List.pdf?dl=0
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| 01-01-2023, 03:35 PM | #2 |
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im not planning any big mods...
but im planning on freshening up my rear suspension... and upgrading it a bit... like upgrading that big trailing arm to body bushing to balljoint and lower wishbone to trailing arm can be upgraded to balljoint aswell... If you have any suggestions on what to upgrade and mod in the rear suspension then im all ears... New set of Michelins for summer is also definately going to happen in the spring... Other than that just going to enjoy the car....
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| 01-01-2023, 04:17 PM | #3 | |
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There doesn’t appear to be much that can be done to the rear end apart from fresh bushes and the odd uprated M version. I’m fitting adjustable rear toe plates at the same time to get the toe in and rear camber perfect.. I’d recommend the Sports Conti 7 FWIW…edges out the MP4S in almost all respects..
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| 01-01-2023, 04:36 PM | #4 |
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I'm going to get the silver part of the roll hoops wrapped with the body color (Atacama Yellow) if they can get wrap to match.
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 .im sure there are better , newer design tires out there now than PS4S... PS4S is now getting to be a 6 years old design (PS4S became available for purchase in march 2017) Personally i have had bad experience with Continental tires on one of my previous cars so im kind of hesitant to switch to that brand again. On Powerflex poly bushes... i have been thinking about just polybushing the whole rear suspension... not the track ones but the street series that was coloured black. EDIT: I meant purple not black!!
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| 01-02-2023, 04:44 PM | #6 | |
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They have a demo test rig with various colour powerflex bushes to see the various effects..the black is so tough that NVH is a serious problem…they say..to emphasise this one if their customers with an M4 came in complaining about NVH having just had powerflex bushes fitted.. I’ve used Conti 3, 5, 5S and now 7 with good results on E89s… As you say the MP4S is long in the tooth design wise..I’m sure Michelin will respond…the GY Asy 6 is getting very good reviews pushing the MP4S into third place..
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| 01-02-2023, 05:22 PM | #7 |
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I seem to have mixed up my powerflex colours.. just checked... i meant the purple road series not the black track series...
 i did not check their website before and wrote as i remembered and for some reason i remembered black being the road series and purple as track series... I think black is probably going to ruin the car in terms of comfort and noise... Purple road series is the way to go...
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2009 35i DCT Havana brown with ivory white interior. Mods: Cobb stage 1+FMIC, Wagner EVO1 FMIC, BMS DCI, KW V3 suspension, M3 front control arms, Hardrace RTAB, Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires.
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I’m glad we concur😂
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