Product review on four new mods

[The_Hulk]

I own a Z4 35i and have had a few new mods done recently.

This is a review on the following%

[ZheHbKa]

sounds nice, pics?

[The_Hulk]

Originally Posted by ZheHbKa

sounds nice, pics?

Just arranging a short video and professional pictures will post once done

[Wraith.]

Thanks for the info.. are these the filters you installed? http://www.cp-e.com/products/bmw-135...-intake-system

[rfx45]

I was actually considering those MGP caliper covers but wasn't sure how it would look. Can't wait to see some pics and thanks for sharing your experiences.

[The_Hulk]

Originally Posted by Wraith.

Thanks for the info.. are these the filters you installed? http://www.cp-e.com/products/bmw-135...-intake-system

That is the one.

Buy it from http://www.burgertuning.com/dcintake_cpe.html
It is cheaper from them.

[The_Hulk]

Originally Posted by rfx45

I was actually considering those MGP caliper covers but wasn't sure how it would look. Can't wait to see some pics and thanks for sharing your experiences.

Anything will look better then stock
The two choices are either plain or with BMW written on them.
I went with black covers with red BMW letters, goes well with alpine white IMO.

[STOOF]

Which BOV did you get with the chargepipe?

[The_Hulk]

Originally Posted by STOOF

Which BOV did you get with the chargepipe?

I didn't, Z4 is too classy for BOV.

[rfx45]

Originally Posted by The_Hulk

Anything will look better then stock
The two choices are either plain or with BMW written on them.
I went with black covers with red BMW letters, goes well with alpine white IMO.

I was also considering getting it painted but this seems like an easier way while also help prevent severe brake dust on my wheels. Did you install it yourself? If so, was it very difficult?

[Jet96]

Do you get any different sounds from the open element air filters or not ?

[Ramjet]

Originally Posted by The_Hulk

I own a Z4 35i and have had a few new mods done recently.


4. Stett performance charge pipe
This part was precautionary as i want to run high boost in the near future and don't fancy having problems, The part is good quality, a little expensive but rather be safe then sorry. No performance change or other changes to report as expected.
When i ordered this from the stett Website, they quoted me $232 for shipping to the UK which i thought was expensive but i paid anyway.
The next day i received an email from David saying the Website have over charged me and they would refund me $156.62, which they did straight away.
I was very impressed by the service but the only downfall was the delivery time. I took 8 weeks and 3 phone calls from order to get this part, this seems excessive and considering 3 parts were ordered on the same day, this took twice the time to arrive. 6/10

I had all the part professionally fitted so i can't tell how easy or hard they are to fit. Sorry

Hope this review helps.

I too have the Stett CP, and had pretty much exactly the same (not good) delivery experience as well as the shipping cost overcharge. When it came time to fit, it didn't. There was an obvious fabrication error and I had to cut it and weld in an extra bend (you could see it was wrong when comparing it with the website photo - mine was too straight). The CP quality wasn't that impressive but the end result (after modification) is very good, and the Forge DV's are great. I have emailed Stett about it a couple of times and had no response.

[The_Hulk]

Originally Posted by rfx45

I was also considering getting it painted but this seems like an easier way while also help prevent severe brake dust on my wheels. Did you install it yourself? If so, was it very difficult?

I had them fitted by a BMW specialist.
I don't know how hard they are to fit, sorry.

[The_Hulk]

Originally Posted by Jet96

Do you get any different sounds from the open element air filters or not ?

You can hear the turbos spool and the sound from the exhaust is better at low speeds. You don't have to accelerate as hard to get a nice rumble.
I have a super sprint exhaust which sounds much better now. The burp between gear changes is much louder and sound more race like.

[The_Hulk]

Originally Posted by Ramjet

I too have the Stett CP, and had pretty much exactly the same (not good) delivery experience as well as the shipping cost overcharge. When it came time to fit, it didn't. There was an obvious fabrication error and I had to cut it and weld in an extra bend (you could see it was wrong when comparing it with the website photo - mine was too straight). The CP quality wasn't that impressive but the end result (after modification) is very good, and the Forge DV's are great. I have emailed Stett about it a couple of times and had no response.

I wasn't told of any problems with fitting but i thought i was the only one with such problems. Can't believe Stett choose to do nothing to improve their customer service experience. Hope this helps others when ordering from this company. Good product but very slow service.