08/28/2001 - Chrome Roll Hoops - By: Robert Leidy
I've always enjoyed the chrome (actually polished stainless steel) roll hoops on my Z3, but the AC Schnitzer price (ouch). For those that cringed at the AC Schnitzer price, MyRoadster.net offers similiar roll hoops at nearly half the price.

06/05/2001 - Side Impact Protection - By: Robert Leidy
Mike Dwyer (unwillingly) put the BMW side impact protection to the test.

06/05/2001 - BMW Roll Hoop Retrofit - By: Richard Carlson
If your BMW Z3 does not have rollhoops it may be possible to retrofit them into your vehicle. BMW has an upgrade kit, but it can only be used on Z3s built on or after 1/97. Specifically 1.9 VIN LB83105 and later; 2.8 VIN LC01377 and later. No earlier production will work and remember some "1997" cars were actually built in 1996.

03/31/2001 - City Lights Project - By: Richard Carlson
Not really daytime running light, more correctly shoulf be called "City Lights". This upgrade lights up your highbeams when your parking lights are turned on. "Rounds out" the light display on the front of the car when the low beams are turned on. And best of all it's an inexpensive upgrade.

01/05/2001 - SmarTire - Tire Monitoring System - By: Robert Leidy

09/05/2000 - Z3 Safety Shell Exhibit - By: Robert Leidy
Pictures Only

03/04/2000 - Rear View Mirror Adapter - By: Shawn Fogg
A very common owner complaint is that the rear view mirror blocks a large portion of your forward vision out to the right side. With this mirror adapter and a GM mirror you can position the mirror so its top edge is hitting the header just to the front of the dome light. This gives you the best forward view possible.

01/04/2000 - Philips Bluevision and Allweather bulbs - By: Brad Husick
I replaced the stock bulbs in my 1999 M Roadster with Philips Bluevision and Allweather bulbs. The entire process took about 15 minutes.

12/17/1999 - AC Schnitzer Roll Hoops - By: Robert Leidy
These roll hoops are designed to replace the stock black BMW roll hoops.

08/20/1999 - PIAA replacement headlight bulbs - By: Robert Leidy
I've always been unhappy with the performance of the headlights in my 98 M roadster. PIAA makes replacement headlight bulbs that are the same wattage but claim to produce brighter, whiter light.

08/04/1999 - BMW Fog Light Kit for the 2.3 Z3 - By: Gene Bricker
When I bought my '99 2.3 from dealer stock there was one option missing that I would've ordered - fog lights. I had considered after market PIAA's. But when BMW came out with a retrofit kit, I ordered a kit right away.

01/03/1999 - Dual-Stage Radar Sensor for the BMW Alarm - By: Russ Caslis
Russ found a way to add a dual-stage sensor to his BMW alarm, thus the car would "chirp" when someone got too close to it, before setting the alarm off.

01/03/1999 - Curious what used airbags look like? - By: Robert Leidy
Hopefully you will never see your Z3 in this condition, but I snapped a few pictures of a Z3 after its airbags had been used.

10/25/1998 - M Roadster Foglights - By: Douglas Campbell (a.k.a. DC)
As we all know, ///M Roadsters do NOT come with factory foglights as either standard or optional equipment. In order to obtain them, we must look to aftermarket suppliers.

07/13/1998 - First Aid Kit - By: Carter Lee
Got an hour to spare? Stick this up your corner...

04/29/1998 - BMW Roll Hoops - By: Robert Leidy
The rollover protection bar upgrade is intended to be retrofitted on Z3s produced from 1/97 on only (1.9 VIN LB83105 and later; 2.8 VIN LC01377 and later)

04/04/1998 - Adding a Motion Sensor to the BMW Alarm - By: Lou Voerman
The BMW alarm lacks a motion sensor which is really needed for convertible (top down) protection. These instructions will tell you how to add a proximity sensor to the stock alarm.

09/20/1997 - HMS Rollbar - By: Robert Leidy
At the '97 Z3 reunion I got to watch a video of Z3's being crash tested. I was very impressed with Z3's ability to protect the driver in an accident in all but one of the tests... the rollover

02/27/1997 - Clifford IQ-800 Car Alarm - By: Robert Leidy
Clifford offers a car alarm designed with convertibles in mind. Everything about this car alarm is top of the line (including the price).

01/31/1997 - Locking Lugnuts - By: Robert Leidy
Cheap insurance policy to protect those expensive BMW wheels