BMW Z8 Replica Kit Using a BMW Z4 Roadster as a Base

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We don’t know how this BMW Z8 replica might look in person, but it could have fooled us in these pictures. Created by a company named “Car Kit” in Alabama, the BMW Z8 replica pack is based on the current BMW Z4 and it consists of a 5-piece fiberglass bodykit that includes front-clip, rear-clip, trunk lid, outer door panels and the hood along with front and rear lights. The bodykit costs $5,995 or €3,840 while the front and rear light lenses without projectors or bulbs, $1,000 or €640 ($125 a piece).

The company says that you can own a completed BMW Z8 Replica for around $14,000 which includes $6,000 for a salvageable BMW Z4 donor car, plus $7,000 for the bodykit and lights, $500 for paint material and $500 for miscellaneous things. It goes without saying that this price is if you do all the work yourself. We must add though that, letting aside the fragile nature of convertibles/roadsters when it comes to accidents, a salvageable BMW Z4 Roadster costing around $6k will most probably need a lot more than body work. -Continued

But just for the sake of conversation, let’s say you found a salvageable BMW Z4 Roadster; would you restore it to its original condition or would you go and create a BMW Z8 Replica?

If you’re interested in the BMW Z8 Replica kit, you can contact CAR KIT INC. (10735 US HIGHWAY 431, ALBERTVILLE AL 35950-0142) at 256-891-2030.










6 comments

  1. Anonymous // June 22, 2008  

    Why didn't BMW designers think of that?

  2. Anonymous // June 22, 2008  

    So... uh... what's it called? Z8/2

  3. Anonymous // June 23, 2008  

    While this replica is proportionally correct, I think it makes far more sense to base this on a Z3 rather than a Z4.

  4. sngd // June 23, 2008  

    I'm a Anti-replicas kinda guy, but let me tell you that it does look great.

    It would have fooled me.

    Regarding the purchase... erhm.. I don't know. Probablly not.

  5. Anonymous // June 23, 2008  

    Whoa! Is this a replica convention of some sort?

    Notice the hideously awful Carrera GT and Ferrari 275 clones in the background.

  6. Anonymous // July 04, 2008  

    Note the lack of trunk in the rear, and the fact that it doesn't come with any of the exterior trim at all. The kit would cost WAY more than $14,000 by the time you're done with it and it doesn't look identical. There's no little hump in front of the headlights and the car uses the stock Z4 interior.
    As for the "Ferrari 275 clone" I'm thinking you're talking about the Murcielago (Lamborghini)..

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