What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[tmv]

Tomorrow: new exhaust tips

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by tmv

Tomorrow: new exhaust tips

Did you end up with regular chrome or black chrome? looking forward to seeing pics installed (even though I have the same ones lol)

[DTMdan]

Originally Posted by dkl

Adding spacers for some reason made those 285s look much more narrower

They always look narrow in pics

[tmv]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Did you end up with regular chrome or black chrome? looking forward to seeing pics installed (even though I have the same ones lol)

Chrome tips, Ricky.

[DTMdan]

Have you guys ever heard a 4.4 exhaust on a 3.0?

My Ractive tips are rusting and I'm debating whether to paint the tips (black) or just buy a 4.4 exhaust from my friend's junkyard.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by DTMdan

Have you guys ever heard a 4.4 exhaust on a 3.0?

My Ractive tips are rusting and I'm debating whether to paint the tips (black) or just buy a 4.4 exhaust from my friend's junkyard.

how much is said exhaust from junkyard Dan? You would probably be the first, most just put on 4.6is mufflers/tips on from what I've seen.

If you're looking for sound why not just replace the mufflers completely?

You could also do a high heat ceramic type coating on those tips (Jethot comes to mind) and maybe it would be alright?

[DTMdan]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

how much is said exhaust from junkyard Dan? You would probably be the first, most just put on 4.6is mufflers/tips on from what I've seen.

If you're looking for sound why not just replace the mufflers completely?

You could also do a high heat ceramic type coating on those tips (Jethot comes to mind) and maybe it would be alright?

$100... partly because of the sound and partly because of the look. I like the Ractives but they also stick out a tiny bit more than I'd like them to.

[TwinTurboGTR]

Phewwww!!! 3 days of work on this thing. So, lets go down the line and list what was done.

Exterior:
Wheels Prepped and cleaned with Sonax Full FX and Adams APC
Body washed and dried
Paint prepped with Aquartz Iron Cut. Lots of Contaminantes on the paint.
Rinsed then Clayed
Swirls were everywhere. So I used Mezerna SI for correction.
Then hit it with Mezerna SF to blend everything in.
Applied Aquartz Titanium
Then 6 coats of GlanzWax
Wheels pulled and sprayed with Wolfs Decon Gel
Old adhesive from wheel weights removed with 3m Adhesive remover.
Clayed all wheels
2 coats of wax on each wheel
Wheel wells cleaned with Adams APC and dressed with Adams Undercarriage Spray

Interior:
Vacummed and rubber mats washed with Adams APC
Leather cleaned with Z1 Deep Plastic Cleaner
Applied Zymol Conditioner to Leather.

I am thoroughly tired! haha. But I think it came out great. First time I used my Porter DA on it and my shoulder doesn't hurt. So the results were great and hitting the paint with the light, all swirls are GONE! Reading Phil's page (Detailersdomain) He found out if you used the glanzwax on Metallic paint, it makes the metal flakes pop. Using it in multiple coats, gives the paint this killer WET look and I agree. After the 6th coat though, I noticed it didn't look any different than after the fifth, so I stopped. Hope you guys like.

Enjoy the pics.

[Fretish]

Just had the 168's powder coated black, after having her 8 days I like the improvement! Certainly not as clean as the one in the pics above her but looking ready for summer!

[ukrcan]

Originally Posted by dkl

Adding spacers for some reason made those 285s look much more narrower

I know, at first i thought the same... but i don't think so anymore... anyways... i really want to get myself a set of 214 which will be a lot wider in the back...