before - after

[pnoyako85]

sweet ride

[RAZ666]

Looking good mate!

Where did you get the bonnet bra from?

[powers1]

Hi Helmuth ,
You turned a "soft" looking X5 ,into an agressive and meaninful one
Right,this is what I think:-

LIKES
1.The front end ,looks very agressive!Those Depos looking OE good and updating the car!Definitely the best headlight mod at the moment for the E53 phase1.
The bonnet bra also looks good and goes well with black grill ,as well as being practical.
The skidplate also adds to the look.
2.I like what you done with the wheels!By spraying them black,you have made the wheels look optically bigger than 17"(not sure about the red lip)
3.The fender flares look awesome(really good value mod
4.I like the 4.6/4.8is rear spolier..Thats the GRP one you got from those Latvia guys,right?
DISLIKES(hardly anything )
1.The tail lights look nice ,just not OE nice
2.The tailpipes are a bit twisted ,must have been when you had them welded to the OE mufflers.I would also spray black ,the inside of the tailpipes to make them look more realistic,instead of looking fake,now!

Looking great,Helmuth..Congrats

[tmv]

Originally Posted by powers1

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2.I like what you done with the wheels!By spraying them black,you have made the wheels look optically bigger than 17"(not sure about the red lip)
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Those are 18" Style 58. Yes they are larger than 17" either way

[mrbmwx5]

Originally Posted by cfmistry

Looks great! Also very original ideas! I like the steering wheel center-line, is that just tape?

Cyrus

Look like an ///M sticker.

[Helmuth]

Thank you everybody for the kind replies. Like to read possible improvements to - of course.

@X5X - yes LED numberplate lights will be the next thing to install

@M.B.W. - the smoked rear lights and the front ones are from a German company (www.ad-tuning.de) - it seems they do not have them any more. But they are still perfect, also after 2 years.

@GOFAST GUY - as already stated the Diesel exhaust tips are hidden under the bumper, the ones I have are fakes just for optical reasons.

@cfmistry - the steering wheel center is just a tape - fast mod, looks great. When asked I am always stating: it helps not to loose the car when drifting :-)

@RAZ666 - bonnet bra is from getBMWparts.com

@Mr. powers1 my friend - thank you for looking so detailled. Very interesting. The tail pipes are already black inside but you are right. Looking close shows that they are fake. I do not really have an idea what I can do to improve that. Maybe not to shoot pictures when the sun is shining into the tips :-)

@mrbmwx5 - there are no ///M stickers on the car since it unfortunately is no ///M one :-)

Thanks everybody!

[powers1]

Originally Posted by tmv

Those are 18" Style 58. Yes they are larger than 17" either way

They also looked like the 18" OE wheels to me,but I was in doubt ,since Helmuth posted before and after pics!!I even looked closely ,but in black ,difficult to tell,really
But important thing is he got the "bigger " effect

[powers1]

Originally Posted by Helmuth

@Mr. powers1 my friend - thank you for looking so detailled. Very interesting. The tail pipes are already black inside but you are right. Looking close shows that they are fake. I do not really have an idea what I can do to improve that. Maybe not to shoot pictures when the sun is shining into the tips :-)

It all looks fine my friend,congrats on the nice mods

[PersonaNonGrata]

Great job! You have black and silver theme going and you can look to the 4.6is owned by member "simonpcw" (?) who did some nice black accent mods. Search and maybe find some other ideas.

[tmv]

^Here

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ere-we-go.html