E53 front bumper skid plate replicas

[Cadesto]

PM sent with PayPal count me In if not too late.. Found my other so easy and sold it.. Been kickin myself ever since.. Lol
Here's my Karma Ricky Bobby
Been forever since I been on here so hello to everyone!

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by Cadesto

PM sent with PayPal count me In if not too late.. Found my other so easy and sold it.. Been kickin myself ever since.. Lol
Here's my Karma Ricky Bobby
Been forever since I been on here so hello to everyone!

Ahhhhh Cadesto you are back in the skid plate bandwagon! Told you never to sell it hahah

Good to see you back here, pm Clockwork with your Paypal address man!

[Clockwork]

UPDATE: So now that I have 10 interested parties who sent me their paypal addresses, I've sent all 10 to Rick (Slimmbones) and I'll be shipping my skid plate to him tomorrow. I just need to find a box to pack it in tonight.
SO keep an eye out for a Paypal invoice.

ALSO, anyone else wishing to buy one (pquast, lovemy03e53...) its not too late still. I can add names to the list anytime now that Rick is actually going to do a production run. BUT no guarantee how long he will offer the mold for, so perhaps buying sooner than later may be smart (assuming you can afford to do so).

[Riggodeaux]

Thanks for your good work on this, Clockwork. I'll look for the paypal request at my email. Hopefully, the ABS will match the stock BMW bumper color - if not, I may have to follow RB's suggestion and get this sprayed to match my Black Sapphire, though I expect primer/spray/clear coat will double the cost.

[Ricky Bobby]

Riggo if you wanted it to blend with the lower black trim you could spray it yourself with Plasti-dip, that would be a perfect match and cost you 10 bucks.

But any body shop should be able to paint this piece color matched if you so choose to do so for 100-150 bucks tops.

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Riggodeaux

Thanks for your good work on this, Clockwork. I'll look for the paypal request at my email. Hopefully, the ABS will match the stock BMW bumper color - if not, I may have to follow RB's suggestion and get this sprayed to match my Black Sapphire, though I expect primer/spray/clear coat will double the cost.

I have to ask, why do you want to spray it the same color as your black saphire? you will not see its beauty if its left black. why not paint it titanium silver? it will look sensational, in my opinion, against the black, assuming you still have titanium silver kidney grilles.

personally, I do not like the idea of leaving it black, but hey, it will be your part to di what you like! give it a month and you can see yourself what the part looks like in a black color.

[Riggodeaux]

If I were going full-bore titanium, like RB, then I'd agree with you, Clockwork. Mine is more monochrome [I believe I have the black mesh grille, see pix of mine in RB's earlier post in this thread]. Given the location, I'm mulling the plasti-coat option instead of having it sprayed black sapphire. I have already received the paypal notice and paid the deposit.

[Riggodeaux]

Now that I look at pix, my grilles may be titanium silver. Funny, I never noticed. Figure I'll eyeball on receipt, then decide whether to plasti-coat, titanium silver, or body match black sapphire. Its nice to have choices

[Ricky Bobby]

Got my invoice from Rick, I'll pay it later tonight, he is a fast worker!

Riggo here is your car with Silver plate:



And here is one color matched, although I can't find a Black owner to color match:




I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I prefer the color matched skid plate on the E53 because it adds a certain visual depth with the painted piece on the bumper, the silver to black (or other body color) might be a harsh contrast. You have Sport package so black window trims, etc, the Black painted plate to color match would look good, and be a subtle visual cue when looking at your X from the front, parked next to another, that yours is different.

However you have plenty of time to mull over the decision

[Riggodeaux]

Thanks for the pix, RB. Mine really does have more of a monochrome appearance than those in the pix, lacking the silver step rails, for example, and the kidney grilles are dark, so I'm leaning plasti-coat or painted black sapphire. We'll see .....