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Old 04-25-2010, 09:22 PM
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Loooks great, nice and clean. Paint silver mesh in the bumper and get M-sport roof rails.
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Old 04-25-2010, 09:58 PM
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Loooks great, nice and clean. Paint silver mesh in the bumper and get M-sport roof rails.
I actually like the stock roof rails over the M rails. I want this thing to look like a truck. Not really a fan of the M rails.
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Old 04-29-2010, 12:03 PM
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I actually like the stock roof rails over the M rails. I want this thing to look like a truck. Not really a fan of the M rails.
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Old 04-30-2010, 10:28 PM
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Old 04-25-2010, 09:42 PM
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Looks good, but there is a TON of wheel gap. I read you went back to stock springs, but are the tires lower profile than recommended or something? Looks like more gap that stock for some reason.
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Looks good, but there is a TON of wheel gap. I read you went back to stock springs, but are the tires lower profile than recommended or something? Looks like more gap that stock for some reason.
Nope, that's stock with the Sport button on. Might be the angle from the pictures. These are the exact tires that came with the wheels too.

Trust me, I love the lowered look and have lowered ALL my BMW's over the years, but I did it with the X and the ride quality was TERRIBLE. I felt every little bump on the road and anything decent caused the worst sounding "thud". My wife wanted to kill me, especially when I tried to deny that I did anything to it. LOL! If I was single, I would have sacrificed the look for the feel, but being that this is the family car, I lost that battle immediately. The M5 on the other hand, she has no say with that car. I think the first mod I did on the M was to lower it.
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Old 04-25-2010, 09:51 PM
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Nope, that's stock with the Sport button on. Might be the angle from the pictures. These are the exact tires that came with the wheels too.

Trust me, I love the lowered look and have lowered ALL my BMW's over the years, but I did it with the X and the ride quality was TERRIBLE. I felt every little bump on the road and anything decent caused the worst sounding "thud". My wife wanted to kill me, especially when I tried to deny that I did anything to it. LOL! If I was single, I would have sacrificed the look for the feel, but being that this is the family car, I lost that battle immediately. The M5 on the other hand, she has no say with that car. I think the first mod I did on the M was to lower it.
Got ya. It looks good regardless. I like the part about denying any mods.

Maybe it is the black wheels that are fooling my eyes as well.
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Old 04-25-2010, 10:01 PM
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Maybe it is the black wheels that are fooling my eyes as well.
I think so too. That's one of the reasons I lowered it immediately. Oh well.

However, we do take this truck upstate and the road to our house is awful. I need the clearance, so lowering it isn't probably the best thing.
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"Painted High Gloss Black Roundel Circumference on Hood and Trunk Roundels (No more chrome on the Roundels)"

how?

"Powdercoated High Gloss Black OEM 20" 214 Wheels"

did you ever consider matte or satin (semi gloss) for the powdercoat?
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Old 04-26-2010, 01:26 AM
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Awesome modding C! I would be very interested in a video of the back up rear LEDs in operating mode. You have a very sweet ride

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