**PIX OF MY NEW MODS**

[FSETH]

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.

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by Naz24

to tell you the truth, i like the silver mesh grill, the little bit of contrast looks great

Thinking that as well. I'll do the Running Boards first and see how those look before I decide on the mesh grills. I agree that some contrast is good, which is why I didn't tint the red portion of the rear tails and didn't tint the headlights.

The funny part is, this is my wife's car and she pretty much always gets stares when she walks out of the truck, as I think most guys (especially those that are car buffs) can't believe a woman is driving it. It's even better when she pull's our daughter out from the back and they realize it's the "family car". Hahahaha!

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by FSETH

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.

[FSETH]

Originally Posted by C's Bimmer

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.

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by Sedoy

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.

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by FSETH

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.

[MPowerFarmer]

"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?

[Daripper]

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

- DaRip

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by MPowerFarmer

"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?

Not sure how he does it (my bodyshop guy, that is), but it's awesome. The front Roundel is easy to remove. I assume he just tapes the center portion and paints the outside, chrome portion. As for the rear roundel, that looks like it's much more of a pain to remove compared to most of the sedan roundels, since it's so big. However, I do know that he removed that one as well. It's pretty sweet looking.

I did consider Matte and Semi, but I liked the looked of High Gloss. When the wheels/car is clean, it comes together really nice. If I went with Semi or Matte, I would have had to do other pieces in a similar finish to complete the look.

I had Section 3 (Cans and Tips) on my M5 powdercoated a matte black. Looks great for the exhaust, but too dull for the wheels.

[C's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by Daripper

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

- DaRip

Thanks! Yeah, need to shoot a clip of it. Will do that soon.