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Okay... I'm ready again! (new pics)
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Hi all,
After months of frustrations with the drama I had with the Umnitza's headlights, I've finally managed to get hold of a new set of headlights from other places that I'm quite happy with. So now I'm ready to move forward with my plan to give a fresh look to my 4.6iS, which I bought 6 months ago (after selling my X3 and moved back to my home town)! Below is the "preview" of what it's going to be like from Photoshop. Let me know what you guys think. A little too much? Too ricey? Attachment 31537 And here's the original... I'll leave to your sharp eyes to pick out what are being done to it ;-) Attachment 31538 |
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black handles, grill, fog housing & badge clear corners I'm feelin' everything but the wheels, maybe a drop too...:thumbup: ;) |
Looks great (or will) i'm not generally a fan of darker wheels but i have to say with all those subtle but effective mods and that colour car they look awsome imo.:thumbup:
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Wow very creative I love it. You probably could swap the door handles with an '01 non-sport owner or 02-03 non-premium owner.
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Looks great imo...not ricey at all. I suggest an under-ride guard (if you can find one) and the master black-out roundel set from EAS. Great theme :thumbup:
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Its gonna look awesome! :thumbup:
Love the dark gray touches. ;) |
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Go with the Photoshop one.:thumbup:
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:thumbup: Nice n unique |
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Thanks guys.
TamMbALoLoNg got about half of them. The rest are 25mm rear and 15 front spacers, H&R lowering kit (which I tried to show from photoshop as well ;-), as well as body color lower grill and all roundels. I was NEVER a fan of Black wheels too. My original idea was to keep them in silver and body-color the roof rail. But since I need to fill and re-spray one of the wheels anyway due to a pretty bad scratch last week, I gave it a try in photoshop to what's it's like in black, and I was quite pleased with the result. Hopefully it will turn out as nice. The question now is whether it should be in Glossy or Matt black (I'm skewed to Matt at the moment). The front is pretty much done now except I need to redo the kidney grill (matt black the frames only and keeping the original titan stripes). Then will be going into the workshop this coming week to do the lowering, spacers and wheel paint job!!! Will post some pic once it's done ;-) |
Don't paint the wheels black ... Ferric Grey would look better (sometimes called Gun Metal)
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I think it looks awsome, I like the black door handles and the dividers in the front bumper, go for it
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i like it except the door handles. reminds me of the early 3.0 with the cheap black plastic door handles on it
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Nazz4 - yeh, I feel exactly the same. So I might skip the handles and since they are not easy to be taken out anyway. |
Teaser Pics
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Just got the car back and I'm so happy with the result! Still need to find a way to do the badges and get the car cleaned up. So here are some teasers first :-p
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Wow that's coming together nice man. Good quality pics as well. Those are stock calipers painted red, right and you settled for matt on the rims ??
You have more than convinced me to run with 25mm spacers on the rear. Do you have many other X5's in Hong Kong to compare with? |
That's going to be one hot X5!! Can't wait to see the finished product. :popcorn:
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looks good...even the time attack line on the rims.you might get tired of it though
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That came out very nice! .. cant wait to see complete pics :thumbup:
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She is looking really good man!!
Where did you end up getting your headlights.....you must share after the Umniiiiiiitza Drama! GREAT JOB Simon! Rich:thumbup: |
Simon is in Hong Kong ... it would be very easy for him to get the headlights ... He is inside the source!
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cant wait to see the final pics... :popcorn: |
Thanks guys!
X Foomph - yep, stock calipers painted red, and I went for matt-black which goes really well together with the rest of the black on the car. And yep, thanks to twinspoppa's advice, 25mm/rear and 15mm/front spacers are just perfect for my set up. There are quite a few X5 around here, but almost all of them are stock. weasel56 - Thanks man. I've just put on the body-color-stickers from Bimmian, it looks ok but the effect is not as good as it was on my X3. I might give those B&W a try once I got all the rest stuff done. They are pretty easy get here and not too costly. jst2878 - "time attack line" - you mean the silver border around the rims? Essam & rich & jay - these headlights are exact the same as the one Umnitza was SUPPOSE to use for their P53: DEPO, LHD/RHD adjustable, leveling motor, AE (not CCFL). And ironically after months of drama and around the globe, I finally got them thru a really nice guy right here locally. Took only a couple of days and paid COD, and I converted the low beam to HID. (let me know if anyone wants but have problem getting these lights). |
looks great man.. love the silver border around the wheels. my FAVORITE touch. I wonder if i can do that with mine... lemans blue border... lol.. anyone going to throw stones at me for that suggestion??
LOVE THE MODS though.. great subtle touch -i'd stay away from the black handles.. |
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But just like Richirich said in another post. Its not just one mod but the sum of your mods that really make your X. I don't do mods just to "have" the mod - it should fit/compliment the other mods. I can't wait to see the finished product. The colored wheel arches/flares/trim also look nice. :thumbup: |
rastaFarai - yep, my favorite is the silver border as well. But for your lemans blue, here's some idea for you :nanana:
TwinsPoppa - thank you man, the sizes for the spacers are just perfect. Do you know why the border is called "time attack line"? I agree, it's all about how all the mods come together. The thing I was concern about the most was if I went to much, but so far it looks just about right with all the little tweaks! Got all the roundels done and installed the aluminum pedals. But still debating about the black handles, will play with some new ideas during this easter holidays. Happy Easter to all!!! |
looks great....
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Freakin' nice!!! Did you have all of your black trim painted glossy or do you have some type of treatment on the stock plastic??
I think I am going to have to do the fog light trim rings - I think that will go well with my black and white theme... |
simon!! its lookin good man! glad you FINALLY got the Umnitza issue dealt with. can't wait to see more pictures..
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It looks fantastic Simon! The silver line left around the rim of the wheels is a very clever trick to simulate a multi-piece wheel. I first saw it done on a Porsche GT3 and thought it was a very cool trick.
Overall, a very nice result. We anticipate some great photos soon. |
Thanks guys... here you go....
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Nope, didn't paint any of the black trim. But they are cleaned on daily basis ;-)
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Looks VERY nice!!! Way to go! Love the wheels! Stunner! :popcorn:
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