Mini Makeover

[chickenbackside]

Hi guys.

It's been some time since I did anything to keep my car looking fresh, so I sent it in to Angie's for a mini makeover.

Before I say the things I did to the car, maybe it'd be fun to spot the difference with some before and after photos.


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Guesses anyone?
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[FiftyFive]

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Err... let me see...

Black out window trims, headlight trims, vorsteiner sticker on frt carbonbonnet grills, colour coded panel strips, carbon rear diffuser, CSL bumper, black out kidney grills, stock exhaust... did I miss anything???

Judging from the list... not so mini makeover after all... kekekekeke

 

[chickenbackside]

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Bro, not fair for you to answer lah. I see you almost everyday man!

Anyway, you missed out one little detail: clear front signal lights with black trim!

Oh, and GLOSS black door pillars and rear quarter window pillars, hehe...

 

[chickenbackside]

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Anyway, here a couple more closeup pics:

 

[ninja07]

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hey Adam

nice makeover man, awesome!

Question : where did you get the gloss black door pillars and trims? is it from PML brand new? Or did it come off some Sports Edition.....

Can PM me if you dun wanna picah the lobang....hehe

 

[chickenbackside]

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Vic, no big secret lah.

I simply got them painted at Angie's.

There was one issue though. After the window trim was painted gloss black, there was plenty of creaking. Spent one whole day troubleshooting. Took out the trims, pasted some rubber tape on the mounting points, changed a whole new set of clips (20 of them!)... nothing worked.

At last, went over to BVO and asked David. He passed me some gel spray and told me to spray it onto the parts of the door seals that come into contact with the window trimming and polish the trimming real good.

Did just that, and VOILA! All creaking sounds just disappeared! Expert joo si expert.

Anyway, he says this is very common with painted window trimmings. So to those who are thinking about doing this, don't panic when this happens.

 

[xkrim3]

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swee. the front is kickass sinister.

 

[chickenbackside]

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I thought it looks more happy, with the big smiling mouth and all. No?

Maybe I'm weird.

 

[ninja07]

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I see, so you went the spray painted route with all the chrome trims sanded down lah.....

interesting that this layer of gel could solve the problem....presumably it could work as an added protective layer as well as I heard that painted trims are prone to chipping?

What about the kidneys? also spray painted?

looks like a really good job done, the trims look like the real stuff!

Congrats!

 

[TripleM]

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Good stuff Adam
At the rate you are modding your car, there wont be much things left to do.
U r now officially a member of OLL's CF Whore Club.

 

[chickenbackside]

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All spray painted.

You cannot buy gloss black trims as there is no such thing. Original parts are all matte.

Thanks Vic!

 

[chickenbackside]

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Jack, I still far from it man.

The day I CF my phone is the day I stand on the same podium as Daniel...

 

[ninja07]

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You cannot buy gloss black trims as there is no such thing. Original parts are all matte.

Bro, have lei...have seen gloss black window trims and door pillars on Sports Editions.

Emiffy posted this sometime back with part nos :

http://www.bmw-sg.com/forums/exterior-section/10153-fixed-chrome-window-trim.html

costs a lot though!

So maybe spray painting definately an option.

 

[chickenbackside]

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That'S mean I kena bluff. Ah well, wouldn't have bought them anyway. Much more cost effective to just paint them.

 

[xkrim3]

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nope. it has race me written all over. same word - swee.

I thought it looks more happy, with the big smiling mouth and all. No?

 

[chickenbackside]

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Really? Hmm, that's not really the message I wanna put across.

How're the new brakes man?

 

[xkrim3]

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not bedded in yet. and i am jetting off for a long trip, again. sian..

 

[eddie]

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wah, CBS....

swee swee

car looks super aggresive

 

[hetraa]

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is yr koni fsd height adjustable?

 

[chickenbackside]

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Thanks eddie. Yours also what...

Xavier, FSD's are just shocks. Not adjustable. I don't think I can live with the ride quality of anything that's adjustable, unfortunately.