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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 01:02 PM
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Thanks a lot. Had the 124's as winter wheels. We had a jack and did it one wheel at a time. Going to take pics of the whole car and post it later.
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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looks good
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by xoeightx' post='816725' date='Mar 14 2009, 12:34 PM
looks good. i need to do this too, but im to lazy
+1.. I need to get somebody to do this for me.. looks great!
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 10:45 PM
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All that work and you didn't even clean out and armor-all your wheel wells!! It's all in the details.

Looks good....I painted mine today, in silver. You should see my wheels wells, too.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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Black is beautiful I hope no one paints them in red from now on...

btw how did you prepare them before painting?
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 03:57 AM
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Get directly M5 brakes, that are already black
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 05:27 AM
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I'm thinking about painting the hub (is that right?) when I do this as well.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 05:45 AM
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Looks great!

Better than Red IMO, if you don't have Brembos

I'm too lazy to do the same, and wonder if dealer would take issue with it when going in for brake service?
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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Did mine yesterday....

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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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Looks good! A lot better than how they look oem lol
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