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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Anzafin
This is off topic (sorry Ronald)...

When I was getting my mtech body kit painted years ago, they found out at the paint shop, that there are several (4 or 5) different "sub colors" for the sapphire black (code 475). They were named something like 475_1, 475_2 etc...
We compared those to the original paint of my car and the differences were very small however.

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yep, they're called variances, and every paint color for every manufacturer has them. a good painter will be able to match the variance that's on your car.

those metallic flakes you see in paint are made of pulverized aluminum.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by KOC
Stock interior trim....also wrapped peeling steering wheel trim.


Attachment 134999
how difficult is it to get those side trims off of the wheel?
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 05:28 PM
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Looking good Ronald.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 06:47 PM
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thanks dk seeing your interior in person pushed me to get the cohones to try this on my own
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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Great job so far. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 05:47 AM
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Looks great Ron. Keep up updated. Hey, can you tell me where you purchased that new controller. I saw one on a m5 here in houston awhile ago.
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by boots
Looks great Ron. Keep up updated. Hey, can you tell me where you purchased that new controller. I saw one on a m5 here in houston awhile ago.
Thanks bro, I got the controller on steal from ebay LOL happy hunting if worse comes to worse you can always order one from bmw but be sure u get the right bezel do some research for part numbers.
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 06:58 AM
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Todays garage project

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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 07:00 AM
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Waiting for results already !

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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 07:48 AM
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Lol I know antti things have been so busy at work I'm only limited to saturdays to work on my little project but i will try to get a lot done today
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