Performance or Appearance
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From: Clearwater, Fl
My Ride: 2004 BMW 530i
Having a tight budget means my options aren't at the plenty. So I've decided to either aim to enhance performance or appearance or a little bit of both.
Performance:
1. Sprint Booster
2. Air filter
3. Exhaust
Appearance:
1. M-tech kit or ACS lip
2. Smoked taillights
3. Mirrors
4. Wheels
Right now I'm planning on tinting, getting a umnitza front bumper, smoked taillights and possible air filer. In your opinion what do you think is the best road to take. This is obviously a big investment so I wanna make the right choices.
Thanks for the help
Performance:
1. Sprint Booster
2. Air filter
3. Exhaust
Appearance:
1. M-tech kit or ACS lip
2. Smoked taillights
3. Mirrors
4. Wheels
Right now I'm planning on tinting, getting a umnitza front bumper, smoked taillights and possible air filer. In your opinion what do you think is the best road to take. This is obviously a big investment so I wanna make the right choices.
Thanks for the help
Originally Posted by mbp727' post='956118' date='Jul 27 2009, 09:45 PM
Having a tight budget means my options aren't at the plenty. So I've decided to either aim to enhance performance or appearance or a little bit of both.
Performance:
1. Sprint Booster
2. Air filter
3. Exhaust
Appearance:
1. M-tech kit or ACS lip
2. Smoked taillights
3. Mirrors
4. Wheels
Right now I'm planning on tinting, getting a umnitza front bumper, smoked taillights and possible air filer. In your opinion what do you think is the best road to take. This is obviously a big investment so I wanna make the right choices.
Thanks for the help
Performance:
1. Sprint Booster
2. Air filter
3. Exhaust
Appearance:
1. M-tech kit or ACS lip
2. Smoked taillights
3. Mirrors
4. Wheels
Right now I'm planning on tinting, getting a umnitza front bumper, smoked taillights and possible air filer. In your opinion what do you think is the best road to take. This is obviously a big investment so I wanna make the right choices.
Thanks for the help

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Hate to say it, but appearance for you....Being as young as you are, you don't need performance parts!!! Probably not what you want to hear....
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My Ride: 04 525i, 04 Dinan M3
Your car already looks great stock, love that color. Your on sport suspension so no need to lower. If you were looking to do wheels on a budget, you could powdercoat each wheel. You could also tint the car, have the euro stickers, HID fogs, new grilles if you don't like chrome, new badges after you get bored with stock ones, spoiler. Lots of things you could do, also maybe hid fogs.
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From: Clearwater, Fl
My Ride: 2004 BMW 530i
Originally Posted by tex_phil' post='956152' date='Jul 27 2009, 11:11 PM
Your car already looks great stock, love that color. Your on sport suspension so no need to lower. If you were looking to do wheels on a budget, you could powdercoat each wheel. You could also tint the car, have the euro stickers, HID fogs, new grilles if you don't like chrome, new badges after you get bored with stock ones, spoiler. Lots of things you could do, also maybe hid fogs.
very good ideas! If anything I might go dark with everything. grilles, badging, windows wheels
How do you think that'll look?


