Another update from this weekend. With the quad tip setup complete I was able to finally wrap my rear bumper and at the same time fix a PDC issue I ran into whilst putting this bumper on the first time. I took a few more pics during the process as I had a little more time this Saturday.

Rear bumpers comes off once again.


While getting some spare PDC senors ready I broke one in half while using a heat gun to help separate it from the PDC holder that came with my MTech rear bumper. Here is a pic in case you want to see how it looks cut in half


I was testing out to place a mesh grill on the rear bumper but decided to opt out as it didn't look nice and also did not match the honeycomb grill I have up front. Will look for the honeycomb grill some other time.


With the rear bumper back on and the PDC issue out of the way I was ready to wrap it. My girlfriend is out of the country so it was much harder to put on the vinyl to get things started. I had to use a very large piece just to keep part of it on the ground to make it easier to put on.


Once I was able to get part of it stuck on the bumper it was smooth sailing.


Progress pic of the left side completed:


Progress pic of the right side completed:


Rear bumper now completed:


In the last picture you might notice my left license plate light is dropping. I realized not to long ago that I broke one of the tabs when working on the trunk weeks ago. Ordered a new pair from John. Also the common problem with this bumper is the center area is not completely straight. Will straighten that out next week. I really wanted to get more work done on the car today but it was so tired. Next week I hope to complete the rear calipers, vinyl wrap door handles and hopefully (fingers crossed) get those NVDs M5 mirrors installed.

 

If you`re taking suggestions, I vote for matte metallic blue.

 

Do you wrap cars as a hobby or for work seems like a really nice finish your getting ?
The rest of the car looks really tough

 

It is just a hobby. This is actually the first time wrapping an entire car for me.

 

Looking pretty sweet.

 

Great work!! I have been pondering painting my calipers white as well. They look great on your car.

 

Thanks!

Thanks! Yeah, the white calipers actually turned out rather nice. I still haven't done my rears. Was going to do it today but won't be able to. They don't stand out as much when the car is at a stand still but once its rolling it looks really cool. Maybe if one has M6 rims or something like the new M5 rims they will really stand out. Once the project is done I hope to get some rolling shots.

 

looking good buddy

 

Very nice. I am actually thinking of wrapping my M5 in matte white just for kicks. That's why I looked at the thread. I saw you were considering doing the mesh in the rear diffuser and didn't like your mesh (I don't like it either) so I thought I'd post a pic of my custom rear mesh that is being installed in my Vorsteiner CF rear diffuser as we speak. We used the OEM mesh from the lower front grille on the M5 and cut it to fit. IMO it came out extremely nice. Our cars really need this.

 

Thanks!

That is awesome. Yeah, I really wanted to get something there and the mesh didn't look right and thought the OEM grille would be much better since it would also match the front. Thanks for posting the pic. Did you guys screw it on or just use zip ties?

BTW, are you going with the OEM M5 rear bumper? The reason I ask is I am looking for an M5 diffuser, but not sure on the fitment since I have an M5tech rear bumper.