what's the first thing you do to your cars?
03-17-2007, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by seans' post='403539' date='Mar 16 2007, 01:06 PM
what's the first thing i should do if i decide to make my car look better?
The first thing I always do is get rid of any chrome on the car. This means removing the kidney grills, and replacing them with painted ones.
Did this on my 545i, and the grills on my 325i are being painted as we speak.
03-17-2007, 11:32 PM
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My Ride: Gone: 2004 525i Jet Black, Built 03/04, Premium Package, Black Dakota Leather, Halogen to Euro Spec Bi-Xenons Retrofit, Dark Poplar Wood Trim, Steptronic Breyton Spirit Reps 20x9F 20x10R - Nitto NT555 245/35/20F-275/30/20R, M5 Front Bumper, H&R Sport Springs, Chrome Grills, 20% Tint, Euro Reflectors, Debadged, Aux Input, CIP v19.x
First thing I did was the red reflectors.
03-18-2007, 09:10 AM
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racing strips 
okay thats funny.... call me ghetto but my old skewl supra has the stripes on.. custom painted... thick...ericd i wish i had a pic.. have to look,, but i put those on in 1990.. before the hype came out..ericd
okay thats funny.... call me ghetto but my old skewl supra has the stripes on.. custom painted... thick...ericd i wish i had a pic.. have to look,, but i put those on in 1990.. before the hype came out..ericd
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My Ride: MY RIDE is DA real .-) HAMANN 5 aka BLACK MAMBA born on 16/06/2005/delivered on 05/08/2005 as following:
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Originally Posted by seans' post='403539' date='Mar 16 2007, 06:06 PM
I bought this 04 525i about six months ago and i haven't done anything at all
(i guess i just loved the car as it was. 5 has always been my dream!)
but then i found this forum and pix of modified cars look really amazing
what's the first thing i should do if i decide to make my car look better?
(i guess i just loved the car as it was. 5 has always been my dream!)
but then i found this forum and pix of modified cars look really amazing
what's the first thing i should do if i decide to make my car look better?
Look modding or tuning must come from your heart and then the only limit is your vallet
1st mod I would get the M5 trunk lid finsher, I had my stock car delivered with that accessory looks cool.
2nd rimz but that costs more than anything else
3rd a nice engine mod if you like a supa-charger
4th lowering
5th then if you want you can add aerodynamics, most popular now is M technik spoilers and then you can add other brands from ACS to HM to others.
if you only wanna have a different car you must think in what way you wanna stand out, do you at all want that?
when you have a reply for that, you are ready to mod.What ever you decide please post it up here &good luck also let us know if you need any more help
03-20-2007, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by xexyus' post='405129' date='Mar 20 2007, 05:37 PM
Get oral in the car.
Get some rims.
Get some springs.
Get some rims.
Get some springs.
damn.... 2out of 3..i need to catch up...ericd
03-21-2007, 04:09 AM
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My Ride: 2004 E60 Black Sapphire, lowered with KW V2 coilovers, 167 M6 rims with 245/35 19 front and 275/30 19 rear,
M-Tech Aero installed, M Tech Gear Knob Short Shift, K&N Filter, Supersprint Exhaust 2x80mm OO, Shadowline
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1, lowering the car with KW V2 Coilovers (+ K&N Filter)
2, put the M-Tech Aero Kit on
3, M6 167 rims 19?
4, Supersprint Exhaust
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1, lowering the car with KW V2 Coilovers (+ K&N Filter)
2, put the M-Tech Aero Kit on
3, M6 167 rims 19?
4, Supersprint Exhaust
Cu
Danny