Exactly! Thanks again Dave!!

 

The site is very useful.
Additions to the site to make it more useful would be to have the following Forums under Miscellaneous:

"Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)" written by the members (or DAS), approved by DAS
"Pic Showroom" exclusively for pictures of member's rides
"Driving Tales" for those unique experiences out on the road.
"Wash and Detail" to share detailing ideas.
"Audio and Electronics" to discuss sound systems, etc.
"New Product Reviews" for members to share info on our purchases
"Video Vault" bimmers in action
"Regional Forums" for events/clubs in different parts of the country (world).
"Site Talk" discussion of forum problems, bugs, improvements
"Other Rides" anything other than bmw related

just my 2c

 

If the red reflectors are not desired by some and the black inserts look bad on some colors like white, why not simply pop them out and give them a few coats of matching paint like they should have done at the factory.

 

I think in most cases, the reflectors look better (and are probably cheaper) than a body color insert. The reason people don't mind it on black cars is that you don't really even notice them too much.

If I were to pop white inserts into my white car, I think it would look funny.

On every photo I've seen with the reflectors installed, they look great. I don't think I've seen anyone put them on a black car but maybe they'd look good there too!

Anyone with pics of black and reflectors?

 

I bought Bekker's Euroflectors and thanks to helpful posts, effortlessly removed black inserts ( hook a string under the inside edge and pull towards the outside edge) and snapped in the new red reflectors. Its really cool looking at them last night while following the car. The head lights are awesome too.

 

I like the reflectors on black. They look great!

 

Hey I coined the term Euroflector! I hope BMW changes the rear valance to a solid piece w/o reflectors or inserts. Then The first year cars will look special. IMHO all inserts must be changed out. It's how the car was originally designed to look!

 

Road Fly finally appears to be doing some moderating. Everytime I make a post giving the URL for this forum, the post disappears shortly thereafter. That's happened twice since I moved here.

 

JDN,

I, too, noticed that your posts magically disappeared. When you view a message there, do you still have the "posting form" visible at the bottom of the screen (where you would enter your reply?)

If you still have the form, then they haven't locked you out as they did me.

 

I think they're on "high alert" over there. It won't last long. The circular pattern of "informative posts -> troll posts -> response to troll posts -> personal attacks -> childish and immature posts -> moderator stepping in -> (back to) informative posts" has been going on there for some time.

The mods will drop the high alert status once they feel things have settled down. From there, it'll just escalate again.

It's clear that they're only interested in protecting "the business" where the advertisers are kept happy and the site logs many hits. Why else would you have to click on every single message to read it? Clicks count as hits, that's why.

As soon as someone posts a link or something that would drive traffic away from the site, it's deleted. They have every right to censor the content -- I don't have a problem with that. I do have a problem with the tone of the posters over there.

In addition to the calm and respectful atmosphere here, I can honestly say that the efficiency of the software here allows me to read any and all new posts that I care to see without wasting time trying to figure out what posts are new, who is replying to whom, what was said earlier, etc. (Not to mention the ability to fix all of my silly typos, etc. by editing messages after they've been posted!)

<Can you tell I'm just a little excited about being here?>