X5M Side Markers Wrapped

[StatenEye]

Hi all,

I made an attempt at wrapping the chrome sidemarkers in gloss black. It was a little tedious but is came out well. I snapped these last night when i finished, ill post more pics in better lighting tonight. Once again this shows we can save $250 with minor time and effort, silly M///tax.

[ChiTownM]

Nice job.

I plastic dipped them and it is holding up better than expected, including the Chicago winters. Same for the kidney grille! I agree, no M tax this way......

[StatenEye]

Originally Posted by ChiTownM

Nice job.

I plastic dipped them and it is holding up better than expected, including the Chicago winters. Same for the kidney grille! I agree, no M tax this way......

The plastic pieces separate from the light. No reason these should be more than $50 for a set of plastic material. $250 is absolutely outrageous. A shop would likely charge no more than $50 to do this perfectly.

[Cattivo]

Originally Posted by StatenEye 535i

The plastic pieces separate from the light. No reason these should be more than $50 for a set of plastic material. $250 is absolutely outrageous. A shop would likely charge no more than $50 to do this perfectly.

Looks good, if remember correctly i remember seeing the cf side markers on IND for $500 or something crazy like that...my indy shop is going to charge me $100 to put them in a water solution machine and make them cf

[JeST]

Looks great StatenEye!

Originally Posted by Cattivo

Looks good, if remember correctly i remember seeing the cf side markers on IND for $500 or something crazy like that...my indy shop is going to charge me $100 to put them in a water solution machine and make them cf

Gabriels? I might follow suit

[UnicornM]

Good job!

[Cattivo]

Originally Posted by JeST

Gabriels? I might follow suit

Yea i went and talked to Frank at Gabriels a few weeks ago and he told me he could do it for around $100

[gixxerboy63]

Originally Posted by Cattivo

Looks good, if remember correctly i remember seeing the cf side markers on IND for $500 or something crazy like that...my indy shop is going to charge me $100 to put them in a water solution machine and make them cf

OOOH! OOOH! (My horshack impression hahaha!)
That is too cool. I want to do that!
Please post pictures of the water solution parts!

Looks great, StatenEye...
I feel extremely lucky, I bought my IND painted grills and side markers (and also BBS wheels/spacers) from a member here who was turning in his leased X5m and he gave me a smoking deal. The pieces were only on his truck for about 1500 miles and were in mint condition... so I was able to avoid the ///M tax!

The down pipes on the other hand are another story... Why are they so stupid expensive?

[Toneaero]

How did you pull the side markers out?

[StatenEye]

Originally Posted by Toneaero

How did you pull the side markers out?

Wiggled them out with force. Was not comfortable. There's no good tutorial out there. I'll try to make a video

[JUSTIN335]

Looks good. Had protective film solutions do mine for $50, but he didn't charge me. Just told me to recommend his shop to others, so here ya go.

[windtendo]

To the OP, looks pretty good! I've considered going with a brushed aluminum wrap to match my wheels and interior trim, but still on the fence...