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      06-18-2015, 05:09 AM   #89
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We already have a 15.5 inch 4 piston fixed caliper Brembo BBK up front, no need to upgrade. I might however upgrade the rears to 4 pistons but it would be totally unnecessary performance-wise.. it just that the rear brakes are so damn ugly.

The 6 piston upgraded Brembo BBK available for our car are on slightly larger (in diameter but thinner) drilled rotors. That being said, I cant see it being much of an upgrade over the 4 piston Brembos that come on the car unless you are doing extensive tracking and even then, i don't think it's worth the price of admission at $5k.

$600 is crazy lol. You're going to be astonished with how easy and nice the paint comes out

Hers a link to the stickers i purchase
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I should of been more clear about the BBK, i just want to upgrade the rear brakes
just as you mentioned they're undersized and don't look right to me compared to the massive front calipers. I have no plans on tracking the truck but i may bring it down to Englishtown NJ(Raceway Park) to see what she can do. I'll re-order the new stickers from that site, i'm not paying $40 for stickers again lol...thanks brother
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      06-18-2015, 08:18 AM   #90
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I should of been more clear about the BBK, i just want to upgrade the rear brakes
just as you mentioned they're undersized and don't look right to me compared to the massive front calipers. I have no plans on tracking the truck but i may bring it down to Englishtown NJ(Raceway Park) to see what she can do. I'll re-order the new stickers from that site, i'm not paying $40 for stickers again lol...thanks brother
These look nice with the Brembo sticker.
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      06-18-2015, 09:23 AM   #91
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Those do look nice, but i think i'm leaning towards MCB or Porsche Adriatic Blue
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These look nice with the Brembo sticker.
http://www.xbimmers.com/forums/attac...1&d=1434633570
Love that color! Is that what you are putting on your truck?
Been thinking of doing a color on mine as well... already have the M decals on.
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      06-19-2015, 05:23 PM   #93
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These look nice with the Brembo sticker.
http://www.xbimmers.com/forums/attac...1&d=1434633570
Love that color! Is that what you are putting on your truck?
Been thinking of doing a color on mine as well... already have the M decals on.
I'm going to repaint the calipers and go with the Brembo decal. I havent decided on a color yet. Not sure what would match Silverstone well other than blue lol.
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      06-20-2015, 09:31 AM   #94
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LUX H8 160's

I installed the LUX H8 160's yesterday, I have to admit they are pretty bright and when looking at them from the side the outer ring brightness doesn't totally disappear like the LUX V4's and V5's i had previously. I took some daytime and nighttime pics from different angles. Later today i'll take some pics to compare my 50i with the LUX V5's(set at 5700k) and the 160's side by side. For those of you with the V5's, i wouldn't pay to upgrade to the 160's, the 160's are just a little bit brighter
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For those of you with big hands like me, it's a real pain in the ass to install them in the M...for some reason it was a lot harder compared to installing them in the 50i
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      06-20-2015, 09:32 AM   #96
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This was as head on as i could get with my iPhone at nighttime so it didn't look like a blob of light
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Here is a side by side comparison of the LUX H8 160'(X5M) and the LUX H8 V5's set at 5700k(50i)
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As you can see, there's really not that much of a difference between both headlights. I think the V5's make the inner ring a lot brighter than the 160's...the camera really doesn't capture the true brightness as it does in person
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I went to my indy shop today and Finally got rid of the stock(filthy) exhaust...cost me $100 to remove the exhaust and have the new straight pipes welded on. A new diffuser is also on my to do list
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Now I it will finally sound like a V8
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I had them push the exhaust out an additional inch to compensate for my future Vorsteiner CF diffuser
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I am very happy with the look and sound so far...Next mod will be down pipes to really wake up the exhaust...I was quoted $250 to have them installed
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Awesome pictures of the new lights, what a difference
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