Big Brother and Little Sister

UnicornM · 03-24-2016, 04:23 AM

Are those roundels for the rear badge? I wrapped mine with 3M black gloss. $5

gixxerboy63 · 03-24-2016, 11:57 AM

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Good call.

literally 3 mins on photoshop lol

Looking excellent, my friend!

Cattivo · 03-24-2016, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by X5_MSPORT

Are those roundels for the rear badge? I wrapped mine with 3M black gloss. $5

I bought Gloss Black roundels for the front and rear...I figured I already spent a ton of $ on the truck why stop now lol, might as well go for broke

Cattivo · 03-24-2016, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by gixxerboy63

Looking excellent, my friend!

Thanks brother, just need a few more weeks and hopefully all mods should be installed and I will finally be done!

dpie · 03-24-2016, 05:01 PM

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Looking excellent, my friend!

Thanks brother, just need a few more weeks and hopefully all mods should be installed and I will finally be done!

Famous last words of car modding

Cattivo · 03-24-2016, 06:23 PM

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Famous last words of car modding

It's a sickness we have no control over!...I'm gonna start going to ///M.A. meetings

Cattivo · 03-25-2016, 03:32 PM

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Are those roundels for the rear badge? I wrapped mine with 3M black gloss. $5

Quick question, I've never removed the roundels on an X5...I removed them on all my previous 3 series before, is the hood roundel the same basic setup as a 3 series meaning I can simply pry it off with a credit card? As for the trunk roundel, there are 2 pins on the roundel that slide into place...besides applying masking/painters tape around the roundel for removal, do they come off fairly easy? I would hate to scratch the paint

m5 guy · 03-25-2016, 04:02 PM

It's not too bad to remove them. I would recommend a plastic pry tool. Front is easy enough, but the rear has tape securing it as well. You'll snap your credit card. You could also painters tape around it, then metal pry tool wrapped in micro fiber as well. Go slow.

UnicornM · 03-25-2016, 04:08 PM

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It's not too bad to remove them. I would recommend a plastic pry tool. Front is easy enough, but the rear has tape securing it as well. You'll snap your credit card. You could also painters tape around it, then metal pry tool wrapped in micro fiber as well. Go slow.

This ^

Try a little heat too to soften the tape glue.

Cattivo · 03-26-2016, 05:54 AM

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It's not too bad to remove them. I would recommend a plastic pry tool. Front is easy enough, but the rear has tape securing it as well. You'll snap your credit card. You could also painters tape around it, then metal pry tool wrapped in micro fiber as well. Go slow.

I need to get another plastic/metal trim tool to remove the roundels, I snapped my credit card right in half lol

I put the roundels on hold for the time being, met up with my buddy with my old M3 to try and fix the CF Vorsteiner hood which has now turned matte black

Cattivo · 03-26-2016, 06:34 AM

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Looks great, congrats!
I agree with Kimo def needs a drop, still going with KWs?
Not sure if I'm feeling the red caps yet (they will probably grow on me) I went with black, only if I could find mcb

I assume caps can be painted

I may give these MCB center caps a try

https://www.google.com/search?q=MONT...Xj2J6wIhHcM%3A

boneca · 03-26-2016, 10:47 AM

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Looks great, congrats!
I agree with Kimo def needs a drop, still going with KWs?
Not sure if I'm feeling the red caps yet (they will probably grow on me) I went with black, only if I could find mcb

I assume caps can be painted

I may give these MCB center caps a try

https://www.google.com/search?q=MONT...Xj2J6wIhHcM%3A

awesome find, how much they charging? I'd love to get one set as well! Pls let me know

Cattivo · 03-26-2016, 07:34 PM

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awesome find, how much they charging? I'd love to get one set as well! Pls let me know

Apparently the blue and gold center caps are very rare! I can't seem to find them on any site...I'm going to reach out to BBS to see if they can be special ordered $$$

$$$

I'll let you know when they get back to me

http://www.centercapsdirect.com/BBS-Wheels_c_39.html

Cattivo · 03-27-2016, 06:17 AM

I dropped the 50i's Style 333 wheels off yesterday at Lorenzo's in the Bronx to be re-finished back to OEM...took a few pics of another customers wheels being finished

Cattivo · 03-29-2016, 03:49 PM

Just received the H&R lowering springs, gonna give these a try and see how the ride comfort is compared to stock...if it gets too bouncy or uncomfortable I'll go for a set of kw's

boneca · 03-29-2016, 03:57 PM

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Just received the H&R lowering springs, gonna give these a try and see how the ride comfort is compared to stock...if it gets too bouncy or uncomfortable I'll go for a set of kw's

congrats!

Cattivo · 03-29-2016, 04:59 PM

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Apparently the blue and gold center caps are very rare! I can't seem to find them on any site...I'm going to reach out to BBS to see if they can be special ordered $$$

$$$

I'll let you know when they get back to me

http://www.centercapsdirect.com/BBS-Wheels_c_39.html

I just herd back from Baan Velgen regarding the blue BBS center caps

Cattivo · 03-29-2016, 06:03 PM

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congrats!

boneca · 03-29-2016, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cattivo

Apparently the blue and gold center caps are very rare! I can't seem to find them on any site...I'm going to reach out to BBS to see if they can be special ordered $$$

$$$

I'll let you know when they get back to me

http://www.centercapsdirect.com/BBS-Wheels_c_39.html

I just herd back Baan Velgen regarding the blue BBS center caps

too bad, oh well, we can always custom paint it, IND? l think u have good connections there

m5 guy · 03-30-2016, 02:12 PM

IND does excellent center caps. I had my Velos ones done by them. Monte Carlo blue and white with gloss clear. I'm sure they could figure something out for you guys. Will be $$$ though, so don't pass out. Custom is never cheap lol...

boneca · 03-30-2016, 05:27 PM

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IND does excellent center caps. I had my Velos ones done by them. Monte Carlo blue and white with gloss clear. I'm sure they could figure something out for you guys. Will be $$$ though, so don't pass out. Custom is never cheap lol...

Awesome, good info Kimo, not sure if u can PM us the price u payed, I think I'll be somewhat comfortable at about $200 for the set, I can even send them my caps if needed!

Cattivo · 03-30-2016, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by m5 guy

IND does excellent center caps. I had my Velos ones done by them. Monte Carlo blue and white with gloss clear. I'm sure they could figure something out for you guys. Will be $$$ though, so don't pass out. Custom is never cheap lol...

I really like your center caps, they came out perfect! I'm trying to get a set of blank BBS center caps from BaanVelgen and have them painted either MCB/CF or MCB/Silver from my Indy shop, if that don't work out I'll reach out to IND and see if they can come up with another solution...it's amazing what some of us will do for custom center caps

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m5 guy Brigadier General 1692 Rep 3,200 Posts Drives: 2020 M5 Comp Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Hawaii iTrader: (14)	IND does excellent center caps. I had my Velos ones done by them. Monte Carlo blue and white with gloss clear. I'm sure they could figure something out for you guys. Will be $$$ though, so don't pass out. Custom is never cheap lol... __________________ 2020 F90 M5 Comp Oxford Green Metallic II-Aragon JOURNAL 2016 F10 M5 Space Gray-Black SOLD 2012 E70 X5M Monte Carlo Blue-Silverstone SOLD 2001 E46 M3 Oxford Green Metallic II-Cinnamon SOLD
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