Bagged X5 (X5m conversion)

[UnicornM]

[UnicornM]

[Cattivo]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

Wow that's low! looks insane

[DisGuy]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

10.5x22
12x22

Now for sale (no tyres!)

how much are you asking for the wheels?

[UnicornM]

Originally Posted by DisGuy

how much are you asking for the wheels?

Without tyres $3000 plus shipping.

[DisGuy]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

Without tyres $3000 plus shipping.

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What are the specs? Do I need to do any trimming? I'm lowered on kw's at full drop on my x5m

[UnicornM]

Originally Posted by DisGuy

What are the specs? Do I need to do any trimming? I'm lowered on kw's at full drop on my x5m

Got a pic of how low your sat? I trimmed quite a bit but now I'm bagged I had to do alot more!

Off the top of my head Front 22x10.5 ET35 (but now I am on ET15 with 20mm spacers) Rear 22x12 ET25 (ET5 with spacers) I got it sitting very aggressive when on driving height its dead flush with the fender flares, with suspension aired out the wheels pull in at the top which gives me tuck clearance.

[DisGuy]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

Got a pic of how low your sat? I trimmed quite a bit but now I'm bagged I had to do alot more!

Off the top of my head Front 22x10.5 ET35 (but now I am on ET15 with 20mm spacers) Rear 22x12 ET25 (ET5 with spacers) I got it sitting very aggressive when on driving height its dead flush with the fender flares, with suspension aired out the wheels pull in at the top which gives me tuck clearance.

Where are you located and how much would shipping be to 22151.

[UnicornM]

Originally Posted by DisGuy

Where are you located and how much would shipping be to 22151.

PM sent buddy

[Cattivo]

What are you using to detail the paint? looks so clean

[UnicornM]

Originally Posted by Cattivo

What are you using to detail the paint? looks so clean

To get it to the stage its at has taken me close to 80-90 hours of detailing. I am a complete perfectionist when it comes to the finish of the paint. BMWs have horrendous orange peel. Therefore like with most of my vehicles I wet sand the clear coat. 70% of the vehicle as been wet sanded. The roof, sills and bumpers haven't been sanded. Roof is generally always flat, bumpers were all painted when I did the conversion to perfect finish. And the sills are plastic and like with the front fenders are little harder to work out marks left by sanding due to the head build up.

I used from 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 grit paper. This was followed by 3 stage polishing, 1st stage was compound to remove the sanding marks, 2nd stage is a polishing stage then 3rd is final finish. Followed by complete IPA wipe down and finished with Gtechniqs Crystal Serum and Exo V2 sealant. I use 3M, Sonus and Scholl polishes and pads. I lost 3-5 microns to achieve the finish, most panels were anywhere from 110-165 microns.

Here's some before/afters and during shots I fished out.

[Cattivo]

It looks perfect! I buffed my entire truck with an orbital buffer but I'm still seeing lots of orange peel. I was going to wet sand everything but WOW you started with 1500grit??? I wanted to start with 2500 and work my way up to 4500 grit. Here's what I'm using, it does a great job but maybe I'll try your products if it doesn't come out perfect as I'm very OCD

[UnicornM]

Initially I started with 2000 grit but it wasn't making much of an impression. Besides the clear coat on BMWs tend to be rock hard. Please if your doing any of this use a paint depth gauge and make sure you know what panels are low. I use PosiTest depth gauge.

[Cattivo]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

Initially I started with 2000 grit but it wasn't making much of an impression. Besides the clear coat on BMWs tend to be rock hard. Please if your doing any of this use a paint depth gauge and make sure you know what panels are low. I use PosiTest depth gauge.

I haven't used my paint depth gauge yet but I'm assuming its going to be a lot thinner around the flared out fenders and other body lines with curves. After I buffed it out using just carnauba wax I still see the orange peel on certain angles, I'm going to wet sand the entire truck before the cold weather gets here... the funny thing is, out of all my friends cars I've detailed, none have orange peel like a BMW

[UnicornM]

Yup, BMWs are pretty bad for it. Only good thing is they are usually some of the thicker clear coats. Doesn't make it acceptable for a premium car brand though!

[UnicornM]

Before powerdome hood... but were planning a shoot soon

[gixxerboy63]

Nice work!!!

[UnicornM]

[E70'11]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

Super clean ride!

[boneca]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

Awesome, PowerDome looks great

[Cattivo]

Originally Posted by BaggedX5

That power dome hood looks great... I may have to get me one

[UnicornM]

When your winter wheels are like most peoples summer wheels..