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07-11-2019, 07:16 PM | #45 | |
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Car is getting there. Hood looks SO MUCH BETTER now. I will have to take a few pictures. Unfortunately, I am going to be dipping the car. At least until the temperature comes down a bit and my friend / painter has some more time. It sucks to do this much work, but it will still look excellent. Anthracite with the factory roof I am thinking. |
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07-11-2019, 07:58 PM | #46 |
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Why not vinyl wrap? Looks more like paint and can lay over everything without them being painted
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07-12-2019, 01:25 AM | #47 | |
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It will have good paint over winter. Summer's here are brutal. Especially when most shops do not have AC. I am okay with having the vehicle prepped and ready. I can peel it and have a perfect surface again. Not to mention Vinyl is what ruined this paint in the first place |
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I've seen dipped cars that look amazing and ones that look like shit... but all in all if you take your time and prep it should look great... I have a feeling the bad dip jobs I've seen are due to half-assed prep |
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07-13-2019, 01:32 PM | #49 |
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I wonder if he'll use glossifier too
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07-13-2019, 02:31 PM | #50 | |
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This thing is already 99% better prepped than that one was. Since this is gray to gray, it will not be as crazy. I am leaving the roof stock for now because I want some contrast with it. It will be prepped VERY well. Its already 99% of the way there Keeping it "Flat" for now. It will have some shine because it is a metallic. |
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07-15-2019, 11:12 AM | #52 |
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Its going the Anthracite color with keeping the roof and door handles gloss factory gray. I will actually be spraying it today, so I will have some updates tonight!
I have no idea how people get these fenders on without a struggle. I thought originally I did it correctly, but there is a "slide" that is literally impossible to get on. I ended up taking it off and the headlights as well. Now fitment is 100%. Just have to pick up a clip from BMW this morning. |
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Are you going straight pipe?
Or are you just re-routing your muffler tips. I wish they would make an M3 style rear bumper but one that would accommodate the stock location of the 335 mufflers. If someone did that, they would probably sell a lot of replica m3 mufflers to 335i owners. I think a lot of 335 owners just get the m-sport bumper because they would rather not deal with paying a muffler shop to re-route the tips of the mufflers to fit the center opening of the M3 bumper. |
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The hanger is in the way, so I will have to cut that. I was going to finish everything tonight, but I got super tired. Working out in the 115* heat takes A LOT out of you. Fitment was good on most of the aftermarket parts, but it took hours of adjustments. It is finally prepped and ready. I will be spraying it tomorrow night. Ran into a few little things that ended up taking me far longer than I anticipated. |
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That's gonna look so aggressive with LCI taillights Love the color
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Here are some updated photos. I still have A LOT of work to do. |
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Found a donor hood for the car! I will be picking it up tomorrow. It's a 2 hour drive and then a lot of fabrication. Super Excited!...
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I cannot believe it is coming together so quickly. Things are not going to be moving quite as fast because I am not currently employed. lol. |
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07-19-2019, 04:23 PM | #63 |
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Gonna start hacking it up again tomorrow
Question! Should I keep the vents in the back and have them functional? They could easily be incorporated.... Or should I stick with the OEM look and do the bulge and two smaller vents? Or use the vents I had earlier? Or both? Or no vents at all and just the hood bulge? So many decisions..... |
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After seeing this it gave me the nasty idea to see a hellcat swapped E92 with this E46 M3 hood bulge right over the supercharger, no hacked up hood
Anyway imho I think it would look great with just the E46 M3 hood bulge with it's included vents. I think anything more would be too much and anything less just isn't enough. That's my take on it at least
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I am thinking the E46 vent and bulge only. Especially because the way it contours, the cut would be much easier to make. I just have to make sure it is there. I want this car to look like an M3, but not necessarily BE an M3. |
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