More DIY mods....

[gringosteve]

The mods keep coming..

So far ICE and front indicator clusters have been sorted together with PIAA bulbs..

It still needed some more external tweeks so decided to colour code the front clubsport spliters, and the rear splitter..bordem is a bad thing. Here are some pics mid project. Finished the spraying last night at about midnight. Just need to flat and buff the finish tonight and i'll post the results...thought id post these for a laugh now.

BIG QUESTION....should i now debadge it and remove the 330i???? :?

The guy in the pics is my mate scott who is a car spaying genius (used to be his job). All in all this cost me £37 to do 8)

Splitters removed and primed up after a decent rubdown and plastic primer prep:

http://www.steve-lomax.co.uk/splitters.jpg

Close up of the splitter..

http://www.steve-lomax.co.uk/splitter.jpg

Preparing the rear splitter with scotch fabric and degreaser:

http://www.steve-lomax.co.uk/rear.jpg

[paulm3]

u could take the 330 off it u watned, really easy... pour hot water over the letters, then with a flat head screwdriver covered in a rag, lever em off..
depends if u like em or not, i dont mind em on but like em off too!!!

[Raj]

I'm a big fan of de-badging as I think it always looks far cleaner. Just my 2p worth :D .

[gringosteve]

Yeah...im sure it will look cleaner with it removed...debaging always looks good.

But i dont want people to think im just in a kitted up 318...i paid good money for it to say 330 ;-)

[paulm3]

lol, if they think its a 318, just burn em off :):)

[Raj]

lol, if they think its a 318, just burn em off :):)

Couldn't have said it better Paul :D

[Nickleback]

I'm a big fan of de-badging as I think it always looks far cleaner. Just my 2p worth :D .

Same'er, like them debadged & stealthy, as Paul say's if they argue just burn'em off or if its an M give in gracefully !! TeHe :D

[petef]

Thinking about de-badging myself mate ?? Hmm not sure. :confused:

Pete

[gringosteve]

Thinking about de-badging myself mate ?? Hmm not sure. :confused:

Pete


Tough one isnt it mate. I debadged my mates E36 318 for him the other day and it looks loads cleaner...and because its only a 318 he isnt risking making it look lower specced.... :cool:

[petef]

Yeah I think Im more after the clean look as opposed to makin my car look like say a 330Ci although thats still cool to :) I dunno maybe I'll play around with photoshop and see what it looks like :D

Pete

[gringosteve]

u could take the 330 off it u watned, really easy... pour hot water over the letters, then with a flat head screwdriver covered in a rag, lever em off..
depends if u like em or not, i dont mind em on but like em off too!!!

A Hairdryer and creditcard works well too...done this on most of my previous cars...no risk of paint damage with a credit card :D

[K3V HA]

Thinking about de-badging myself mate ?? Hmm not sure. :confused:

Pete

Mines d badged Pete, ill post a pic up soon if you want to see what it looks liek?? [ok

[petef]

That would be sound Kev as your car is almost exactly the same as mine :)

Cheers

Pete :D

[K3V HA]

Taken from my mobile, ill get better ones if 2mo if i can, as these might be dark.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/K3VHALL/Image156.jpg

[Nickleback]

Debadged :D :cool:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/Clubsport/Rearviewundertree.jpg

[benny boy]

what wrong with 318 lol :p

[petef]

Thanks for the pics guys think Im gonna go it looks sweet and cleans the rear end up nicely !! :) K3VHA Like your rear spoiler mate. Just fitted a lip spoiler on mine :D along with a sport front bumper, got the sport side skirts to go on hopefully this weekend ;)

Cheers

Pete

[K3V HA]

Thanks for the pics guys think Im gonna go it looks sweet and cleans the rear end up nicely !! :) K3VHA Like your rear spoiler mate. Just fitted a lip spoiler on mine :D along with a sport front bumper, got the sport side skirts to go on hopefully this weekend ;)

Cheers

Pete

Cheers Pete, how much was the sport kit??

[petef]

Brought the Sport front spoiler off a mate of mine all preped and ready for painting for £150 side skirts were £50.00 each from BMW just need preping and spraying which my mate's doin this week the fogs were the most expensive part at £47.00 each plus vat. If your interested in doing similar let me know as he is very good as he's been spraying and fitting parts\rebuilding cars since we was about 15 and he can source the parts from BM at trade and do the spraying and fitting for you at a good price.

Pete :)

[Afif]

lol my 316i badge didnt last 2 days [crackmeup.

[gringosteve]

Debadged mine last night..so now its hard to tell what it is...looks mean though ;-)