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      07-05-2019, 10:52 PM   #1
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All comestic mods so far, waiting for my black grills to arrive.

I've decide on the ER downpipe, which I'll write up a separate thread on, and will go with the MHD tune.

Eibach springs and spacers to be installed soon also.

Pictures!! Can anyone pick up the stealth mod??
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I see mudflats in the front, but the position seems off :
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How is the quality of the cf mirror cap?
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Jealous that you don’t have the stupid active grille shutters!
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I see mudflats in the front, but the position seems off :
Well spotted! I wanted a higher guard to protected splash back, they are thin plastic pieces and hard to really see.

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How is the quality of the cf mirror cap?
Quality is really good! Looking at the quality of the carbon fibre weave, it's definitely real and high quality.


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Jealous that you don’t have the stupid active grille shutters!
Yep, I was worried about them when doing my research in purchasing the M40i, glad we don't have them in Australia!
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Jealous that you don’t have the stupid active grille shutters!
Whats wrong with the active shutters??
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Where did you purchase the cf covers? You should get some black tape to cover the bars behind the grills. Well, its not really tape but you know what saying.
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All comestic mods so far, waiting for my black grills to arrive.

I've decide on the ER downpipe, which I'll write up a separate thread on, and will go with the MHD tune.

Eibach springs and spacers to be installed soon also.

Pictures!! Can anyone pick up the stealth mod??
Your installing down pipe ? What is that?
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Whats wrong with the active shutters??
Killing all the air going to the radiator that is used to not only cool the car but all of the air going into the engine through the water to air intercooler. I’ll take Performance over the 1 mpg it provides...
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Yep, I've got the black vinyl wrap ready to go! just waiting on my black grilles to arrive so I can get it done at the same time!

CF covers sourced from eBay, I was really dubious about the quality of them, but they pretty top notch!
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All comestic mods so far, waiting for my black grills to arrive.

I've decide on the ER downpipe, which I'll write up a separate thread on, and will go with the MHD tune.

Eibach springs and spacers to be installed soon also.

Pictures!! Can anyone pick up the stealth mod??
Your installing down pipe ? What is that?
Downpipes are an exhaust modification that comes straight off the turbo, I've chosen the catless path which will increase power, relieve stress on the turbos, as well providing even more pops and crackles
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Killing all the air going to the radiator that is used to not only cool the car but all of the air going into the engine through the water to air intercooler. I’ll take Performance over the 1 mpg it provides...
It's only the radiator behind the kidney grilles, the intercooler is behind the lower bumper grille which is always open.
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I like the side mirror due to its classy look the most. Where did you buy this installation?
here's the link I used:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F192927047441
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I like the side mirror due to its classy look the most. Where did you buy this installation?
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I like the side mirror due to its classy look the most. Where did you buy this installation?
Just be warned they will likely start to go milky and bubble after a while, I tried 3 different aftermarket CF mirror caps on my F30 and all of them failed in under a year.
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I like the side mirror due to its classy look the most. Where did you buy this installation?
here's the link I used:

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I like the side mirror due to its classy look the most. Where did you buy this installation?
Just be warned they will likely start to go milky and bubble after a while, I tried 3 different aftermarket CF mirror caps on my F30 and all of them failed in under a year.
thanks for the heads up, I'll monitor how they go! mine are full replacements and not covers, if that makes a difference?
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I like the side mirror due to its classy look the most. Where did you buy this installation?
Just be warned they will likely start to go milky and bubble after a while, I tried 3 different aftermarket CF mirror caps on my F30 and all of them failed in under a year.
thanks for the heads up, I'll monitor how they go! mine are full replacements and not covers, if that makes a difference?
Mine were all replaced type with genuine carbon fibre under lacquer. I think the problem is a small amount of air/moisture is trapped in the carbon weave which ruins the lacquer from underneath when left out in the elements.
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Why doesn’t BMW make a better attempt at camouflaging those X bars that sit behind the kidney grill? I think I might have to look into a solution for it. What do people do?
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Why doesn’t BMW make a better attempt at camouflaging those X bars that sit behind the kidney grill? I think I might have to look into a solution for it. What do people do?
Black vinyl wrap, doesn't need to be a neat job.
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Why doesn’t BMW make a better attempt at camouflaging those X bars that sit behind the kidney grill? I think I might have to look into a solution for it. What do people do?
Paint them black like they are on the X3M.
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and the obligatory black grilles, with a before and after.. wrapped the support brace whilst I was there too!
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and the obligatory black grilles, with a before and after.. wrapped the support brace whilst I was there too!
I like the black on black, it looks really good.
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When will you do the write up for the ER downpipe?

Where did you purchase it from?
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