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Old 11-13-2014, 05:07 AM
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Arrived yesterday, brilliant service and fit and finish.

Fitted this morning, question is although I spent an age deciding whether to go Matt Black or Black / Chrome, now its on not sure if I would of preferred the black chrome :roll eyes:

Few iPhone pics, and she's dirty !

Guess I need to leave it a week or two and see if I prefer the original look with the single fin, or the moody matt black

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Looks good mate.

Clean it then decide, a wash makes a big difference.

If you are going to keep the black I would also wrap or plastidip all the chrome.
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Looks good mate.

Clean it then decide, a wash makes a big difference.

If you are going to keep the black I would also wrap or plastidip all the chrome.
Looks good, and I agree with charliekay.
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Why not do what i did, which is inbetween what you had and have

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And i note you already have blacked out the chrome, which looks greats (I gotta do mine) But maybe also black out the fog light surrounds and bonnet badge?
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Originally Posted by charliekay
Looks good mate.

Clean it then decide, a wash makes a big difference.

If you are going to keep the black I would also wrap or plastidip all the chrome.
All the chrome all done already, matt wrap
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Originally Posted by AMG893
Why not do what i did, which is inbetween what you had and have


That was exactly what I originally wanted, just changed my mind last min !!

That does look lovely !! and yes I'm thinking the fog light surround also, only thing left to do thats chrome.

Although I could not find a place to buy that, so was going to buy the std look single fin, then wrap the edges ..

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Thats what i did.
Mine is the 55Tech Chrome grille, then i dipped the perimeter, and put on distronic star
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Keep it fully matte black, looks hot!
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Originally Posted by Roswell
Keep it fully matte black, looks hot!
Just came up behind a mate on a stretch of road in my local village and he said the same, looks moody, mean not pimped .. so think it'll stay that way. For now !
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Looks Great. IM still waiting on mine. after specifying which one i need. they sent me the wrong one ;/. and not sure if they shipped the correct one yet
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The grille looks great, from what I can see your window trims are already black. So it carries the theme well throughout the car.


However, I do understand that "too much" black isn't a good thing either.
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Ive never liked anything murdered out, but I will say that I am a sucker for a wagon to begin with.....God how I wish the C estate was avail over here....

Had to play with the image just a little

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Did yours have any broken tabs? Mine did and it installed just fine, but Jason from 55tech is sending me another!
Old 11-14-2014, 04:23 AM
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Looks Great. IM still waiting on mine. after specifying which one i need. they sent me the wrong one ;/. and not sure if they shipped the correct one yet

Hope they sort you out, seemed like a good outfit to me, mine arrived within a week to the UK, and all present and correct.

Originally Posted by Kriston
The grille looks great, from what I can see your window trims are already black. So it carries the theme well throughout the car.

However, I do understand that "too much" black isn't a good thing either.

Thanks bud, you know what it's like when you have a plan, and then second thoughts once its done, didn't want it too look ' too black ' !

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Did yours have any broken tabs? Mine did and it installed just fine, but Jason from 55tech is sending me another!

Weirdly the tabs were on, but needed to be snapped off so the central metal piece could fit on properly.
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Side shot, now I'm feeling a little more positive with the look lol


Needs a clean, but torrential rain over in the UK today, so not getting out in that !!


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Originally Posted by jptaylor
Ive never liked anything murdered out, but I will say that I am a sucker for a wagon to begin with.....God how I wish the C estate was avail over here....

Had to play with the image just a little

You forgot the drivers door handle!!! Grrr!

But seriously, i really have to black out my window trims, and roof rails.
I dont have these black wheels on anymore, had them on for 4 days, and didint like them, too much black. I put the silver multispokes on now. Looks so much better.

Thanks for the Photoshop!
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i'd leave it as is since u already blacked out chrome trims...

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