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Old 02-20-2009, 12:30 PM
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come one mike i told you we got to talk about our mods man..i mean my valve cover is being painted too..damn dude..but oh well i guess we have good taste..i had my interior wrapped in carbon i mean all the silver parts...maybe you too hahahaha!! but dont worry i wont make my valve cover the same maybe just a little bit different

I came really really close to wrapping the interior in that CF fabric. Was only going to be a couple hundred for material and service, but just ran out of time this trip. haha. I'll do it after I move back to socal
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love the engine cover, be careful adding oil, lol!!
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love the engine cover, be careful adding oil, lol!!
I'd probably pop off the bottom portion when I change the oil anyways, so all good
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WTF you live in Anaheim? where? lol

Your car is looking great man - Props to all the work you've done so far.
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Love the mods! The grille and engine cover looks awesome!!!!!

What type of vinyl did you use to wrap the chrome trim and where can I buy it? Do you have any pictures of the edges so I can see how you wrapped it?

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Grilles and engine cover look crazy nice. I really like the flat/gloss black combo, so awesome...
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Distance pics

I like the vinyl over the window trim. Can you do a couple distance shots so we can see the ride height and get a better overall view of the car? Thanks!
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wow i love this, is the engine covers/airbox color matched? if not what white did u go with?
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WTF you live in Anaheim? where? lol

Your car is looking great man - Props to all the work you've done so far.
Near Katella High School

Originally Posted by PolePosition
Love the mods! The grille and engine cover looks awesome!!!!!

What type of vinyl did you use to wrap the chrome trim and where can I buy it? Do you have any pictures of the edges so I can see how you wrapped it?

Thanks

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You can contact John at JSDesignFactory. Tell him I referred you and see what he can do for you.

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I like the vinyl over the window trim. Can you do a couple distance shots so we can see the ride height and get a better overall view of the car? Thanks!
I'll take some more pics later in better lighting.

Originally Posted by angeloxnet
wow i love this, is the engine covers/airbox color matched? if not what white did u go with?
Yeah, the white is color matched to the body. Devil's in the details
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looks great

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That chrome trim being wrapped is awesome!! Thats exactly the look I want for my car! My old 540i came with black trim on its sport package. I need to find someone to do it for me.
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howd you get the carbon fiber grill looks really sick nice work
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Love the engine cover mod!


Excellent effort
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Old 02-23-2009, 02:36 PM
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howd you get the carbon fiber grill looks really sick nice work
it's CF vinyl overlay wrapped around. I just had it redone and tested with laser cut version. Might start selling them if others are interested.
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it's CF vinyl overlay wrapped around. I just had it redone and tested with laser cut version. Might start selling them if others are interested.
I found a site that has .25mm thick CF. Holding a sample in place you can't see the edge against a black grill. I take it you have a pattern on file for the laser cutter any chance you can make me a paper template it would save me a bit of work. Also on the chrome slats and star did they just paint over the chrome or was some prep done, it almost looks like black chrome. Love it.
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I found a site that has .25mm thick CF. Holding a sample in place you can't see the edge against a black grill. I take it you have a pattern on file for the laser cutter any chance you can make me a paper template it would save me a bit of work. Also on the chrome slats and star did they just paint over the chrome or was some prep done, it almost looks like black chrome. Love it.
File belongs to John at JSDesignFactory as he created it. And as for the chrome parts, I wasn't at the body shop when they painted it, but I heard they sanded off the chrome parts.
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Originally Posted by Ron Jr
I found a site that has .25mm thick CF. Holding a sample in place you can't see the edge against a black grill. I take it you have a pattern on file for the laser cutter any chance you can make me a paper template it would save me a bit of work. Also on the chrome slats and star did they just paint over the chrome or was some prep done, it almost looks like black chrome. Love it.
after you remove the grille you can pop off the chrome and the star from the back of the grille. its six pieces total. sand them all down hard then primer, then gloss black, then clear coat. let it dry for about a day, then wet sand and buff for shine. you want to let it dry real well because when you pop them back into the original grille, it will rub the slats of the grille and the paint may rub off the top of the gloss black if not dried completely.

same for slats. primer and throw on a couple coats of flat black, remember your gonna hit rocks, so the more coats the better. I painted my grille about 6 months ago and i only have one chip on the star, but i didnt put a lot of work onto painting the star.
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damn mike, looking good. you think promax could do all my windowtrims?
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Originally Posted by Azn_C300
File belongs to John at JSDesignFactory as he created it. And as for the chrome parts, I wasn't at the body shop when they painted it, but I heard they sanded off the chrome parts.
Oh well time to break out the masking tape and make my own then. No big deal. And with the carbon being shiney I might just do the slats in a satin or flat finish, maybe just use blackout tape like I did on the window chrome.
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damn mike, looking good. you think promax could do all my windowtrims?
Of course. Just make an appointment with John. It'll take a couple hours so just spend it staring at the hot girls that hang around there


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