CarHopper

Well, it appears as though the weather is finally here to stay (knock on wood) in the northeast so I got around to freshening the car up a bit for the season. I also added the "6.3" BS badges which are really so much better than the previous. One question for those of you who have these, how did you attach the "." ?? Tal? The "." has a pin on the back of it but no hole in the fender which I was sort of hoping for. I didn't want to break the pin off and double sided tape it on before hearing some ideas.

As for what is up and coming, I mainly aim to keep the car clean and maintained. I have deleted the secondary cats (with an h-pipe from Matt's car so that thing lives on), and some other little cosmetic things as you can see. I would like to get the car lowered and on a new set of wheels soon. However, lowered and spacers for now may be the way I go. There is potential for a front lip and rear diffuser as well. Lastly, I might go with EC v5 for a tune but I'm in not rush there either.

Anyways, what are your plans?

Lastly, some pictures because

Roswell

Nice new car Kiva! Love the white back seat covers, nice touch.

I might be the only one who prefer the old 6.3 emblem, never been a fan of the 6.3 badge.

CarHopper

Thanks, had it almost a year! Which is impressive if you know anything about how quickly I was moving cars.

To be honest, I would have kept mine but as you can see it just looked like a black blob. The 6.3 was totally drowned out by all the black.

Roswell

^^ yeah I agree on the old black emblem, it is a little too black.

CarHopper

You changing up your wheel game anytime? I'm still trying to save up but as soon as I get some good cash laying around something comes up.

Roswell

I'm happy with the look & fitment on my P40SC (finally), so no more wheels for me.

Did u sell ur ADV? I kind of forget if u did or not? They would look hot on ur white sedan.

rentzington

Did you wrap/ dip the trim or was it already like that ? I really need to go get mine wrapped black.
Anytime I think about new wheels I start thinking I could get headers for that money or just upgrade to a 2014 or e63s

CarHopper

Sold them. Wish I didn't now but at the time I didn't think I'd be back. I basically gave them away too because one was bent and to get done right needed a new lip and barrel. Kept snapping fasteners so it was annoying.

It's all painted. Some is chipping around so I'll probably just wrap everything in gloss black once it starts to really chip. The roof is gloss cf though and looks just like my neighbors actual cf which is nice.

JPetros2008

might be selling my car soon in case you want the wheels back. took them off for winter and planned on getting the bent wheel fixed, but never got around to it since i'm a dummy.

JPetros2008

also, do you have pictures of your gloss cf roof?

INS1GNIA

Those white seat backs really makes it unique, looks great! Always love black accents on a white car.

abcut973

Clean ride Kiva . Reminds me a bit of my sedan.
As for the "." of the 6.3 BS side badge you don't have much choice. Unless you want to drill a hole in your fender like it is on the BS you won't be able to install them without cutting the tail.

mr747

Just cut the little pin I did the same

CarHopper

Looks like I'll cut the pin. Thank you fellas

dchl21

ya yo... aint no way drilling a hole

CarHopper

I didn't fully rule it out. My only fear with drilling would be paint cracking and spreading over time. But drilling a very small hole and wedging the thing in would be more secure than the tiny piece of double sided tape you could put on it.

I feel like it is so empty without the "." though so I have to do something

rentzington

this thread got me thinking, and once it stops raining so much I probably need to take my wheels off and give them a good scrubbing. that brake dust really cakes up on these wheels.

zibby43

You could always go back to the original emblem in "stock" form.

The blacked out front fascia and white seat backs look incredibly good.

Cohen63

Awesome looking car, love the black/white contrast and white seat backs

Clean and pristine is the way to go

604 C63

Just brainstorming here, but what about paint? I mean, I gotta figure the dots gonna fall off with the tiny amount of adhesive that would fit, and you definitely need the dot unless you've shoehorned a 63 liter motor in there (or would it actually be a 62l? hmmmmm). Spray a little plastidip in a cup, apply brush, paint dot. Don't think you'd notice it wasn't an emblem, and you'd have your dot. If it doesn't work, and it might not, and/or it looks like ****e, and it might, then just rub it off and try again. Might be worth a try though. Black on white is really the only color combo where that stands a chance.

I always thought the original emblems looked a little to "IROC", but they've grown on me, and now the new one looks like it just slid around from the back. Gotta like anything that individualizes your ride tho.

SaphGreyC63

Those seat backs are awesome!

Also as others have asked, any more pics of the CF roof?

What wrap did you use to get that look?

CarHopper

I'm thinking that would come out too... flat? Or just 2 dimensional. A 63L motor would be fun though





This was done by the previous owner. I'm not sure if he is still on the board but this used to be Tom Espo's. That said, I'm rather sure that this is 3m CF material.