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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 12:42 AM
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** New Mods: Eyelids & Lorinser FO-1 **

Got some mods that I didn't get to take good pictures of but thanks to some of my BMW buddies, got a couple decent pics from today's meet in Edison, NJ. Got the Lorinser FO-1 winshield spoiler courtesy of D2-Autosport and the eyelids from a good friend in Japan. I also got my taillights smoked courtesty of Vivid Designs and custom quad exhaust thanks to the guys at High Velocity. Pics will come shortly of the rear setup. I'm getting mixed reviews of how the ML is starting to look, so I wanna know what you guys think of the look im going for.








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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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The ML's lookin' good...I really like the F-01 Windshield spoiler on the ML...Eyelids look nice too--always good to have something rare on your ride, right?

Any plans for a bodykit to clean up the look? I always felt that the ML and the BMW X5 should be modded more like cars, versus real SUVs...the chrome bars look real good, but better for a stockish looking ML, imho. I think if you got a body kit, replacing the chrome nerf bars and front bull bar with nice color matched bumpers/skirts, your ML would amazing...just my opinion though...either way, looks real nice.

PS- Any pics of the custom quad exhaust...and how much did it run you if you don't mind?

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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 05:26 PM
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The ML's lookin' good...I really like the F-01 Windshield spoiler on the ML...Eyelids look nice too--always good to have something rare on your ride, right?

Any plans for a bodykit to clean up the look? I always felt that the ML and the BMW X5 should be modded more like cars, versus real SUVs...the chrome bars look real good, but better for a stockish looking ML, imho. I think if you got a body kit, replacing the chrome nerf bars and front bull bar with nice color matched bumpers/skirts, your ML would amazing...just my opinion though...either way, looks real nice.

PS- Any pics of the custom quad exhaust...and how much did it run you if you don't mind?
I know, I'm getting the Auto-Couture kit soon enough.

As for the quad exhaust, it ran me $318 including installation and the tips.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 09:53 PM
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Very nice ML looks great to me. The only thing I would say if you sold it and I bought it the first thing I would do is remove the wing other than that I love what you have done to it.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 10:42 PM
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alright here are my thoughts Vik... too dark on the smoke tails, but thats a personal pref thing, I like smoked tails but not all black. Second you have a lot of aerodynamic parts to have the brushbar on there. Time to drop the brush bar. and maybe the side steps... two different looks. The other thing I think you could use, in place of the factory ML55 grill... should of done a brabus front grill.

you have a pic of the body kit your plannin on?
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alright here are my thoughts Vik... too dark on the smoke tails, but thats a personal pref thing, I like smoked tails but not all black. Second you have a lot of aerodynamic parts to have the brushbar on there. Time to drop the brush bar. and maybe the side steps... two different looks. The other thing I think you could use, in place of the factory ML55 grill... should of done a brabus front grill.

you have a pic of the body kit your plannin on?
The pictures actually make the tails look dark, they are cherried in person, it's something you gotta see. The pushbar and sidesteps are going aswell, and I'm getting the Auto-Couture kit... Here's a picture of how it looks. Brabus star-less grill looks pretty good.

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