HRE's get a facelift and a few new mods.
 

Have a few quick pictures that I took after getting my HRE's re powder coated, matte black faces with gloss black lips and barrels. Accompanied by some new Nitto rubber in the rear; NTO5's 275/30/19. After getting them back they were assembled incorrectly so it took me about 7.5 hours to pop the faces off and switch them. I was lucky not to break the seal. I love the way the wheels turned out, any picture that gets taken of them doesn't do them justice. Just hard to photograph I suppose. Had her dropped with SDS about 1.25". Along with Euroteck's front lip and Diffuser. New badges (just different). New DCT motorsports steering wheel with 63 paddles installed and a Stereo Update :y

I love the car too much not to share. Enjoy :D

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NEW DCT WHEEL with 63 Paddles:
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CUSTOM FOCAL CENTER CHANNEL. 2x 100cvx and JL Audio 2250 Amp
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Custom Ported Box (Through the factory sub vent and blow through the arm rest)
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Ghey little LEDs, just for show.
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nice wheels and sick looking setup

Nicely done. Would you mind PM me where and how much it cost to powdercoat them? I'm thinking about doing the same thing with polished lip but my local shops won't even touch any 3 piece wheel. :X

WOW! loving the look your car looks very aggressive.

Been busy my good man:v:; set up looks SICK!!!!!:bow::bow: Love everything. How are you liking the new steering wheel?:D

Wheels look fantastic & even better in person!

wow that is one of the sickest e55's I've ever seen...great job man!

Looks great my friend! :y

NT05's FTW...Jus had them on my stockies when I went to buttonwillow this past weekend and they were GREAT!

Thank you sir :y

I don't mind at all. Sent you a PM. It was a real big PITA, being that I really didn't want to spend a grip to ship them anywhere even though I got some really good quotes from HMS in Cali to redo them. The first place I took them too took them apart, power coated them and then called me back to tell me they couldn't put them back together... I won't PM you them because quite honestly they are a joke of a business. I then took it to my buddy who does all my stereo work and he had a guy pick them up and put them together incorrectly (front faces on the back wheels and visa versa...) All in all it ran me around $700 + the 7.5 man hours of my own to reverse his mess up. However he was incredibly apologetic and I understand that he took over someone else's mistake. He assures me that this was the only time it happened and he believes it's because I brought him a bunch of wheel pieces that could easily have gotten mixed up in labeling them F & R by the other company. He is a stand up guy and can PC, Polish, Paint, balance and mount. I wish I would have just used him from the start. So a lot of that was my fault and I probably deserved the 7.5 hour dent in my friday evening lol.

Thank you! :y

HAHA very busy trying to keep up with you! :y That steering wheel is the best!!! MUCH MUCH better than the disappointment that Mercedes first used. It even convinced Sandoval to do paddles in a matter of days after he saw it lol.

Thanks buddy! Hope to see some MONO's on your ride in the very near future :naughty:

Thanks man! Your M isn't too bad to look at as well! Love the E60 :y

Thanks Sun! :y I love the NT05's. It will be hard to spend double on PS2's ever again.

What times were you pulling down btw??

:eek: Your car looks sick! :bow:

Also dig the wheel with the e63 paddles? Did you hook those up yourself?

do you have pictures of the subs from the back side

Thanks man! I love your Monolites!!! :DROOL:

The paddles were a great do it myself mod! I had a blast cutting up a brand new steering wheel! I just needed a little help from my stereo guy to put the steering wheel on.

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Here you go! It's temporary for now until we figure out something a little showier and still fit my clubs in the trunk :y

I actually don't know why the newer carpet looks so contrasting with the older in that pic... In person you can barely tell a difference... :nix:

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haha you nailed my problem. the clubs MUST FIT

Amazing!! would 285 fit in the back or you just decided to go 275??

BRAVO...:y:y:y! Enjoy the ride! Loving the DCT steering wheel and flappy paddles.

Holy crap! That looks amazing!! :bow: You've got a LOT of things done to your car. Looks very very clean.

Would you happen to have any pics of your Head Unit? Been thinking of getting an Alpine w900 but wasn't sure how the adapter kit would look with it. :nix:

Your rims look a lot bigger now due to the lips being black.

Everything looks great! Love those wheels, I wish I had that kind of money to get those, lol.

Car is perfect...the wheels definitely look a lot nicer in person :y

Ultra clean. Love the new look. Enjoy and good luck with the setup.

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Thanks! Just went with 275's, I got a killer deal on them so they will work for now :y

Thank you sir! I can't wait to see the ADV's on that beast of yours :X

Thanks J! I'm loving the look of yours with that new spoiler :y Here's a pic of the HU. It's painted and textured to match the trim by the climate controls

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Thanks buddy! These wheels are definitely one of my favs.

Thanks Ronnie! I'm gonna have to hire you one of these nice summer days to take some real pictures of her with one of your model friends :naughty:

Thanks man! That FD in your avatar looks mean! What's done to her?

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like the look but you need some better pics.