I Finally Got The Exterior Mod Bug... Help Me Decide
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I Finally Got The Exterior Mod Bug... Help Me Decide
So I'm going to Hyevon on Tuesday to drop off my stock rims and some other stuff. As of right now the stuff that is happening for SURE is:
-Powder coating my stock rims matte black
-Painting my emblems matte black (V8 Kompressor, E55, ///AMG)
-Painting my grille matte black
Now this stuff I'm thinking about doing:
-My sidemarkers are painted white, should I paint them matte black? Or is that just too much?
-X Pipe or Straight Pipe- This one depends on the price, but which would YOU do and why?
-I want to get a matte black rear trunk spoiler, but now I'm thinking maybe a carbon fiber trunk spoiler plus a carbon fiber rear diffuser. Would the carbon look good with all of the matte black? Or should I just stick to matte black?
What do you guys think?
-Powder coating my stock rims matte black
-Painting my emblems matte black (V8 Kompressor, E55, ///AMG)
-Painting my grille matte black
Now this stuff I'm thinking about doing:
-My sidemarkers are painted white, should I paint them matte black? Or is that just too much?
-X Pipe or Straight Pipe- This one depends on the price, but which would YOU do and why?
-I want to get a matte black rear trunk spoiler, but now I'm thinking maybe a carbon fiber trunk spoiler plus a carbon fiber rear diffuser. Would the carbon look good with all of the matte black? Or should I just stick to matte black?
What do you guys think?
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Dropped off the car today. I'm getting the rims, grille and emblems painted matte black. I got a small trunk spoiler that's gonna be matte black too. I was thinking about getting the sidemarkers and the hood vents in matte black as well, but (no offense to anyone here, just my personal opinion) I think that would be a little bit too much. I'm also getting a slight STAR drop. Just a little.
I'll post pics after.
I'll post pics after.
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What about the calipers???
HMS does a bang up job powder coating them and a nice yellow could really give it an additional aggressive twist.
IMO don't waste the time and money cutting up your stock exhaust unless you are going to throw a set of their headers on there first
Good luck!
HMS does a bang up job powder coating them and a nice yellow could really give it an additional aggressive twist.
IMO don't waste the time and money cutting up your stock exhaust unless you are going to throw a set of their headers on there first
Good luck!
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What about the calipers???
HMS does a bang up job powder coating them and a nice yellow could really give it an additional aggressive twist.
IMO don't waste the time and money cutting up your stock exhaust unless you are going to throw a set of their headers on there first
Good luck!
HMS does a bang up job powder coating them and a nice yellow could really give it an additional aggressive twist.
IMO don't waste the time and money cutting up your stock exhaust unless you are going to throw a set of their headers on there first
Good luck!
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So I'm going to Hyevon on Tuesday to drop off my stock rims and some other stuff. As of right now the stuff that is happening for SURE is:
-Powder coating my stock rims matte black
-Painting my emblems matte black (V8 Kompressor, E55, ///AMG)
-Painting my grille matte black
Now this stuff I'm thinking about doing:
-My sidemarkers are painted white, should I paint them matte black? Or is that just too much?
-X Pipe or Straight Pipe- This one depends on the price, but which would YOU do and why?
-I want to get a matte black rear trunk spoiler, but now I'm thinking maybe a carbon fiber trunk spoiler plus a carbon fiber rear diffuser. Would the carbon look good with all of the matte black? Or should I just stick to matte black?
What do you guys think?
-Powder coating my stock rims matte black
-Painting my emblems matte black (V8 Kompressor, E55, ///AMG)
-Painting my grille matte black
Now this stuff I'm thinking about doing:
-My sidemarkers are painted white, should I paint them matte black? Or is that just too much?
-X Pipe or Straight Pipe- This one depends on the price, but which would YOU do and why?
-I want to get a matte black rear trunk spoiler, but now I'm thinking maybe a carbon fiber trunk spoiler plus a carbon fiber rear diffuser. Would the carbon look good with all of the matte black? Or should I just stick to matte black?
What do you guys think?
What about the calipers???
HMS does a bang up job powder coating them and a nice yellow could really give it an additional aggressive twist.
IMO don't waste the time and money cutting up your stock exhaust unless you are going to throw a set of their headers on there first
Good luck!
HMS does a bang up job powder coating them and a nice yellow could really give it an additional aggressive twist.
IMO don't waste the time and money cutting up your stock exhaust unless you are going to throw a set of their headers on there first
Good luck!
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Never installed, just sitting in garage. If you go CF route, let me know. I was thinking of posting it anyway as I bought it before I got the car (silly me), and Im not going to do any CF on a tectite car. There is no contrast..
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Picked up my car yesterday and I love it. This stuff was a long time coming for me. I'll post pics later.
Quick question though, does anyone make a rear diffuser that looks just like the SL63 rear diffuser that would fit the E class? How would that even look?
Quick question though, does anyone make a rear diffuser that looks just like the SL63 rear diffuser that would fit the E class? How would that even look?