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Best Mod Yet - Painted Rear Reflectors
I was considering painting my diffuser body color and decided to try the IND rear reflectors in the same grey as the stock diffuser. Wow, what a difference and much easier and cheaper than painting the whole thing.
Getting rid of the straight line totally changes the look in my view. This mod changes the thing I liked least about the car's looks to something completely acceptable. Only downside was destroying the red reflectors in the process of pulling them out. There's a DIY in the Cosmetics section. What do you guys think? |
07-15-2014, 07:52 PM | #2 |
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Hell yea!!
That'll be my next mod
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07-15-2014, 07:53 PM | #3 |
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That does look really good. I have the front deletes and couldn't push myself to order the rear. Maybe I will now.
Pair them with the carbon spoiler and I bet it looks amazing. Also, it seems that there are a TON of 2 owners in Florida. |
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Glad you guys like it.
I haven't seen many yet in Miami but mid state there may be more. Ska////, I saw you were also considering Plastidipping. The rears are a pain to remove so it may not be worth it. I did dip my grille but have some peeling already. |
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You can always use something like this too to tint them....
Should accomplish the same thing for around $9 http://www.topvinylfilms.com/headlig...ght-fog-light/ |
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Leave car out in the sun for an hour, use fishing line to cut thru the adhesive, then remove any sticky stuff with your fingers...its very simple
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07-16-2014, 07:31 AM | #12 |
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I actually went and body colored the whole diffuser. And the mirror caps Thinking about body color the reflectors too.
Photoshoped
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07-16-2014, 07:52 AM | #13 |
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Bman, yours looks really nice. I was intending to go that route but am trying to keep costs lower as it's a short lease. With the body colored diffuser the red reflectors look OK, IMO. The photoshop is nice too; you can't go wrong.
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Yea if your doing a lease tough to spend a lot of extra money for something your not keeping. This was apart of my deal when I bought the car. So didn't cost me extra.
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07-16-2014, 08:42 AM | #15 |
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I completely agree. One of the best mods.
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Very nice. Do you have m-performance muffler? Is so is it much louder then stock?
Now i am torn between red reflectors or body color. do you have a phot a bit father back showing more of the car.
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http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1009013 Yes, M Performance exhaust and ER Downpipes.
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Just ordered mine from IND thanks for the info guys had no idea the install was easy. Had a hell of a time deciding between mineral grey and diffuser grey, as if it really matters much. Went diffuser grey. Thoughts on the choice?
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07-16-2014, 11:57 AM | #20 |
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Painted reflectors are a good mod on any bmw/car
they are cheap and make a big difference
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BEM-S4, just be careful and be sure to tape around the reflector when removing (per the video) unless you're going to try and push them out from under the bumper. I tried but couldn't get them out from underneath and broke both of the red ones when prying them out.
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