[StarMan]

Nikon DSLR D3100 (full manual mode) (Nikon 35mm f/1.8 prime lens and Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 lens)

Mods:
M-Performance style Carbon Fiber Front Lip (RW Carbon)
Carbon Fiber Mirror
VMR v710 Gun Metal (Front 18X8.5 ET35 and Rear 18X9.5 ET45) (stock tire size 225/40-18 and 245/-35-18) *Currently Stock Suspension
IND Painted Reflector
Black Kidney w\ M Stripe
Chrome Turn Signal Bulb
Muffler Delete with 4" slanted Chrome Tips
Autotecknic ///M Competition Paddle Shifter

**Awaiting:
1. Exotic Tuning style Carbon Fiber Spoiler (on order)
2. Steering wheel Alcantara with Tri ///M stitching (on order)
3. More aggressive diffuser (Haven't decided which one i want yet)
4. Dinan Lowering Springs (still not sure if i want lowering springs with expensive lip on it, will do more driving to see how much i scrape)

[Bam226]

Sweet ride. How do you like those VMR's. Thinking of going with the same setup.

[StarMan]

Love them, they look more aggressive in person and the gunmetal flows well with the carbon fiber bits

[ObsidianX]

What size V710s and tires did you go with? Your M235i looks sweet. I love the EB with gunmetal rims.

[Total madness]

Great ride you have there.
Mind sharing the link of the spoiler u have on order ?
Have fun, summer's coming ;-p

[StarMan]

Originally Posted by Total madness

Great ride you have there.
Mind sharing the link of the spoiler u have on order ?
Have fun, summer's coming ;-p

Same place where i got the lip > http://www.********.com/59/9/0/800/bmw-f22-228i-m235i-exotics-tuning-style-carbon-fiber-trunk-spoiler.html

It's on backorder now, but hopefully in 2 weeks it'll come.

[nike001]

Alcantara interior in the U.S.? How did you do this?

[StarMan]

Originally Posted by nike001

Alcantara interior in the U.S.? How did you do this?

A bit of a lengthy process from locating, to shipping a rather large package, to installing. But in a nutshell:

Any online German classifieds (such as www.ebay.de) and use Google Translator for communication to the seller.

Locate full interior (in my case, my interior came out of a 2013 Prototype M235i, which explains my rear headrests that don't have the fold-able option)

Total Cost of seats, shipping, duty taxes, import taxes, port and vessel fees, and possible documentation fees, you are looking at roughly $2000 to $3000 (this does not include other fees that you'll run into, more info below)

Everything Bolts right up (make sure you get interior from a left hand drive car and not right hand).

Although everything bolts right up you will run into AirBag, Tensioner, OC3 and other error lights/codes that will show up like Christmas lights on your dash and main stereo display; there is no possible way to bypass or turn it off if you just did the swap without doing the below.

This is due to the Euro Seats having completely different sensors, airbag, etc that will not work with US spec cars. So you have two options:

1. Pay an upholstery shop to take the seat skins off the Euro spec into the Us spec (roughly $600-$1000 for both seats)

2. Don't swap the upholstery and pay someone to code the car with Euro-Spec safety restraints. (i suppose if you know how to code, you can attempt yourself, but you need to be very careful when doing this as you can mess the car up even further). I was able to get one seat coded, but the other is still giving me an error light. Coder will attempt a crack at it again soon.

The best option is #1 as you would not have to worry about any coding, but will cost the most.

[tenfour]

Nice pics! Car is looking awesome!

[VMRWheels]

Looking good!

[omega145]

Car is done beautifully and that interior is stunning. Not to mention the nice quality of the pics. Thanks for sharing!

[mike@x-ph.com]

Nice car