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12-17-2012, 04:05 PM | #67 |
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Great work!!! I dunno if it's possible to swap soft tops, but a tan soft top would look soooo good on it!
When the sun comes up you should snap a couple macro pics of the paint!
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12-17-2012, 06:40 PM | #68 |
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I am impressed with how quickly this project went from beginning to end and how good it looks now. Interested in seeing pictures of it in the sun.
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Full sun, no flash trying to get a pic of the flake. I suck with a camera LOL.
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12-19-2012, 11:38 AM | #70 |
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Money shots, full sun, no flash.
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12-19-2012, 12:42 PM | #72 |
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That turned out great, I'm sure in person its even more striking.
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, I don't like silver cars either OOPS, forgot the usual warning most people use "sorry about the dirty car" car wasn't washed after driving around in rain and wet roads for 2 days either. But nothing really matters anyways because it's 12/21/2012 and......
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12-21-2012, 10:58 PM | #78 |
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I agree, the grey, washed out look of the tires detracts from the overall look in the photo.
I bet the color looks great in person. I think it would've looked cool in blue too. |
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12-21-2012, 11:52 PM | #79 | |
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The car still needs to be sanded, buffed and detailed inside and out. All I've done since I put her back together was wash the dust off the convertable top and ride around enjoying the drive. These cars look great in blue. Prolly do that in a few years when I get the new car itch again LOL.
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12-22-2012, 01:12 AM | #80 |
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The tires didn't bother me. If I were to change something on it, I'd paint the inside of the wheels black. Not feeling the gold wheels with the new color.
Please excuse the horrible photoshop
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12-22-2012, 01:56 AM | #81 |
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+1 on the black wheels. personally not a fan of the gold / kandy combo. kandy does look edible tho'
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12-22-2012, 02:54 PM | #82 |
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Actually, I do like that, been thinking of painting the centers and wondering if I should do a color match with the kandy or a black or silver, kandy would be a real beatch to paint on these wheels. A little more agressive backspacing on the wheels and lowering it a touch would help too. That looks like a satin black which matches the grills, top and the little bit of carbon fiber wrapping I did on the door handles and the side marker lights and the inside of my headlights looks like a satin black too and I'm planning to tint the side windows and back window 35%. I like it. I think it would look better than a gloss black center on this car, a hyper black wouldn't look too bad though, could do that with a black kandy too but again it would be really hard to spray kandy on these wheels. Hmm basicly the rest of the exterior of car is black, chrome or red exept the gold on the wheels. One thing I don't like and never have is all black wheels though. Gold centers work best on black cars and medium - dark blues. Only paid about $500 for the wheels new so I really can't bitch about the gold centers myself. LOL Edit: Looks like you have BMW caps on those wheels too and that looks pretty good.
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12-30-2012, 09:04 AM | #83 |
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Congrats and keep up the great work!!
One can tell you really know what you are doing and not just a brave rookie with no fear ! Excellent job - really custom job and to get it done at a shop to that level would cost a fortune in layour alone.
++1 for the black wheels 0 would look much better with the colour as well as the black top 0 some dressing on the top will pull it together. Can always get white and black roundels for the wheels rather than blue and white.
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Labor would be the big hurt on a job like this but taking everything apart is the only way to get as close to a factory look as possible without overspray on everthing when doing a color change. Easily 80-100 hrs for a full time body shop familiar with BMW. Not hard to get $8-$10k or more into a custom paint job. I did about the bare minimum for a nice color change. Could have gone way deeper into a complete disassembly of the entire car like you do on a restoration but I don't want to be working on the car for 6 months to a year. I'll get her polished and finished up and detailed nice this spring. I'm a little preoccupied with some other stuff right now. With the gun nuts gone mad again, I sold my AR15 and accessories to a gun store just before Christmas at basicly full retail for a new tricked out rifle . I walked in, plopped it on the counter and said I want $$$XXXX.00 for this rifle and they didn't argue. Did a functions test, said he normally couldn't pay that much but could probably sell it by the end of the day and opened up the cash register Cha-Ching I was in the store again thursday... It's gone. I got a pretty good deal on a nice used Springield XD40 with an extra mag. At least I can still find plenty of .40 S&W ammo to plink at the range around here. I traded my remaining .223 for .40 with my neighbor. Picking her up tomorrow and getting in some range time and a class this week.
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12-30-2012, 06:42 PM | #85 |
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Bring it to Zfest so the rest of us can get some pictures too. http://www.zfest.com/ Not a lot of custom work of the Z4's yet. I've done a little on mine but no-where near your paint work.
Funny, you bought the same pistol I own. Only one I have. Did 20 years in the Corps, regularly slept with a MP5, M16, etc, but never thought about owning a pistol. Bought it last year after the wife came home one day with story about attempted carjacking at the local Wal-mart. Not her, but just hearing it come out of her mouth flipped the switch for me. Not much thought, in the gun store the next day. Had my fill of fun with guns earlier in life, but its looking more like a necessity. Thinking about the XD 9mm with shorter barrel cause it fits loaded in the first aid kit box under driver seat. Already felted it's interior, nothing rattles.
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I'm intimatly familiar with the M4 carbine I slept with for a few years in the sandbox LOL. About the same thing with the wife here. Was at Walmart Christmas shopping and a 72 year old man was robbed of $8 and his groceries by 3 men in broad daylight the parking lot and she's told me about creeps following her around lately too... and this isn't even in a big city. One of her friends home was broken into today while they were at church and my neighbor was just telling me yesterday about a guy a couple miles away having his entire house "cleaned out" while he was at work a few days ago. I've had enough and being disabled and with jackazzez robbing 72 year old men for $8 makes me feel like I probably have a target painted on my back. I live waaaay out in the country, 15 miles from any town you can go shopping, 29 miles from the closest sherriff/police station and the closest mom and pop country store is 4 miles away. I see a sherriffs car go by about once a week and havn't see a state police car on this road in 7 years. Been some breakins and drug problems around here lately too, Might be kind of dangerous for the criminals as everyone I know around here has guns and knows how to use them. CCW class for me next saturday, never bothered with it before becaue I figured it was a little too hard to hide my Carbine I don't shoot the AR much anymore because of my left shoulder so it was time for it to go. Biggest reason I had an AR in the first place was cheap plinking ammo and I'm very good with that platform. I like to build my own guns too. I've built 3 black powder pistols over the years as well as my own AR. Build one, shoot it for a while and sell it. Rinse and repeat. I don't collect guns or horde ammo but I do like to have one around. Since I ain't building this one I guess I'll at least have to take it apart and give her a custom finish. How's that old saying go... Beware of the man with only 1 gun because he probably knows how to use it LOL. The XD is a natural for those of us that were in the military and are familiar with the M1911 Colt and M9 Berretta but looking for something a little more modern, lighter and safe... The ergonomics are familiar, grip, trigger and striker block safeties and proven reliability sold me on this gun. I like the trigger in this thing too a lot. Quite a bit like the RRA 2 stage match trigger I had in my AR. Decided to go with .40S&W because it doesn't cost that much more than 9mm and I have no problem finding it in stock around here when they go on these panic buying trips that are becoming more and more common. Besides, what's better than a 9mm... A 10mm LOL I looked at some M&Ps, a Walthers P99 and 380, various Glocks, Sig P225 and P250, an old Ruger P94 and a used P89 IIRC, a few old beat up S&W police trades, an Israeli BUL Cherokee, a Turkish Canik TP-9 and a few others I can't remember over the last couple weeks.
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Saw this thread, bought the Brembo covers right away!
Thanks! Edit: What kind of glue do you use? Silicone glue? Last edited by SwissArmy; 01-10-2013 at 11:38 AM.. |
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