Stay-at-home subtle f15 mods

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by blue dragon

I'm actually swapping out my gloss black wheels for another variation of black, brushed dark black.

Current gloss black Rennen Forged monolicht M8 (will be posted in the FS section shortly)
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BC Forged RZ05 in brushed dark black
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Also considered these colours, but I think my yellow/green calipers will look better behind black

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Nice choice

I came so very close on pulling the trigger on the bc forged hca381 modular wheels.

[BMWofVS]

Arrived last week and got these bad boys mounted today.

[DenBel]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

Arrived last week and got these bad boys mounted

Time for big brake kit!

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by DenBel

Time for big brake kit!

Does it ever end...

[jmack123]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

Does it ever end...

It never ends once you get on the mod train. I would love BBKs myself but its such a damn expensive upgrade in the grand scheme of things. If only there was a happy medium between caliper covers and the BBK lol.

[CarCzar128i]

I like 95% of what you have done. I think almost any BMW colors looks better with black trim rather than chrome, but black really pops on white. (I have cedar atlas with chrome). You lost me at the gas cap and the paddle shifters. I tried my paddles the other day to see if they work, but my computer is so smart I let it do the shifting. I also don't get the debadging......Ford F150 owner to Chevy Silverado owner...."Yeah, I really dinged that dude's X5 when I opened my door, but I don't know what engine he had cuz he debadged the side...."
What is the part called that trims the hole in the front fender. You know, the hole that MAYBE looks cool, until you realize it funnels every drop of road salt along the side of your X5? I'm ready to cover mine with silver duct tape.

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by CarCzar128i

I like 95% of what you have done. I think almost any BMW colors looks better with black trim rather than chrome, but black really pops on white. (I have cedar atlas with chrome). You lost me at the gas cap and the paddle shifters. I tried my paddles the other day to see if they work, but my computer is so smart I let it do the shifting. I also don't get the debadging......Ford F150 owner to Chevy Silverado owner...."Yeah, I really dinged that dude's X5 when I opened my door, but I don't know what engine he had cuz he debadged the side...."
What is the part called that trims the hole in the front fender. You know, the hole that MAYBE looks cool, until you realize it funnels every drop of road salt along the side of your X5? I'm ready to cover mine with silver duct tape.

Thanks for the feedback.

Debadging for me was to make it look cleaner. I added the paddle shifter to give the steering wheel some blue accent. They are seldom used as it's awkward for me to drive with two hands on the wheel. When i want to go manual shift mode, I usually use the steptronic shift gear.

[jmack123]

Ended up putting a couple of coats of the new Hyperdip formula "Piano Black" (aka Gloss Black). As you can see, the depth of black and gloss is great. I did get some jagged edges as I applied this in only two wet coats over the previous hyperdip, so I will definitely be redoing from scratch next weekend. For those especially with the gloss black IND roundel, and don't want to drop $100 on the IND emblems, this is a great alternative:

[M302_imola]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

Lamin-x precut fog light covers. Took a few minutes to apply on each side. No wrinkles or bubbles and the film is very forgiving as you can remove and reapply as many times as you like. Also ended up paying only $11 for the pair. Used 20% off coupon code “WELCOME” + my credit card is offering $5 credit for purchasing from small businesses and Lamin-x qualifies as a small business

I've been debating doing yellow tint on my fogs for awhile now. With that promo code, I might as well. Even if I don't care for it once on I'm not out much $. I've always liked yellow fogs on white exterior, just hope it doesn't come across as "ricer".

[Violator]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

Does it ever end...

No...sadly it doesn’t.

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by jmack123

Ended up putting a couple of coats of the new Hyperdip formula "Piano Black" (aka Gloss Black). As you can see, the depth of black and gloss is great. I did get some jagged edges as I applied this in only two wet coats over the previous hyperdip, so I will definitely be redoing from scratch next weekend. For those especially with the gloss black IND roundel, and don't want to drop $100 on the IND emblems, this is a great alternative:

Plasti dip the X5 emblem last Spring still looking like day 1 (knock on wood)

Originally Posted by M302_imola

I've been debating doing yellow tint on my fogs for awhile now. With that promo code, I might as well. Even if I don't care for it once on I'm not out much $. I've always liked yellow fogs on white exterior, just hope it doesn't come across as "ricer".

I went with smoke sort of regret it since you can barely notice the tint but yellow looks nice. here is a friends X5 with the yellow fog tints.

Originally Posted by Violator

No...sadly it doesn’t.

don't tell me you're still going at it.

[jmack123]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

Plasti dip the X5 emblem last Spring still looking like day 1 (knock on wood)

I went with smoke sort of regret it since you can barely notice the tint but yellow looks nice. here is a friends X5 with the yellow fog tints.

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don't tell me you're still going at it.

Yea I like the yellow fogs too. Wonder if I would like the yellow fog lights though? Have you seen them in action with the yellow tint?

[M302_imola]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

I went with smoke sort of regret it since you can barely notice the tint but yellow looks nice. here is a friends X5 with the yellow fog tints.

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You the man! I like that look as well. Going to pull the trigger now. I'm assuming that your friend used 1 layer of yellow tint? Haven't looked into the kit enough to know if it comes with multiple layers or just one.

[M302_imola]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

FWIW bought mine from eBay back in April no issues what so ever.

Care to share the link? I scrolled through but didn't see it listed.

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by jmack123

Yea I like the yellow fogs too. Wonder if I would like the yellow fog lights though? Have you seen them in action with the yellow tint?

Sadly to say, I have not. We both purchased our X5 during the beginning of the pandemic and I just haven't been out much.

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by M302_imola

Care to share the link? I scrolled through but didn't see it listed.

it's not a thin film and it's just one pre-cut layer of film one for each side.

https://lamin-x.com/bmw-x5-14-18-fog-light-covers.html

20% off coupon code: WELCOME

[M302_imola]

Originally Posted by BMWofVS

it's not a thin film and it's just one pre-cut layer of film one for each side.

https://lamin-x.com/bmw-x5-14-18-fog-light-covers.html

20% off coupon code: WELCOME

Appreciate the link but I've already purchased the yellow fog light covers. They should be in transit now. I was referring to the link for the ebay black mirror covers you purchased. Appreciate it.

Also, very curious as to how the platidipped roof rails hold up. I'd like to do the same to mine.

[InvertedPanda21]

That looks really nice!

[virtualbong]

What type of Vossen 22s are those?

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by M302_imola

Appreciate the link but I've already purchased the yellow fog light covers. They should be in transit now. I was referring to the link for the ebay black mirror covers you purchased. Appreciate it.

Also, very curious as to how the platidipped roof rails hold up. I'd like to do the same to mine.

surprisingly plastidip roof rails has held up pretty well. Haven't had to touch them up at all still look great, then again i did slap on 4 or 5 coats. truthfully the most painful part of that mod was the prep work, cleaning the rails and masking the SAV.

and the mirror caps
https://www.ebay.com/itm/FOR-14-18-B...72.m2749.l2649

Originally Posted by virtualbong

What type of Vossen 22s are those?

Type: HF-5
Color: Antracite

[Jarhed1964]

New to me 2016 35i M-Sport. First thing I did was get rid of chrome grills and replaced with black.

[BMWofVS]

Originally Posted by Jarhed1964

New to me 2016 35i M-Sport. First thing I did was get rid of chrome grills and replaced with black.

that was the first thing i did too