E46 328ci

[wasnt m3]

+1 on the color matched side markers. I know you can buy pre-painted ones relatively cheap.

[328ci]

Ill probably just pick up some color matched paint and paint them myself. Paint in an aerosol is less than 15 bucks and I like doing things myself. Hopefully I dont destroy these trying to take them out like my ambers...lol

[RamRod E28]

Get some smoke blinkers and side markers and get those kidneys flat black again. This will change the look of the whole car

[patsbimmer1]

I really like the gloss black!

[328ci]

Ramze46 said:

Get some smoke blinkers and side markers and get those kidneys flat black again. This will change the look of the whole car

Im thinking smoked at some point. Maybe after tires and springs.

patsbimmer1 said:

I really like the gloss black!

Thank you, havent looked at it in person enough to know how I feel about them.

[328ci]

As I wait for the funds to accumulate for tires and springs (which should hopefully be soon with a handful of details lined up) I have been pondering some other small mods I plan on doing. Vinyl wrapping the interior is one of them. I think the wood trim in the e46 is nice, I just want something different. I have narrowed it down to two options:

Gloss black or Brushed black

Gloss black

or 

Brushed black

I think im leaning more towards the gloss black as of now. I think its a good neutral color. The brushed black just needs to be dark enough. I dont want it to look like my stainless steel fridge.

This stuff is cheap so I might just order a roll and do it since I'm gonna be done with school soon and itchin for some projects to do

[jc43089]

I vote the brushed black.

[shovz]

Brushed for sure

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[jc43089]

I feel like the gloss will show dirt/fingerprints really easy.

[wasnt m3]

I have oem metallic black trim in my e46 with tan interior. I really like the contrast. Couldn't stand the wood trim.

[328ci]

wasnt m3 said:

I have oem metallic black trim in my e46 with tan interior. I really like the contrast. Couldn't stand the wood trim.

This is exactly what I am aiming for. I want something that will look nice between the two colors. Do you happen to have anymore pictures of the interior showing the trim? There is a "metallic black" vinyl wrap that I could go with.

Thank you

I appreciate other giving their opinion, but I think the brushed black looks best between two shades of black, as opposed to black and beige in my car

[wasnt m3]

I'll see if I can get a pic tomorrow. It's hard to see the metallic in any of the pictures I have.

[328ci]

wasnt m3 said:

I'll see if I can get a pic tomorrow. It's hard to see the metallic in any of the pictures I have.

Is it obvious that its metallic?

Does it look like this?

[RamRod E28]

brushed black for the sake that the pic with it has a manual not a slushbox like the auto does!

[patsbimmer1]

The gloss reminds me of a piano finish which I really like.  The brushed is nice to but I prefer the gloss on your car.

[328ci]

patsbimmer1 said:

The gloss reminds me of a piano finish which I really like.  The brushed is nice to but I prefer the gloss on your car.

Yeah I saw a set of piano black trim and really wanted it because I knew it would look good in my car, so this wrap is the closet thing to it with out paying $$$ for OEM. Thinking either gloss black or gloss black metallic at this point

[patsbimmer1]

I would go straight gloss and just keep it shined up. Clean gloss black always looks like it has depth to me.

[328ci]

I picked up the tires from Mike on here, great guy with an awesome car!

IMG_1988 by durty30, on Flickr

[328ci]

Getting the tires mounted and balanced tomorrow, for free 

[328ci]

Got the tires mounted and balanced today, had to put one on to get the feel

sorry for the terrible cell phone pictures. left my camera at my grandparents house and been so busy that i didnt take the time to get it

Ive been tossing around the idea of coils over springs the last couple of days, and now after putting the wheel on in the rear I dont know if I really need to. Im trying to stay pretty functional and not have to do any serious modification, so if the rear was like an inch lower, Id probably be fine with that. Who knows though, Ive got a lot of research to do still