E46 328ci

[RamRod E28]

328ci said:

Theres a difference between buying smoked corners and using night shade like a ricer

Ok... Yes I used nightshades on my tails but I had smoked fronts that I purchased and easy on the ricer thing... That kinda stings man

suspenceful said:

Come to my house and lets cut your springs...

Ain't nothing wrong wit dat!

[328ci]

suspenceful said:

Come to my house and lets cut your springs...

Might have to pass dude

depending how things go, there could be large flow of cash soon

[YoungCR]

328ci said:

WI bmw logo sticker from here

Thanks for your purchase supporting the site! It was shipped out this morning, forgot to mark that in the store though. Can't wait to see pics of it installed

[KaiserRolls]

CYoung said:

WI bmw logo sticker from here

Thanks for your purchase supporting the site! It was shipped out this morning, forgot to mark that in the store though. Can't wait to see pics of it installed

Requesting write up of sticker install.

Maybe Chris will sticky it.

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[328ci]

CYoung said:

Thanks for your purchase supporting the site! It was shipped out this morning, forgot to mark that in the store though. Can't wait to see pics of it installed

For 6 bucks it was hard to say no. Im a sucker for stickers, BMW's, and Wisconsin. So naturally, I had to buy it.

[328ci]

KaiserRolls said:

Requesting write up of sticker install. Maybe Chris will sticky it. . .

I'll make it as detailed as possible

srs

Heres some pictures because there's been a lot of text lately

Detailing the boat, thought it looked good from this angle

Have to represent my favorite place to be in the entire world

And finally got to drive an R8. Just so happened to be the V10+ version as well and oh my lord did that thing sound fucking good

[328ci]

Things arrived

[jc43089]

OOOHH very nice!

[328ci]

More things came. Put things in. Much Better

Much better by durty30, on Flickr

Wanted to put it on a window, but I already have two stickers and it would have been crowded and messy looking. Next best spot

WI BIMMERS by durty30, on Flickr

Just ordered some gloss black vinyl wrap. Was only 25 bucks for a 5 x 2 sheet so why not

[suspenceful]

Friendly photo tip:

Lightroom > Lens Corrections > Color > Remove Chromatic Abberation

Smoked corners look much better.

[328ci]

suspenceful said:

Friendly photo tip:

Lightroom > Lens Corrections > Color > Remove Chromatic Abberation

Smoked corners look much better.

I used to do it on every picture but I never saw that it did anything, so I stopped. Will do from now on

[suspenceful]

328ci said:

I used to do it on every picture but I never saw that it did anything, so I stopped. Will do from now on

Some pictures don't need it, but the one above needs it bad. You can play with the sliders til it looks good.

I couldn't help but to snap a picture while your car was all wet today.

Eric's 328ci E46 by Jake Spence Photography, on Flickr

[328ci]

suspenceful said:

Some pictures don't need it, but the one above needs it bad. You can play with the sliders til it looks good.

I couldn't help but to snap a picture while your car was all wet today.

Eric's 328ci E46 by Jake Spence Photography, on Flickr

I can dabble. Thanks dude

Got my vinyl wrap today, no clue when I'm going to start doing that

[328ci]

Not sure why, but I decided I was gonna wrap my trim tonight. I can barely wrap a present myself so I was heading into uncharted territory with this DIY. Picked up some plastic trim tools after work and headed home. Did the biggest, straightest piece first. It went surprisingly well for my first time ever doing this. No bubbles, corners nice and sharp. The next two trim pieces I did have to do over because of some minor bubbling, but I would rather get it right than have it bother me. Not pictured below is the shifter trim, which I also did tonight. I apologize for the bad pictures, was just quickly taking some.

The first piece (my first attempt)

All of the trim

The flash makes the picture look horrible, but really shows the trim in the car. Ill get a better picture tomorrow when its not night time and with terrible garage lighting,

Just have to do the front and rear arm rests

I do not regret picking gloss black over the fake carbon fiber at all. I personally think the fake CF looks tacky, the gloss black is very subtle and OEM looking, exactly what I wanted

[328ci]

Realized it was good conditions for taking pictures today, went out and gave it a shot. Quickly realized how ugly and un-photogenic my car is. Was disappointing to say the least.

IMG_2159 by durty30, on Flickr

IMG_2165 by durty30, on Flickr

Better picture of vinyl wrap

[suspenceful]

You're too hard on yourself man. The car looks good, as does the vinyl wrap.

Once its lowered, you'll fall in love.

[jc43089]

Looks great, I like how the trim wrap turned out.

[Earl]

I think once it is brought down to earth you will change your mind

[B C]

I think it looks great! The camera angle and perspective change due to zoom (for lack of proper photography terminology) can make dumb cars look good in pictures or cool cars look dumb

[328ci]

I appreciate the kind words. Its just not how I want my car to look, and not being in a financially fit position to make it so bothers me (I probably could make it how I want but my dad is already upset about how much money I've spent this year on it, will see what happens).

@snap, there are very few angles that this car looks good from right now. The main one being in person. I know thats a lame excuse, but the perspective in the pictures really exploits how bad the stance is. In person, it looks better (as lame as that sounds).

IMG_2162 by durty30, on Flickr