actually i was thinkin about wrapping other things though like the engine cover, coil cover, and intake box in either cf or chrome. and i was thinking about either black out or cf window trim. that isnt like over the topor anything right?

 

Oh, I didn't think you wanted to do it and I understand the whole matching scheme. I'm just against the 18 year old with no money (like me :-D) faking a CF hood with stickers. Sorry, I wasn't trying to flame you for it.

Edit: I much more for getting CF body panels for the weight factor and painting them to match the metal panels.

 

e46 m3 prices are coming down...just be patient...decent ones can be found for mid 20s now.

my knowledge of bmws has come from trolling the m3forum. it is an incredible resource, just like here.

my maintenance and work has been covered by the factory...you are correct about the cost of maintenance, but a lot of it you can DIY. cost of labor is what kills you. parts arent that bad.

m5s are nice...

 

Well I'm glad to hear you're not looking to do it to your car, but yeah, I know that the principle is certainly legit. It is what a lot of NASCAR cars are doing now, instead of getting new paint jobs all the time, you can lay this stuff over your car, and it makes the switches a lot less costly. I don't know about the long term, how well it would hold up. Is it very expensive?

Painting CF sounds treacherous. I just can't see it coming out very legit.

Finally, I'm guessing smaglik know so much about BMW's because he owns one. You kind of tend to keep tabs on all of the cars, just your own. But if you are a car-mag-obsessed freak like me (C&D, R&T, Automobile, Motor Trend, more) you probably would know every one of those details already. My brother has a prev. gen 7-series and my mother has a 2004 3-series. Quite different rides... but both to die for!

 

i agree on painting the cf like if i was really into trying to make my car fast (which im not since i have an i4 automatic sedan) id try to keep it looking sleeperish and get the cf stuff but paint it to match which im pretty sure you can do as long as you do it correctly

thats the most random ad ive seen in here i think: Kitchen Range Hoods Made in Italy
it used to be k&n right there