Congrats on the pick up, it looks great.
Congrats on the pick up, it looks great.
Long overdue update...
July was a busy month. Installed the refinished Style 135s with new Conti ExtremeContact tires with 12mm spacers all around. Wheels were ceramic coated for easy cleanup.
Well in July I started detailing the car and I finished it last week. Crazy huh? PDR guy came and took out all the door dings this car had which was surprisingly a lot. The hood has been repainted at some point due to rock chips and was never wet sanded since there were still fish eyes in the paint. Having never wet sanded before, I asked myself how hard could it be? Well... I started by hand and that took too long so I ordered some sanding discs and slapped it on my Rupes polisher without a sanding backing plate. What a mistake that was...back to hand polishing...result are about 85% better since I put some deep pig tails with the buffer/sandpaper combo.
I'll try and get some pics of the outcome but it is what it is.
Zhp by Vr6 Hooptie, on Flickr
Rest of the car came out great! M105/M205 combo finished with a rupes ultra fine polish. I used AMMO Reflex Pro coating for the first time which is an eye watering $150! Results are impressive but not sure it's worth the premium over CQuartz UK 3.0 I've been using for years.
Zhp by Vr6 Hooptie, on Flickr
During the summer I also ordered OEM Euro tails, OEM replacement headlight covers and DEPO corners and side markers. Finally got around to installing them tonight. Exterior "mods" are done.
Zhp by Vr6 Hooptie, on Flickr
Zhp by Vr6 Hooptie, on Flickr
Zhp by Vr6 Hooptie, on Flickr
I will take actual pics hopefully this week so sorry for the poop snaps in the meantime. Just needed the motivation to document this a bit better.
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Randeaux/Rando/John/jr - '06 Cic ZHP; Southern California
"ZHP or not, I still like you"
ZHP Performance Package, Cold Weather Package, Leather, Jet Black/Black/BlackCube, NAV, Anthracite Black "my individual" interior trim
ESS Stage 1 Twin Screw Supercharger, Sprint Booster, BMW Perf Intake, Magnaflow Exhaust, Dinan TB & STEP S/W, UCC Sway Bars, Apex EC-7 18x8.5 ET38
Suspension: AST 44100 dampers, Bimmerworld front adjustable end links, Swift springs (8K front, 10K rear), Vorshlag camber plates
Dynavin D99+, Hardwire V1 (w/V1 Connection), BSW Stage 1 Speakers, Kicker Amp/Subwoofer
BMW Performance Strut Brace, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, No-holes License Plate, SMG Paddle Shift Mod, Besian VANOS, Gold DISA, Fan Delete, M3 Side Mirrors
Note: Actual car no longer resembles signature picture
the results of that exterior paint refresh turned out great, nice to continue to see people bring these cars back to life
2005 BMW 330i ZHP - BMWP brakes/intake/strut bar/shifter, Coby wraps interior, BBS CHs, Eagle Eye LED tails, LED fog lights, GC coilovers, Sprint Booster/sport button mod, 4.5 LCM w/ programming, Xtrons 9inch HU, BSW stg1, dynamat, M3 sedan dead pedal, oCarbon CF interior trim, CF seat backs, 2x2 CF MTECH2 diffuser, CF cabin filter cover
Noticed you are in Virginia. Who did the wheel refinish?
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His - 2004 Imola Red / Alcantara 330i | 6MT | ZHP |
Her's - 2005 Black Sapphire Metallic / Black Leather 330i | 6MT | ZHP |
Thanks! Saving them for the next generation is my excuse for the silly money I spend on cars haha