William's 330Ci ZHP Maintenance and Project Thread

Forgot to update after I painted the mounting hardware for the Bimmian cell phone bracket and ProClip cell phone mount. I used the same paint that I used for the lower mesh grille refresh I did here.

http://i.imgur.com/0sRXu1Y.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uoUiLKS.jpg

I think it looks quite good, better than the stainless steel beforehand.

In other news, I'm still waiting for Apex to do their 17" ARC-8 group buy :foottap

I am stuck on wheel color now. I thought I wanted Hyper Black, but now I'm considering Anthracite. A while back I had spotted another Orient Blue ZHP while browsing through Google that had ARC-8s and I liked how it looked. Turned out it was OtterEffect's car. He has 18x9" ET42 Apex ARC-8s in Anthracite so I shot him a PM asking for more pictures and these are what he sent me (I hope he doesn't mind me reposting them). I think the Anthracite color looks very good on Orient Blue, but I can't decide if it's too dark and after-markety or not. I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts!

http://i.imgur.com/RZ4Fq1U.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ku0j5zN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OdhFvwD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/esNnYUH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9YDXpis.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wSuelVj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8w6dbjg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/p3q5wm8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/T5oxpOh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/yqKS39P.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NdZm4hk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xZtlIBy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/njPK1TO.jpg

I think they look pretty good on there :)
What color hyper black are you thinking about? I can't remember. There are so many different variations....

Darios old car. Still looks great

I don't remember sorry ... My memory is shot from chasing 2 yr old twins
Here's the hyper silver wheels on my car

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01...6598ba8e92.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01...d501cc6ce9.jpg

Damn, those do look good!


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Mount looks good. Both those colors are sweet, tough choice. I know, not much help.

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Don't think you can go wrong with either but I'm a bit biased towards anthracite


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Don't think you can go wrong with either but I'm a bit biased towards anthracite


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Same here.


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"ZHP is a garbage option anyway- just some cosmetic upgrades with a different cam and diff to claw back some of the performance lost fitting those hideous and heavy wheels. Any 330 with a 3.46 diff will smoke a ZHP every time. The whole Mafia thing reeks of childish behavior." - an e46f member

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I think they look pretty good on there :)
What color hyper black are you thinking about? I can't remember. There are so many different variations....

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What brand wheels are those that you have in your pics? And I'm referring to Apex's "Hyper Black." The best photos I could scrounge on E46s with Hyper Black ARC-8s on a car with dark exterior paint are below:

http://i.imgur.com/LpDdA.jpg
http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...0.jpg~original
http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...7.jpg~original
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/8...d8f50c3a_c.jpg
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/att...1&d=1394485190
http://i61.tinypic.com/1z5oemu.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/2gtvkwg.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/wspu93.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...a.jpg~original
http://i.imgur.com/fIEjYl.jpg
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7547/1...c2e9fc2f_c.jpg

And then another dark car on Anthracite ARC-8s:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5020/5...e21c2f8a_b.jpg

The ones on my car are cheap eBay wheels lol. $500 shipped. I needed some wheels in a hurry...
They are holding up surprisingly well.