is this a good look?

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ali50ferrari
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Post Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:21 pm

this is is m30 lump in my old e28, i can achieve the similar look in my m20 and im seriously considering it, just a bit of graft i.e wet n dry sand paper and degrease degrease polish polish polish, let me know what you zoners think!


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Post Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:04 am

Do it :D
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Post Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:38 pm

ImysE30 wrote:Do it :D
wow thats a positive i ad so many people before saying nah man u ruining it keep it original blah blah blah, after my baby m20 goes in for the inspection 2 its gonna get propa pressure washed then im gonna freak out :mad: before and after pics will be uploaded, saaaaaaaaafffffffeee!
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Post Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:40 pm

It's good to be different, would be boring if everyone did the same thing.

I'm thinking of doing something similar with my M30, bit of :bling: :cool:
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Post Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:21 pm

ImysE30 wrote:It's good to be different, would be boring if everyone did the same thing.

I'm thinking of doing something similar with my M30, bit of :bling: :cool:
its easy man, degrease degrease, wet and dry wet wet and dry more wet and dry polish polish polish, it seems majority of the parts are aluminium? so the shine comes up real good! i used meguiars metal polish and autosol both good results aswell
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Post Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:04 pm

I think you should try it on mine first before you commit ;)
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Post Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:03 pm

Morat wrote:I think you should try it on mine first before you commit ;)
0f course for a charge lol :D
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 3:56 am

Looks the goods - I assume your fingers are now several mm shorter :D

I have embarked on a similar mission on my 2002. The dremel is a handy helper
'83 Bronzit 323i (mmmm, chrome)
'74 Polaris 2002 (mmmm, retro)
'89 Delphin 535i (mmmm, waft waft)