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Hey guys, I am thinking of painting the calipers on Lightning McQueen and would like some input. At this point, I am thinking black or silver. I have stock rims. I have painted calipers silver before, and it gives a nice clean look, but I think it may not look good against the darker color of my...

Hello Everyone, I just awoke from a glorious dream: I had added a second E39 to my stable and had spent all day and night driving them around. My current M5 was in the dream ('02 Carbon Black), but also apparently somewhere I had bought/found a Sakhir Orange E39! I have no experience...

A few shots taken inside the light box at NorthWest Auto Salon

Purchased this car in early April from a dealer. Needless to say, the hack detailing job they did was not up to my standards. Deep scratches and light swirling on every panel. :crying2: Finally got the time to give it to one of the best detailers in the Chicago area. A full, 20-hour paint...

Hi all, I have just had my wheels refurbished at http://www.wheelrepair.co.uk I went for a slightly darker Chrome Shadow than the stock look, and it's come out very well! The cost was £350 for a full blast clean and removal of curb scrapes/defects, Chrome Shadow powder coating - consisting of...

I got tired of the small imperfections, small scratches from washing and other small blemishes, such as stone chips and decided to do the same thing I did to previous cars. But they were 5-10 years older and way less expensive than the beast. So I did some polishing of my newly bought M5 and...

Hey guys, I tried searching with no luck, if this has already been discussed please link me! I need to build up my # of posts anyway... When looking through the headlight-related threads, some of the information was confusing but this is what I took from it... On the 2001 and 2002 OEM Hella...

Hi Guys I am placing an order for my new car. After much thought, consideration and test drives - I have decided to get the new E90 M3 4-door sedan over the C63 AMG. I have narrowed down to two color combinations. It's either Alpine White on Fox Red Extended Novillo Leather or Interlagos Blue...