Caporegime
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Looks much better now, good work.
The 3M Carbon wrap looks great in person.
The 3M Carbon wrap looks great in person.
I wrapped it and spoiled it. (lol56k)
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+1. Looks much better now!
Can't make my mind up about it. I think it goes well with the top half of the dash. But not as well lower down.
Nice application. I too have spent a lot of time indoors with the hairdryer. Some of it applying DI-NOC.
If you have any problems getting hold of DI-NOC - ask Minxy on here, she can get hold of large quantities at a great price, on a very quick turnaround
Nice application. I too have spent a lot of time indoors with the hairdryer. Some of it applying DI-NOC.
If you have any problems getting hold of DI-NOC - ask Minxy on here, she can get hold of large quantities at a great price, on a very quick turnaround
Soldato
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Carbon is nice
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Just get a genuine BMW one? They are hardly expensive!
Fake Ebay plastic stuff = no! It's not an M reg E36.
Oh no ...what have you done!
I loved the wood, now you're gone and made it look like 90% of the other BMW's out there, except for the cream leather of course, which I must say looks a little odd with the carbon fibre effect, yet it matched the wood perfectly.
It does look very authentic from the pictures, really not to my taste though and I can't help but feel you just committed a crime against your car.
Also what is it with all the Rover comments? I would hardly say any BMW interior looks like a Rover, even though Rover have used wood in the past (so have Jaguar, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce to name a few others) ...although it was fake wood in the '90s I imagine. Luxury and executive cars have always traditionally featured wood and more recently at least the option to have it. Shame to see it taped over.
I loved the wood, now you're gone and made it look like 90% of the other BMW's out there, except for the cream leather of course, which I must say looks a little odd with the carbon fibre effect, yet it matched the wood perfectly.
It does look very authentic from the pictures, really not to my taste though and I can't help but feel you just committed a crime against your car.
Also what is it with all the Rover comments? I would hardly say any BMW interior looks like a Rover, even though Rover have used wood in the past (so have Jaguar, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce to name a few others) ...although it was fake wood in the '90s I imagine. Luxury and executive cars have always traditionally featured wood and more recently at least the option to have it. Shame to see it taped over.
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Back in the late 80's Rover decided to pretend to be really upmarket by filling everything with the sort of wood you'd previously only seen on actually upmarket cars.
As a result, everyone on OCuk now thinks that wood 'looks like a Rover' presumably in the same way that having 4 wheels 'Looks like a Kia' because Kia's have 4 wheels as well.
This is presumably a sentiment ignored by Mercedes, BMW, Land Rover, Jaguar, Rolls Royce etc who continue to offer wood trim, often as standard, and buyers who continue to spec it. But to be fair wood is not usually a 'youthful' choice and most under 30's wouldn't want it anyway so it's not suprising it gets such bad press on here.
