A bit of a clean and polish + new Hamann Grills

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 17:48

Howdy,

Twas a nice day so I have polished the car for the 1st time in nearly a year.

Used a clay bar for the 1st time, and it sure does make a huge difference!

I also fitted the new M5 style black Hamann grills.

Mobile phone pics...

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 17:50

And gave it a hoover and wipe down inside.

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 17:54

Nope, whats wrong with it?

It has all the controls for the stereo and cruise on it, which is usefull.

Anyway I want to get rid of the whole car, not just the steering wheel ;-)

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 18:10

Fox does it, so it must be cool!

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 18:40

Its because I don't like the Sport rear bumper. The front of the car looks pants IMHO with the stock bumper, thats all I wanted to change.

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 19:04

Oblivious said:
Selling a 540i for a ... SMART car?

Yup, whats wrong with that. I don't need a huge 4.4L V8 to drive around town. Plus I have to park this on street which is a PITA most time.

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 19:27

TBH each to their own. I added bits and bobs to suit my tastes, not to make it something it is not. I like the shark fin, at least it is not chrome. The sports bumper looks better than the stock and the alloys I like.

It has nothing to do with affording to keep it, or run it. It is more about the practicality of owning such a car. I have residents parking here and this is a right PITA to park most days. Plus I am tootling around town most days, this is not what the car was deisgned for.

I did go straight from the BMW dealers to the SMART dealer (opposite) and had a play with the roadster and Fourtwo. I really like both.

The 5 is an utterly awesome car, and it is perfect in almost every way. Fast, smooth, comfortable and has tonnes of toys. It will be a sad day when she goes, but I aspired to own one, and I have done that. Time to move on.

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 19:30

Duke said:
Not too sure on the front grille, but rest looks good. Keep hearing good things about using clay bar, so got one coming Monday

I have the original chrome ones in the boot, and the clay bar is amazing. It is true what you read about them!

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 19:31

GSXRMovistar said:
Looks great, especially the grille and wheels. Would be interesting to see what it would like with colour coded rub strips.

I posted a while back about colour coding them, the general consensus was it was a bad idea.

The mods have stopped now, no point in continuing.

Pinter75 · 17 Mar 2007 at 19:37

Skywalker said:
As for the thing of getting a smart car steve your to tall for one unless you get one with the roof that folds back - you need something like a S2000 lol

I know what you mean, I had trouble in the roadster, the fourtwo was great though, really roomy.

I will go back on Monday when somebody is there, so I can take a test drive :-)