I think that the OEM rear sports bumper looks great but I gotz no money. I like the fact that it the diffuser is black thus giving a nice contrast. To achieve this look, I have applied a carbon fiber wrap on my stock bumper. Let me know what you think.

 

really like how it came out also are you tail lights slightly tinted? or is just a shadow

 

Thanks. The tail light were tinted; light smoke. I love them however I am going to redo them. I wasn't patient when I got them on the first time. I should have taken the lights off the car and applied the tint. There are a couple of creases that are driving me nuts.

 

im not a fan of tinted tails but i actually like yours a lot

 

looks great!

 

At least the weave/twist are going in the same direction. : )

 

Nice, I bet that took FORRRREEEEEVVVVEEERRRR

 

howd you remove the lower bumper reflectors?

 

nice.

 

Reach up and behind the bumper, push one of the reflector tabs inwards. For example, the rear driver side reflector, on the interior right side you will push the tab to the left. The opposite for the passenager side reflector (tab on the left, push to the right).

I will post a photo of this later.

 

The process took me a couple of hours. If I was to do it again...and the right/proper way, I would take off the bumper. The muffler tip gets in the way.

 

I think the car shoulda come stock with that diffuser black. Looks great

 

i dig

 

As promised, here are the photos:

Starting on the driver side rear bumper, stick your hand behind the bumper and feel for the metal clip on the right side of the reflector. Push it to the left and push it towards you.





To put the reflector back in, place the left tab in first and then push in the right side into the bumper.



As for the passenger side, the metal clip is on the left side. Push the clip to the right and push it out towards you.

 

well done

 

I was lazy and just painted mine black (gloss)...pics later today.

 

jeez.. you did all that with the bumper attached to the car?!?
i bet that SUCKED.

looks great.

tip i got from my tint guy who does wraps and clear bras...
if you ever get a pain in the ass area that wont stick or keeps bubbling up, put clear fingernail polish on it and stick down. does a wonderful job of keeping the stuff stuck.

if you need it to come off, use nail polish remover.
thats how i wrapped my deck lid spoiler.
the rounded corners would not stay flat.

i need to get around to installing it one of these days.

 

looks good but your cuts need to be more straight..

 

painted....

 

^painted looks amazing. wow

 

That looks amazing

 

very nicely done. i was at my friends body shop that help me do my room and front shield. thinking of maybe plastic dipping the rear bumper. great tip on the rear reflector pop out.

 

looks much better painted!

i thought of trying to plasti-dip mine.
just not sure how the matte black would look under CBP.

maybe ill tape it up one day and give it a shot.

 

I decided to paint it gloss black after seeing the new 535i with sport package.....plus I would be armoralling the damn thing every week!

 

Prob won't see shit. This is why I hate black cars. You could probably only see when the car is super clean which in my case is like 4 days every 2 weeks

 

just get the glossifier and spray it on top of the black plasti... makes it gloss black

thats cause you used armorall, that shit sucks donkey dick

 

I actually use aerospace 303 but I didn't think many here would know what the hell that is.

 

Love the gloss black..

 

Oh cool paint...

Sounds familiar...

 

That is a surprisingly specific amount of time.

 

It's true though. I don't drive much but dust, sand, and freaking cat paw prints always manage to get on my car. It's gotten really cold the past few weeks so haven't seen cat prints but idk where the hell the sand is coming from.

 

hmm maybe i should plastidip my rear bumper, wonder how it would look on a vbp

 

 

im waiting to see if im getting a new one to do it =P

 

I noticed the wagon is a gloss black OEM...



and more 535 shots....notice the 6 series in the background is the same...

 

not feeling the painted tips though

 

word. it even looks like its chipping already.

 

Not feeling either

 

Got a link to that tail light tint? What % is it?


Thanks!

 

2 year old topic... lmao