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      08-12-2013, 02:35 PM   #23
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The car is clean the 760 style exhaust is nice and the wheels are classy without too much flash. As everyone on this forum has stated, a M-Sport or M-performance is not a M. The badge on the back makes it look poser just like all those dorks with S550 cars with the AMG body kit posting AMG badges. Every true BMW fan will look at your car and as soon as they see the badge they will write you off as a poser. Take it from someone that owned many BMWs including 4 ///M cars. I would never put a M badge on the back of my X5 M-Sport. I drive the closest thing to a ///M7, an Alpina B7 and a F13 ///M6.

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      08-12-2013, 06:56 PM   #24
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What decklid spoiler is that? I like the low profile. Car looks bad ass too.
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      08-12-2013, 11:44 PM   #25
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Thank you all again, and your comments are well accepted.
Here is the list of mods and some refreshed pics until the professionals come...

Forged1 2-tone wheels.
22x11.5 rear
22x9.5 front
Pirelli tires: 315/25/22 rear
275/30/22 front
H&R Sport springs.
Custom engraved with the ///M logo caliper covers from MGP
in gloss black and black/white/silver painted logo.
Headlights cut open and rebuilt with UMnitza OrionV3 multi LED rings with crisp 6000K output.
The Eyebrow LED was also changed to a white LED to get rid of the dull yellow look.
All chrome accents, including front grills (outer frame only), wrapped in
3M Di-Noc carbon fiber vinyl.
That includes the 4 grey plastic pieces in the front and rear bumper. On top of that, the part of front lower bumper is also wrapped, to give those plastic pieces a more continuous look and shape. 5 piece LED strips were chosen to exactly match the color of the headlight bulbs (which were changed to 6000K) and the LED rings, to give it a more modernized look. Rear diffuser and the exhaust tips are from a 760 model. Custom puddle lights were installed and work together with the welcome lights. Rear taillights were lightly smoked to give it a more 2013 look. The hood/trunk/steering wheel emblems were changed to carbon fiber ones. The shifting knob was changed to a ///M carbon fiber one. The car has dark burl wood color so it matches well with the grayish carbon fiber look.
The color combo of the interior is oyster/black and since from time to time the seat bolsters were getting dirty from denim and such, the bolsters and and seat borders were changed to black Alcantara suede. It perfectly fit the whole
black/white/gray theme. Aluminum pedals were added to give the footrest pedal not so lonely feeling.
Electronic Cut Offs were added to give the exhaust some life. It has four different positions (including stock/closed) which are controlled by a button installed in the little storage compartment underneath the headlights switch. Sprint Booster was added for a much quicker throttle response, which also has 2 different settings,
Semi-aggressive and aggressive.
Stock would be 3rd, and also installed in that compartment.
Btw, I highly recommend the Sprint Booster to those of you who don't have it.
VAC Motorsports tuning chip was installed which resulted in about
40 extra horses and torque (to the wheels). It's nice as you can, along with the stock settings, change between the wonderful comfort drive to a rough/sporty one.
All codes offered by Alex@Alpine
were also done on the car.
Very much useful...
Interior lights were changed to
6/12 LED boards. The reverse lights were changed to LED ones as well. Last but not least is the
Infamous ///M trunk badge

Btw, any photographers in NYC are interested in a shoot please PM me, as I can only do as much as press the enhance button in the photo edit menu.... That's why I think, these 5 pics should serve the car well.

Enjoy and more comments are welcome guys!
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      08-12-2013, 11:57 PM   #26
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Angel Eyes and front bumper leds

Dear sir,the angel eyes seems very bright. I have also 7 M package. Can you tell the manufacturer. I have also M package bumper. The leds that are installed on it how are connected?
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      08-14-2013, 02:55 PM   #27
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Must be nice to have a lowered 7!!! I wish my car wasn't x-drive so I could lower as well.
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      08-15-2013, 08:34 AM   #28
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Must be nice to have a lowered 7!!! I wish my car wasn't x-drive so I could lower as well.
H&R Super Sport springs should help with that. They are more aggressive than the regular Sport series.
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      08-15-2013, 03:46 PM   #29
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      08-15-2013, 03:57 PM   #30
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M trunk emblem.
I see your point about mSport, but M trunk emblems are for M cars only. Otherwise, it makes as much sense as a 535i mSport with an M trunk emblem. It sends the wrong message and degrade the hard work you've done to the car.

Overall, well executed. Those wheels are sick.
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faux ///M badge needs to go. also, the Benz-like LED's need to go. that aside, it looks great. esp with the 760 exhaust tips.
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      08-18-2013, 12:40 AM   #31
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You gotta lose the M badge man!
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      08-24-2013, 10:52 PM   #32
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Very well done man! I want my future 7 to look exactly like yours except for that ///M badge on the rear...other than that, great job bud!

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      08-25-2013, 07:49 PM   #33
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Thank you all again for all your comments. Please keep them coming
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      08-31-2013, 09:22 PM   #34
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      08-31-2013, 10:26 PM   #35
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Nice car!
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      09-01-2013, 11:28 AM   #36
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      09-01-2013, 11:29 AM   #37
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      09-01-2013, 12:12 PM   #38
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      09-01-2013, 01:59 PM   #39
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      09-08-2013, 08:52 PM   #40
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The M badge on the trunk is for an true, M series car. Not a car with the 'M sport' package, no matter how bad one might want to rationalize it. There is no such thing as the M7 series at this point for this iteration. Case closed.

Nevertheless, the car looks good.
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      09-09-2013, 02:22 PM   #41
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car looks great.....but im going to agree with the M-badge, get rid of it. if BMW thought the car was an M...they'd put the M on it themselves.

id also say get rid of that matte black on the lower lip....it looks MUCH cleaner without it
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      09-26-2013, 03:36 PM   #42
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you drive a well over $85k car, you do not need to put an M badge on it.

People who know cars will instantly think less of your vehicle (hence the remarks in this post).

that car is so sick, and the M badge throws it off 10 fold. just ditch that and youre good!
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