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2023 BMW 760i | Delivered & Wrapped
It's been a hectic couple of weeks since I took delivery of the new 760i, so I haven't had much of a chance to take any decent pictures yet. I did have the fine folks at Esoteric tint & wrap the car for me, though, so I thought I'd share the link to their gallery here, particularly if someone is curious about a satin wrap on the new G70.
My intention was to just get the front end done with regular PPF, but things snowballed from there. Because I optioned the chrome grille (I didn't want to lose the LED surround and I don't like the rectangular box in the middle of the shadowline grille), I asked Esoteric to wrap the chrome (front & back) in satin to "calm it down" a bit. (It worked!) I've known those guys forever, so when they suggested wrapping the Dravit Grey in satin PPF, too, I accepted. Honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about the wrap yet. I don't hate it, but I do miss the depth of non-wrapped Dravit Grey, as this is now the 4th BMW that I've ordered in the color. And, the car gets a LOT of attention... due in no small part to the satin wrap, I think. So, it may not stay, but here it is for now, expertly applied by the guys at Esoteric. Esoteric's gallery here: https://www.esotericdetail.com/project/bmw-7-series/ Aside from the wrap issue, I love the car. I had a first year 750i from the last gen, too, which was my 7th 7-Series... and, truth be told, I hated it. It felt big and floaty and was everything that I didn't want in a 7-Series. So, I traded it on a series of M550is and X6Ms. I really had no intention of biting on the new 7 until I sat in one. Holy crap, they pushed the envelope with this car and I love it. More thoughts and pictures soon, if people are interested.
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I love it!! I was going to do the exact same thing (Dravit gray and stealth wrap) but ended up getting a frozen grey instead which I wrapped for easier maintenance ($5k extra for the paint + full wrap cost, yay…).
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Frozen Grey was going to be my choice if I didn’t go with Dravit, actually. My main issue (aside from still having to wrap it) was that I’ve never seen it in person. I know and love Dravit, so it seemed like the “safer” choice. I’d love to see pics of your car, though!
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Thanks, Gemini.
I’m still adjusting to it. I really do think it looks cool. I think I just miss the gold fleck in Dravit when it’s not wrapped.
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Here’s are a couple snaps that also show the wheels after powder-coating. Also, I didn’t menotion it in the initial post, but Esoteric tinted the windows while they had it, as well.
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Looks great! My guy at Nomad Autworks tried to persuade me to do the same thing, I think it would look nice but I have Brooklyn grey so I was thinking that it may be too light of a color to go satin. I don’t know but I just went with the clear PPF and ceramic coating. I noticed you got the wheels either dipped or wrapped too. It definitely has a different look, I like your style of wheels a bit more than my jet black 909s . Great looking car!
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Front looks really good. I'd wrap the reflectors as well. Enjoy in good health.
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It’s difficult to tell in my pictures, but I really do like the look of the chrome grille wrapped with satin PPF. I haven’t had a job-shadowline grille in ages, so I was nervous about a lot of bling-y chrome, so the satin overlay does a great job of toning it down. And, then I’m able to still enjoy the LED surround, while bypassing the weird rectangle piece in the middle of the shadowline version.
Interestingly, I noticed on the release pics for the forthcoming i7 M70, the shadowline grille does have the LED surround… although they didn’t eliminate the rectangle in the center.
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XZLR8 Can you get any better pix to share of your satin-wrapped chrome grille. This intrigues me and seems like a better option to execute instead of my idea of trying to get only the grille surround wrapped gloss black. |
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I’ll try to get some pics when I get back home (I’m traveling), but basically I had them put satin PPF on the chrome grille surround, as well as the chrome strips above the taillights. It’s still chrome, obviously — the color hasn’t changed — but it has a bit of a matte/brushed appearance and it less shiny/mirrored. It’s subtle, but a definite improvement, IMO.
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The good news, I think, is that those items arewrappable. What you wrap them with is your call. After not having any chrome on my cars in years, I sort of like the look of the contrast. (And I hated that stupid rectangle in the middle of the shadowline grille. Plus, I didn’t want to lose the LED surround.)
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