Stripes and BMW Perf. grille inserts installed

[roscoe]

Finally dropped some quid on cosmetic mods. I had the following installed, which is a huge departure for me, as I usually do the mechanical stuff first. But since I run out of road before I run out of throttle, I guess I can hold off on the ECU upgrade for a little while.

- 35% tint all around
- Body stripes
- BMW Performance grille inserts

I really like how it looks now; sorta pops out, you know? Especially since I got the snow wheels off and my 18's back on. Lots of compliments from all sorts of people, and well worth the investment.

[titancrusher1]

What were your strip dimensions?

[roscoe]

Originally Posted by titancrusher1

What were your strip dimensions?

Fat stripe = 6"
Thin stripe = 2"
Space between = 1"

[gerdhold]

looks pretty good there. I saw a BMW Performance strip that is supposed to go over the side shoulder lines and it looked pretty cool in the brouchures too.

[emac08]

how much did you end up paying for the stripes? and was it paint or vinyl?

[HedgHog]

Originally Posted by roscoe

Fat stripe = 6"
Thin stripe = 2"
Space between = 1"

hey from what company did u get ur strips & the grills?
thankyou from cali

[Jori]

Damn, that looks cool.
However, you should get rid of the amber corners!

[madostrich]

I was at Rusnak BMW in Westlake (I 'have' to visit dealerships for work.... boohooo) and saw an insane-looking 135i with 'shoulder' stripes from the BMW performance catalog.... amazing looking.... space grey car with white lines.... it really made the body-sculpt 'pop'

[ulrichd]

No, thumbs down from me. Add a few skinnier stripes and it will look like a bar code.

[roscoe]

I got it done at Mitek Autobody in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They just built the stripes themselves after I showed them some mockups of what I wanted to do. Cost was about $350 for parts and labour.

[ad78]

american car baby!

[E92-Lighting]

great improvement

[sacha101]

Not sure... feels a bit too «Honda Civic» to me... yet you have a unique car

[bluefly]

Props for originality but I would suggest applying the "one-third/two-thirds rule" to the placement of the stripe on the hood rather than line it up with the headlight, (doing so has put it too close to centreline / near the hood emblem.... ok if you had "skunk stripes" but not so good for a single side of the hood).

(Btw, If you really like the look of "single offset" striping and want to see the "one-third/two-thirds" placement, check out modded miatas and minis for ideas.)

Still, it makes your 1 stand out and is easy as anything to take off when you are bored of it or want to do a version 2.0. And glad to see you don't have overly narrow stripes, a common mistake I see on cars. Enjoy!

[MarkR171]

Props for doing what you want, but I'm not feeling it.

Originally Posted by bluefly

Props for originality but I would suggest applying the "one-third/two-thirds rule" to the placement of the stripe on the hood rather than line it up with the headlight, (doing so has put it too close to centreline / near the hood emblem.... ok if you had "skunk stripes" but not so good for a single side of the hood).

Nothing really original about it. It's a copy of the BMW tii concept stripes and several others on this forum have done it also. I think in order to pull off this look, more mods need to be done. For example, the tii has perf body kit, perf wheels, black/cf hood, black mirrors, etc. The whole car needs to be done in order to complete the look.