Subtle Exterior Changes

rogbmw · 08-23-2011, 10:49 AM

I recently posted changes I made in the interior (Alcantara steering wheel center cover and aluminum pedals), so today I thought I would show a couple of simple subtle exterior changes I made. The first one I can not take credit for, as I believe it was Dan that first posted a picture of adding black electrical tape to the bottom of the side curtain openings in the front bumper. It is an easy and completely reversible change. Here is a couple of pictures. I think it finishes off the opening:

The other change was to paint the rear muffler. I thought it would look better to paint it high temp (1200 degree) black paint so you did not see the rear muffler, and just the tips and the diff cooler hanging down. Plus, I think it goes with the dark rear bumper piece:

I taped off the rear areas with blue painters tape, and covered the heat shield behind the muffler so there was no overspray. Both mods took less than 45 minutes total time to complete, and you do not even have to jack up the rearend to paint the muffler. The Muffler was painted with high temp black BBQ paint, which is easy to touch up if you ever need to. Total cost for the tape and paint was less than $5.00!

spoon · 08-23-2011, 10:59 AM

Looks great.

Moo · 08-23-2011, 11:16 AM

Looks great.

I wonder how we can get rid of those orange turn signal lens, and replace with clear lens. Look like diseased eyes or something.

spoon · 08-23-2011, 12:30 PM

Moo,I woujld think you could order the euro lenz .

Dackelone · 08-23-2011, 12:33 PM

Looks very clean. I also thought of taping up the front spoiler ends. What about filling in the side fender "gills"! I always thought that would make the 1M cleaner looking as well. I think doing the "side gills" with some IND blackout wide marker lights would look really killer!

rogbmw · 08-23-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dackelone

Looks very clean. I also thought of taping up the front spoiler ends. What about filling in the side fender "gills"! I always thought that would make the 1M cleaner looking as well. I think doing the "side gills" with some IND blackout wide marker lights would look really killer!

Thanks for the comments. I too thought about some blackout on the side "vents", but have not tried it out yet with tape.

Dan Parker · 08-23-2011, 12:52 PM

Nice. I was practically shaking the can to paint my muffler when I read this. Get out of my head!

rogbmw · 08-23-2011, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Parker

Nice. I was practically shaking the can to paint my muffler when I read this. Get out of my head!

Great minds think alike!

08-23-2011, 10:49 AM	#1
rogbmw Second Lieutenant 31 Rep 272 Posts Drives: Alpina B12 5.0 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Florida iTrader: (0)	Subtle Exterior Changes I recently posted changes I made in the interior (Alcantara steering wheel center cover and aluminum pedals), so today I thought I would show a couple of simple subtle exterior changes I made. The first one I can not take credit for, as I believe it was Dan that first posted a picture of adding black electrical tape to the bottom of the side curtain openings in the front bumper. It is an easy and completely reversible change. Here is a couple of pictures. I think it finishes off the opening: The other change was to paint the rear muffler. I thought it would look better to paint it high temp (1200 degree) black paint so you did not see the rear muffler, and just the tips and the diff cooler hanging down. Plus, I think it goes with the dark rear bumper piece: I taped off the rear areas with blue painters tape, and covered the heat shield behind the muffler so there was no overspray. Both mods took less than 45 minutes total time to complete, and you do not even have to jack up the rearend to paint the muffler. The Muffler was painted with high temp black BBQ paint, which is easy to touch up if you ever need to. Total cost for the tape and paint was less than $5.00!
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Moo Gold Member 162 Rep 512 Posts Drives: PSYWGN Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Studio 69 iTrader: (0)	Looks great. I wonder how we can get rid of those orange turn signal lens, and replace with clear lens. Look like diseased eyes or something.
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Dackelone European Editor 10604 Rep 22,992 Posts Drives: N54 e82 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bayern, Germany iTrader: (1)	Looks very clean. I also thought of taping up the front spoiler ends. What about filling in the side fender "gills"! I always thought that would make the 1M cleaner looking as well. I think doing the "side gills" with some IND blackout wide marker lights would look really killer!
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Dan Parker Major 79 Rep 1,421 Posts Drives: 2012 Golf R Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Georgia iTrader: (0)	Nice. I was practically shaking the can to paint my muffler when I read this. Get out of my head! __________________ Dan Parker
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