Motorsport Stripes on a VO 1M?

josephvman · 08-17-2011, 02:11 PM

My one reservation with getting VO was that I love the M-stripes on a white car. Has anyone thought of a way to do some subtle Motorsport striping on a VO car? Anyone with mad photoshop skills care to give it a run? The steering wheel has M-stitching, the rest of interior has orange stitching, so the car's a bit of a mess anyway! How about a windshield header film?

BrokenVert · 08-17-2011, 02:37 PM

I don't think it will look anywhere near decent

nebby · 08-17-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by josephvman

My one reservation with getting VO was that I love the M-stripes on a white car.

I agree... that was my one reservation on VO as well. My VO will remain stripe-less.

PyratOne · 08-17-2011, 03:57 PM

Ive ordered AW and considering a subtle stripe, on the driver fender or below door maybe. Very small.

I think it works on black as well.....On VO? My gut says 'no' - just my opinion though. Your car.

andrews · 08-17-2011, 04:08 PM

I think the only way you could do this and have it look anywhere near decent would be to do some grey striping. I can't find the thread now, but someone replaced the rear M badge with a grey version.

Putting the real M stripes on a VO sounds hideous to me.

M3 Adjuster · 08-17-2011, 04:48 PM

+1 saw this previously as well and it looked nice

Papethova · 08-17-2011, 05:53 PM

Its the only reason I did not want VO, I think AW with the correct stripes looks great.

VO works GREAT with the grey but those arent really M stripes

carchrism5 · 08-17-2011, 06:19 PM

please don't do it. white, yes. black, maybe. orange, hell no.

PyratOne · 08-17-2011, 11:49 PM

funny observation about this picture, the 2002 turbo. See how the fenders are riveted? Its almost like they crammed a smaller body onto a larger chassis - frankenstein-ed' the body/fenders to fit on top of some monster powerplant and chassis.

Well, some may remember when the 1M mule had riveted fenders?? M-division was early on in the body remodeling process. Almost like they crammed the smaller 1er body onto some monster chassis (uummmm... M3?).

I was almost hoping they would keep those riveted fenders on the 1M - it would have been grungy-mean.

Edit: here is one of the mule pix. From 2009 no less. Specualtion back then from Marcelb was that it mayhave Z4idrive N54 with about 340hp. Nice.

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PyratOne Lieutenant 21 Rep 436 Posts Drives: 1M Coupe (Not an M1!) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: MA iTrader: (0)	Ive ordered AW and considering a subtle stripe, on the driver fender or below door maybe. Very small. I think it works on black as well.....On VO? My gut says 'no' - just my opinion though. Your car. Attached Images __________________ “Balancing this thing on the steering and throttle is pretty much the crack cocaine of the car world.” Top Gear Magazine - Jason Barlow about the 1M Last edited by PyratOne; 08-17-2011 at 04:05 PM..
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andrews Private 12 Rep 96 Posts Drives: VO 1M Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Redmond, WA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW 1M [0.00]	I think the only way you could do this and have it look anywhere near decent would be to do some grey striping. I can't find the thread now, but someone replaced the rear M badge with a grey version. Putting the real M stripes on a VO sounds hideous to me. __________________ -Andrew S.
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M3 Adjuster Banned 7905 Rep 11,785 Posts Drives: 1M, X1 M Sport, E46 325ic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dallas, Tx iTrader: (0)	+1 saw this previously as well and it looked nice
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Papethova Banned 224 Rep 3,094 Posts Drives: '08 135/ '11 1M Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: at Death Valley 127 iTrader: (1)	Its the only reason I did not want VO, I think AW with the correct stripes looks great. VO works GREAT with the grey but those arent really M stripes
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carchrism5 Lieutenant Colonel 336 Rep 1,589 Posts Drives: M2, X3 M40i, 911 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NC iTrader: (3)	please don't do it. white, yes. black, maybe. orange, hell no.
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PyratOne Lieutenant 21 Rep 436 Posts Drives: 1M Coupe (Not an M1!) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: MA iTrader: (0)	funny observation about this picture, the 2002 turbo. See how the fenders are riveted? Its almost like they crammed a smaller body onto a larger chassis - frankenstein-ed' the body/fenders to fit on top of some monster powerplant and chassis. Well, some may remember when the 1M mule had riveted fenders?? M-division was early on in the body remodeling process. Almost like they crammed the smaller 1er body onto some monster chassis (uummmm... M3?). I was almost hoping they would keep those riveted fenders on the 1M - it would have been grungy-mean. Edit: here is one of the mule pix. From 2009 no less. Specualtion back then from Marcelb was that it mayhave Z4idrive N54 with about 340hp. Nice. Attached Images __________________ “Balancing this thing on the steering and throttle is pretty much the crack cocaine of the car world.” Top Gear Magazine - Jason Barlow about the 1M Last edited by PyratOne; 08-18-2011 at 12:07 AM..
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