07-01-2023, 06:56 PM | #1 |
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After picking up the sapphire black LCI w/ black 22s, I was surprised that the exhaust still had a stainless finish inside the exhaust finisher. Felt off. Silver badges had to go as well.
After seeing Keyser Soze post his diy exhaust finisher treatment, I decided to do the same with a semi gloss finish. Used hydrodip frozen black for the badges. I made some tiny errors but overall I’m pleased. Last edited by BigEvan1923; 07-04-2023 at 04:29 PM.. |
07-01-2023, 07:15 PM | #2 |
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Love it! Wouldn’t want to own it, as I can’t afford to detail it daily! - but we’ll done. Beautiful car.
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Looks good, I agree. Not sure why they’re putting chrome on otherwise blacked out trimmed vehicles.
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07-01-2023, 09:36 PM | #5 |
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It’s because the blacks all start to peel. We had this replaced several times on our X7 and this was an issue on X5 and X7 models. It was happening so much they stopped making the black ones.
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IND sells them in matte or gloss black. $115 or so for the X5 and I believe $115 for the xdrive 40i badge (or 50e/M60). Normally I’d just buy the badge but I felt like doing a little DIY work. Been watching too much Mat Armstrong and Tavarish I guess.
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07-02-2023, 05:40 PM | #9 |
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And all it took was 30 bucks worth of primer and paint to solve the problem. Shame.
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07-02-2023, 06:04 PM | #10 |
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Looks good!
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07-02-2023, 06:21 PM | #11 |
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Pretty sure that won’t last.
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07-02-2023, 09:51 PM | #13 |
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I decided to take off all chrome emblems. It looks much cleaner without emblems.
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07-02-2023, 10:07 PM | #14 |
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My X5 is mineral white and I am debating to black them out just remove them. Part of me thinks the “xDrive” portion wouldn’t look good blacked out on white color. Can you share a photo of yours debadged?
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07-03-2023, 04:13 AM | #16 |
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Looks mean and great!
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It looks mean until you see the 2nd row…and hear raffi songs playing
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