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02-13-2011, 03:13 AM | #1 |
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Ordered 550i M-sport
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Carbon Black Aluminum Hexagon trim Black leather Options: M-sport Package Sport Auto Integral Active Steering Heads Up display Cold Weather Package Side and Top View Cameras Rear View Camera Rear Electric Sunshade w/ manual side shades 4-zone Automatic Climate Control IPod-USB Adaptor Accessories: Color Matched Spoiler Shadowline Performance Kidney Grilles Color Matched front reflectors Confirmed Build week 12. Should be delivered to me at local dealership one week later, hoping around 03-31-11. Will post pics! Thanks everyone for assisting me in making some choices with your valuable feedback.
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02-13-2011, 03:40 AM | #2 |
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Fantastic! If petrol wasn't so expensive over here I would have loved to have gone for the 550 rather than the 535d, it sounds like a gorgeous engine.
Mine is CB with black leather and aluminium trim so I'm sure you'll be interested to to see some pics when I get it next week. I too am considering the black grill but can't make up my mind as to whether it will be a good match or not. In that the car is carbon black and the grill is gloss black. I'll wait until the car arrives to decide. May I ask what the colour matched front reflectors are and would you have a link to any pictures of them? Thanks and congrats!
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02-13-2011, 04:42 AM | #3 |
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Thanks. Please post pics, I have not seen the color combination I have chosen all together, just pieces of it across various cars but I think we chose exclusive colors that go well with the spirit of the M-sport.
I had a black sapphire F10 and really didn't care for the silver/beige kidney grilles, was less aggressive and more luxury, the shadowline kidney grilles give a more aggressive performance look. Especially coupled with the shadowline trim and black mirrored side mirrors. The spoiler I love, its subtle but gives a nice compliment to the rear deck, after all, we are talking 400 horses! Here is the link for the reflectors, I think they look great on the front, they make a rear but I agree with a lot of the opinion here that the rear bumper looks best left alone. http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=444970
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02-13-2011, 05:08 AM | #4 |
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Thanks Delvek.
Sorry for being slow but I can't seem to understand what these painted reflectors are. In this link below is a carbon black car and I can't see any orange reflectors on it. In other words the whole of the front bumper looks black anyway. http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=451540 Thanks
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No problem, I can see what your talking about but if you look at any car, take for example this car posted by a member http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=421607. Notice his orange reflectors in the front bumper? Then look at the link I sent you, those same orange reflectors are gone and a new reflector that is color matched is inserted. It is DIY or I am sure you could get assistance. I ordered mine, it was 86 US$ shipped to NC and will have a family member forward it to me overseas, hopefully all before my 550 arrives. Hope you can see the difference now.
I am going to leave my above post alone since others are confused, idk but I just noticed your from UK, in the US we have other safety requirements that call for the reflectors I mention and are shown in the link above, in UK you do not so no need to order. At least thats how I understand it, lol.
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When you get to open it up a bit after say 1000 miles things really come together.
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Thank you. So basically these yellow reflectors are only present in US and some European countries, they are not on UK cars?
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Have a look at mine....... see not there.
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Thanks John, that explains why I could see them on some car pics but not others!
I'll blame a mild hang over for me being a bit slow today
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Funny stuff, yea, no need in the UK, I am sure there is a great back story to why the US has these deflectors but I will accept that they were safety reasons, hmm, will I be unsafe without them now? lol
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Added 6NR BMW APPS which includes Smartphone Integration. No firm pricing but the 6NR with Smartphone Integration is US$ 250 so thinking about that.
COME ON WEEK 13!
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