[holmefield]

So i've had my 330 D M sport for 6 months and love messing and adding bits and have always messed with alloys and different set ups.

this is currently how she sits, i've done loads of bits but these are the main external upgrades....



The offsets and specs are 19 x 9J front 19 x 10J rear Avant Garde 355M alloys 12mm spacers up front giving final E.T 23, 20mm rear adapter spacer giving a final E.T18.
Im using falken 235/35 on the fronts with a nice little stretch and Vredistein 255/35 rears



The pictures make it look higher than it is, i can get one finger between the tyre and the arch @ the rear and say 1.5 fingers under the arch @ the front.



This was a gulp moment as i wasn't sure my calculations were right



I had wrapped my silver dash and door trims with 3D carbon wrap in November, but i was happy with the finish, so yesterday i re-did the hold of the trim parts in 8D Carbon Fibre Gloss black wrap.The interior trim is a pain to wrap as its got lots of cut outs ( a right pig to do ) and as its always on show it HAS to be crease and bubble free....Now this 8D stuff is thicker than normal wrap ( read hard to work with ) but the finished look is O so nice...



I love these alloys and the concave, im a big fan of concave alloys and these have MASSIVE concave..



I sprayed my front Kindey grill gloss black soon after getting them but i've resprayed them 3 times due to chips, so got fed up with doing it so i've split the grill apart and wrapped the crome in normal 3D carbon wrap ( my re diffusers is in 3D carbon wrap also, i mite change both external parts to 8D wrap but for now i happy with the external look..



Finally to be different from the norm i've re-done my Brake calipers yellow front and back to break up the look of the alloys, as theres such wide gaps between the spokes it gives your eyes something to focus on...Lucky the hubs had already been treated to silver spray before i got the car..



Thoughts one and all welcome.....

[Jimmy-F46 M-sport]

Looking good bud 👍 you've certainly been busy, wanna wrap my trim 😄😄😄 I could never get it right as I don't have any patience lol

[koches]

More pics please

[holmefield]

Originally Posted by jimmy-320d

Looking good bud 👍 you've certainly been busy, wanna wrap my trim 😄😄😄 I could never get it right as I don't have any patience lol

It just takes practice and patience thats all, the centre console around the ash tray and gear knob is a right pain in the ass...I managed to split apart the ash tray cover this time so it looks spot on ( almost factory fresh ha ha ) well mayb not factory fresh...

[holmefield]

Originally Posted by koches

More pics please

I'll dig put some tomoz, to be fair im not that good @ takin car pics

[Jimmy-F46 M-sport]

Originally Posted by holmefield

It just takes practice and patience thats all, the centre console around the ash tray and gear knob is a right pain in the ass...I managed to split apart the ash tray cover this time so it looks spot on ( almost factory fresh ha ha ) well mayb not factory fresh...

If you say so lol 😄 will probably just get mine sprayed gloss black even though I love the look of the carbon fibre 👍

[borinous]

liking that 8D wrap need to do my interior trim so might look into that stuff.

[harmeet]

looks good

Is the car still on standard suspension?

[holmefield]

Originally Posted by harmeet

looks good

Is the car still on standard suspension?

Yep factory M SPORT suspension. ..

[holmefield]

Originally Posted by borinous

liking that 8D wrap need to do my interior trim so might look into that stuff.

I'll take pic of interior carbon tomorrow. .

[mob17]

Looks good.

Only thing i don't like is the amount the wheels stick out. But thats just my personal opinion im sure loads of people will love it!

[MattOz]

I wondered when you were going to put the pics up. Looks like you've been busy mate! Braver/Better man than me with the wrapping. I've tried it and failed miserably over the years.

Keep up the good work

[Rich_D]

Nice car this, I was round doing some coding earlier.

Didn't realise those dash trims were wrapped, looks like real carbon fibre in the flesh!

[holmefield]

Originally Posted by MattOz

I wondered when you were going to put the pics up. Looks like you've been busy mate! Braver/Better man than me with the wrapping. I've tried it and failed miserably over the years.

Keep up the good work

Ha, believe me I've failed/rip off in anger a time or two with carbon wrap..the 8D stuff is very good thou...

Next up possibly a CSL boot lid!!! If the wife lets me...I wish it still had you tri stitched M3 steering wheel on Matt...

the hubs still look spot on after winter thou Matt, did you use Hammerite spray paint?

[holmefield]

Originally Posted by Rich_D

Nice car this, I was round doing some coding earlier.

Didn't realise those dash trims were wrapped, looks like real carbon fibre in the flesh!

Cheers rich, thanks again for coming over and scanning/coding my car...Love the noise of your M5...

Usually with Carbon wrap the feel&look gives it away as wrapped, but this 8D stuff with it been thicker and very glossy looks to have more depth to it...

Im considering re-doing the grill surrounds & rear diffuser in the stuff now, the normal 3D has lasted really well on the rear diffuser thou so im a bit lothed to remove it. .

But the new 8D stuff would tie in with the Sapphire Black paint work better...

A machine polish is next on my list, but I'll not be doing that myself im ok with hand polishing but I'll leave machine polishing to the experts. ..

[Phil99z]

Nice work! The 8D carbon looks very nice. I've done some minor bits of wrapping before and know what a PITA it is so well done. Looking forward to seeing the car more as you do more mods!

[dy63]

looking forward to better pics from a distance

[Kali]

More photos from a distance mate!! I'm loving that 8D wrap, think I'll might go ahead and try it myself.

[MattOz]

Originally Posted by holmefield

I wish it still had you tri stitched M3 steering wheel on Matt...

the hubs still look spot on after winter thou Matt, did you use Hammerite spray paint?

Hi Philip,

Thought you would like the wheel. It looks great on my 335i!

The hubs were indeed sprayed with silver smoothrite. Seems to do the trick and I've had a few BMWs that have benefitted from it.

[holmefield]

heres some better pics of the car, please excuses the mucky car i live on a track and in the dry weather its dust city.If you look @ the back lights you'll see where i've done my own take!!! on Lci style rear lights, all be it done on a budget..

The centre lights on Pre-lci as many know are white affairs, so originally i got some red wrap but it looked terrible...So i got some PLASTI-KOTE red glass paint masked off a small section so as to show the reverse light and applied a few coats.The key is to remove the masked off section as soon as you've sprayed ( whilst still wet ) that way you dont get any nasty paint peel...



Heres a pic of the rear diffuser in normal 3D carbon wrap, same stuff as the front grills...its been on 5 months and is showing no signs of peel or wear, which is why im loathed to remove it and replace with the 8D stuff



And heres some better pics of the 8D interior carbon wrap..



I love the feel and look of the 8D stuff, the down side is applying the stuff...Best way is lots of heat gentle stretching more heat keep peeling back to remove air bubbles and lots of smoothing....

I've also replaced all the BMW badges with black/carbon ones, and yep i ordered the wrong coloured caliper stickers should have been a black M and the 3 strips in black,silver,white so im re-ordering them this weekend

[holmefield]

Next up is a metal polishing kit with flapper wheels/polishing wheels for a hand drill to try and save my exhaust tips, as AUTO SOLVE just aint getting the tips shiny anymore.

Anybody any links as to which kit to get????

[dy63]

you look like you do a good job when it comes to wrapping.

im going for yellow calipers too, car looks nice.