[jimmylad]

Had my bonnet, bumper & 5" door ding sorted on me car last week ( basically a front end respray including the drivers door) & the diffrence to the car is amazing.

I've never been happy with the stone chips & road rash from about 2 weeks after buying the car. I'm sure they were there before but I just never seemed to notice them. The bumper was, with hindsight, disgusting.

Just wanted to say that it has totally transformed my car at the front & it looks brand new from all angles now. Wish I had done it weeks ago. If you are thingking of getting it done then do it as the difference is night and day. Cost me £400 (mates rates)

Been an expensive week............. alloys re furbed, new tyres, paint job, 8500 thunders, new reg plates. Best part of £1500.

Next week I want to get the crankcase filter & the red charge pipe sorted & the hoses checked.

Will put some pics up tomorrow.

[Kerr]

£1500 that is well spent.

If it makes you happy and increases future value, that's good enough reason.

[Josh1a1h]

Im So tempted to do a front end re spray too.. The stone chips look as if my black 335i has acne...

[Team Green2]

realy want to get mine done what was the colour match like dont know what mine will be like being saphire black?

[mistryn]

do you have any pics?
also what is the 8500 thunders like? i bought some mtech ones and they are an improvement but not a good as i read (maybe i am expecting a little bit more)

[jimmylad]

not took any pics but the colour match is bang on & is sapphire black.

8500's look good. Very good. They seemed a bit weak at 1st & I'll be honest I was disappointed with them but they seem to have sort of run them selves in & now I am impressed with them. They are good & a big improvement over the standard bulbs which were like old gals lights compared to the new ones. £25 very well spent. Like em so much I have turned the DLR's on plus winter is on the way with darker nights.

[mistryn]

i might invest in them as well as im not too happy with the mtech ones. any chance you can take a pic when itd slightly darker? just want to see how bright they are as with winter approaching

[jimmylad]

Originally Posted by mistryn

i might invest in them as well as im not too happy with the mtech ones. any chance you can take a pic when itd slightly darker? just want to see how bright they are as with winter approaching

will do

they are bright - in the day they looked a bit subdued initially but at night the look well bright. Now they look bright in the day as well.

[jimmylad]

8500's

[mistryn]

thanks for the pictures, they do look a lot better than the mtec ones and will invest in a set(ill stick some pics up later on)

is that the ones off ebay from america?

[jimmylad]

yes - from America

cant remember who i ordered from but took about 10 days to arrive but that could have been a one off.