[NPM]

Hey Fellas,

My name is Nick, and i am one of the lucky few who got a BMW as their first car.
Im 17 currently, and im going to be on my P's in about 6 months (May).

So i recently got my hands on a 07 320i M sport in Saphire Black.
I love it, its fun to drive and i dont need a huge amount of power under the hood at my age and experience.

There are however, a few things i would like your oppinions on:

Black kidney grill, matte or gloss?

Exhaust, not a fan of the stock sound and looks, was thinking of the OEM Performance Exhaust. How much would this cost me? I may be able to get a family friend to install for me if that cuts out installation costs. Or if you have any other recommendations, i would like to hear them.

Wheels/tyres. I currently have the 18" m sport wheels (cant remember the type), and i like the look of the GTC Matte black or the Miro 111 matte black, However neither of these come in 18"X8/18"X8.5, so i would have to get new tyres as well, Do you guys have any suggestions of wheels/tyres.
Think i currently have Continental sports on the car at the moment.

Think that is about it for now, just remember i would like to keep costs down as i am young and takes me ages to save up. Obviously i am not going to be doing all this at once

Oh yea, one more thing, I really need a good cut and polish and a good detail. Do you guys have any recommendations for melbourne?

Ok Cheers guys, look forward to reading your thoughts.

[RaihaX]

Originally Posted by NPM11

Hey Fellas,

My name is Nick, and i am one of the lucky few who got a BMW as their first car.
Im 17 currently, and im going to be on my P's in about 6 months (May).

So i recently got my hands on a 07 320i M sport in Saphire Black.
I love it, its fun to drive and i dont need a huge amount of power under the hood at my age and experience.

There are however, a few things i would like your oppinions on:

Welcome

Originally Posted by NPM11

Black kidney grill, matte or gloss?

depends on what kind of theme are you going for - if all your other mods are gloss then go for gloss same with matte

Originally Posted by NPM11

Exhaust, not a fan of the stock sound and looks, was thinking of the OEM Performance Exhaust. How much would this cost me? I may be able to get a family friend to install for me if that cuts out installation costs. Or if you have any other recommendations, i would like to hear them.

Not sure how much it cost for the 320i but on mine it was around 1150 shipped but I think it should be cheaper on the 320i.

Check out tischer or unitedbmw as they would be a lot cheaper then over here. In terms of installation I am pretty sure the 320i is just a axleback? so is literally unbolt your old one and bolt in your new one would be very easy to do.

I'll let SBC chime in since he would be the resident 320i expert

Originally Posted by NPM11

Wheels/tyres. I currently have the 18" m sport wheels (cant remember the type), and i like the look of the GTC Matte black or the Miro 111 matte black, However neither of these come in 18"X8/18"X8.5, so i would have to get new tyres as well, Do you guys have any suggestions of wheels/tyres.
Think i currently have Continental sports on the car at the moment.

The GTC wheels are good and you might as well go for 19s looks very good on the 3er. Get your tyre from tirerack as it is a lot cheaper as well - for a 320i Hankook V12 should do the job just fine - cheap performance tyre.

Originally Posted by NPM11

Oh yea, one more thing, I really need a good cut and polish and a good detail. Do you guys have any recommendations for melbourne?

I hear Final Inspection in Melbourne are awesome but I am sure the local could give you better recommendation.

http://www.finalinspection.com.au/

[obert]

Welcome

[Slow_335i]

Welcome!

Also for your kidneys paint them pink!

[Chris.G]

Welcome to the BMW fraternity.

[pcockley]

Chris, what you don't know a Fatima that can help with pink grills?! I'm disappointed and disillusioned!

Bye op welcome and you shoulda got a D, hahahaha beet ya PWOH, noknoknok ;-P

[sbce90]

I shall share my 320i wisdom with you soon. But at the moment I am fairly spent and will rest a bit.

So yeh, I also got my 320i at 17. Since then I have proceeded to mod the F@CK out of it.

[Max555]

Welcome, you're going to love your car.

[lz419]

Welcome
Am from Melbourne as well!!

Matte black grill looks good, you can get fro Jason@Eurodivision. I got mine from his warehouse

[Chris.G]

Originally Posted by pcockley

Chris, what you don't know a Fatima that can help with pink grills?! I'm disappointed and disillusioned!

I wouldn't want to disappoint you pcock, the pink kidney grills can be purchased from Got Grillz Melbourne. Damn good service.

[335i-boy]

Welcome NPM11.

Nice car. SBM and M-Sport ftw.. and yeah this place can be like a frat house sometimes.