Pictures and sounds of a sparkling graphite 330i .. i love this color - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

Mark · 03-26-2005, 10:47 AM

I love this color, theres also a video file which shows how a stock 330i sounds,,,.. sounds damn good for a stock car

Mark · 03-26-2005, 10:49 AM

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Mark · 03-26-2005, 10:54 AM

and heres the video

VIDEO

SoCalS2k · 03-26-2005, 11:06 AM

Wow, the 330 sounds awesome stock and he wasn't even full throttling it on those outside shots. Did the older 330 sound this good stock, or they improved on it?

¶Pho€nix · 03-27-2005, 12:38 AM

I love how the floating angel eye halos look! I'm assuming per US DOT standards, the clear reflectors won't reach US specs.

jpv-USC · 03-27-2005, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ¶Pho€nix

I love how the floating angel eye halos look! I'm assuming per US DOT standards, the clear reflectors won't reach US specs.

Angel eyes :rocks:
Yep, look at the pics of the E90 at the NY Auto Show - orange reflectors

Hopefully they'll be easy to remove.

Sweet M6 sig

¶Pho€nix · 03-27-2005, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jpv-USC

Angel eyes :rocks:
Yep, look at the pics of the E90 at the NY Auto Show - orange reflectors

Hopefully they'll be easy to remove.

Sweet M6 sig

True. They look integrated with the whole assembly though. Damn, I'll have to remember insisting on my dealer to get the Euro spec ones when I purchase my e90.

03-27-2005, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ¶Pho€nix

True. They look integrated with the whole assembly though. Damn, I'll have to remember insisting on my dealer to get the Euro spec ones when I purchase my e90.

Will they do that? If so I woulda asked my dealer to do that on my current car, argh. :mad: Good idea though, dunno why I never thought to ask.

¶Pho€nix · 03-27-2005, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Autobahn

Will they do that? If so I woulda asked my dealer to do that on my current car, argh. :mad: Good idea though, dunno why I never thought to ask.

Hell yeah, if they want your business. I bet they can even throw in a matching set of leather pants to go with the interior if they wanted to. It's always good to have a European brochure with you to let them know two things:

1. The option you want DOES exist.
2. The car is 90% manufactured in Europe (predicted). So don't tell me they don't have the part there.

a3ndy · 03-27-2005, 07:00 AM

Why does the US version have amber reflectors? I always wondered that. It looks miles better with clear ones.

Mark · 03-27-2005, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by a3ndy

Why does the US version have amber reflectors? I always wondered that. It looks miles better with clear ones.

because of our traffic laws. They require orange reflectors in the front of the car. Most car companies including BMW just put orange front blinkers to accomidate the law. You can get around it though, BMW decided to put clears onto the E46 coupes and M3s, and to satiate the US law, they put orange reflectors into the front bumpers. I'm assuming BMW would do something like that again with the E90 coupes, since it will have a more 'stylish' and 'sporty' look to it in the stock form they might want to give it clears standard.

Funny thing is, Ive seen cars in other countries where the sport models come standard with clears, the owners dropped ambers in.. I guess its all about doing something different then stock

For me I think smoked would look the best, clears second best, and orange third

kchika · 03-27-2005, 12:01 PM

My fav color!

thedocmoz · 03-29-2005, 11:45 AM

Exhaust sounda damn nice for stock.

mt-330 · 03-29-2005, 02:09 PM

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thedocmoz · 03-29-2005, 02:17 PM

mt-330: very nice. i'm sure you love the car. how many km's do you have on it already?

mt-330 · 03-29-2005, 02:26 PM

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mt-330: very nice. i'm sure you love the car. how many km's do you have on it already?

i have my car since 5 days. At the moment i have 160 KM's on it.

tacomantt · 03-29-2005, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ¶Pho€nix

Hell yeah, if they want your business. I bet they can even throw in a matching set of leather pants to go with the interior if they wanted to. It's always good to have a European brochure with you to let them know two things:

1. The option you want DOES exist.
2. The car is 90% manufactured in Europe (predicted). So don't tell me they don't have the part there.

Has anyone tried this? I really like the clear lenses, but I have a feeling the dealer won't order them.

Also, just because a person has a european brochure doesnt guarantee that you can get the option on the U.S. version. Otherwise they would have made a single brochure world wide.

For example, I am unsure if front/rear camera's are avaiable as well as front parking distance in the US as they are in Europe.

Yet, I still have hope that the clear lens can be made available.

YYdoodle · 04-01-2005, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tacomantt

Has anyone tried this? I really like the clear lenses, but I have a feeling the dealer won't order them.

Also, just because a person has a european brochure doesnt guarantee that you can get the option on the U.S. version. Otherwise they would have made a single brochure world wide.

For example, I am unsure if front/rear camera's are avaiable as well as front parking distance in the US as they are in Europe.

Yet, I still have hope that the clear lens can be made available.

Nah I don't think they'll allow you to get that as an option at purchase. U'll probably be able to order it from dealer later or from plenty other place that sells DTM OE parts. The US dept or transportation doesn't care that something like amber reflectors makes the car look worse

Jason · 04-14-2005, 09:59 AM

Night photos taken by fellow member mt-330 of his beautiful SG.

DaveO · 04-14-2005, 11:15 AM

Nice photos MT! Keep them coming..

kchika · 04-20-2005, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jwocky

Night photos taken by fellow member mt-330 of his beautiful SG.

EVO_S4 · 04-30-2005, 12:43 PM

Very nice and thanks for the Vids

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