BMW 318is
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removed the grille in the bumper to see how it looks
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the kit was made of rather thin transparent plastic
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added a pieceof plastic to the front to replicate the m-technik style. in order for the lower part to be widened i added another piece of plastic
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this was my first try modifying a bodykit. filled the gaps and formed the lower part here. I had serous troubles with keeping the shape. I had to use filling primer at the end because i was unable to form it properly. I guess not enough skill.
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at some point after many hours of work i´ve had enough and called it "ready for paining"
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it was actually looking not that bad after i covered it with first layer of paint
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and here i decided that i should have a metallic paint. i was very unhappy with the result but did not want to invest anymore time and decided to continue
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the wheels turned out great, with decals from the original kit and tamiya titanium gold paint for the centers.
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road grime included
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carpets looked cool. They were beige from the kit so i painted them gray 🙂 You can compare the texture of the carpets with flocking on the rear
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no airbag 🙂
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here is the weird offset of the driver´s seat. i was unable to place the seat to a different location because of the mounting points. i did not want to redo the mounting points, so just continued.
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now with lip and foglights in place
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i also had modified the rear bumper a bit- took out some height and added a small lip so that it does not protrudes and looks flush
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the exhaust pipes were awful and i did them using ferrules
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yes, i did not bother polishing it. somehow the paint came out awfull from the beginning
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m3 mirrors
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as you can see i also added a 3d printed frontmount intercooler to cover the gap in the engine bay, so its a 318is with a turbo 😉
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9 27 June 2023, 12:50