So in my last post, I reviewed a BMW 320D M, and said I would talk through any mods I was thinking in my next post, so here goes. My 11 things I would do to the car. I was torn between doing a list of 11 because I would want 11, or 10 because of ocd....
As this car would be a daily there is nothing too brash, not trying to turn it into a race car, that's what the Mitsubishi is for after all. This list would just be a few mods to make it more mine and less like every other 3 series on the road, because lets face, there's a lot of them about these days! Each is chosen to have a relatively high impact for a low cost. I wouldn't be trying to give the car false credentials by doing mainly aesthetic mods, more just trying to make it mine (and hopefully not rice).
1. DPF delete
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| DPF |
DPF is Diesel Particulate Filter and its job is to filter the soot particles from a diesel engined vehicle, it eventually gets clogged up and this can lower the performance of your vehicle, preventing the exhaust to work quite as effectively as it should/could. Rolling coal anyone?
2. Remap
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| BMW getting remapped |
The idea of this, combined with the DPF delete, would be to give the car just a bit more of a kick under acceleration. Turbo diesels typically respond very well to remaps and gains with little/no other mods can actually be surprising. And for any eco-mentalists out there, they also help you get a higher mpg!
3. Second set of alloys for winter tyres
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| BMW Alloys |
Where I live, I wouldn't call it mountains as such, but its definitely not flat and I've known it snow in August. With that in mind winter tyres would be a must with a RWD car here. This is the part where I would normally sigh, and reflect on how much I miss my Hawkeye. Cue the worlds smallest violin.
4. Refurb current alloys - blackness
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| Black Alloys Black BMW |
If the new alloys I got were really good I would use the current alloys for good summer tyres, with summer air in them and everything. The alloys had little M badges on them though, and I really liked that.... I'm a big kid at heart really! So the second set would probably be for winter tyres and the set that/s on there would get a refurb and a black coating (excluding the M badges, obviously).
5. Window tint
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| Limo tint |
Point 4 probably started a bit of a trend, you may notice a recurring theme here. I would probably go quite dark on the tint at the back. Partly because black looks cool af. Mainly because very black tint would hide the child seats and any mess caused by the toddler during the week till it could be cleaned out at the weekend.
6. Paint chrome on front bumper body colour
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| Black grill |
I would say that I'm sure the chrome grill was in fashion 2 or 3 years ago when the car was new, but I think that would be a lie. Maybe it was and I'm just not the target market.... either way the chrome would go, and as above it would look so much meaner as a result!
7. Tint head lights/tail lights black
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| Black tail lights |
The reasoning behind this is partly the same as point 6. I like the idea of a very mean looking BMW and think this would add to that. You wouldn't get away with going as dark as the image above for long in the UK, but I'd try and get it as close to that as I could for as long as possible!
8. Tint fogs yellow (tape x too much?)
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| BMW Yellow Fogs |
This is a funny one, because I think only certain cars suit having this done (no, your vauxhall corsa/astra/whatever is NOT one of them). Normally I would reserve this for cool old euro rides, and certain JDM ones, but I think I actually like the look of it on the BMW's, even the newer shapes. Would it be too put to put tape X's over each of the lights as well?
9. Roof rack, low black and aggressive
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| Roof Rack BMW |
OK, so this may be starting to get played out, but as with the yellow fogs on the right car it still works. I would mainly do this because every other car on the road these days seems to be a 3 series, and I'd just want to break that common shape up a little. The rack I'd choose would be by no means functional. But it would be black.
10. Tow hook
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| BMW Tow Hook |
Depending upon the colour chosen for number 11 on the list, this would be either red or yellow as they are the colours which suit the black the best. Having opted for black and red on the Mitsubishi wold probably go yellow to mix it up. As the picture shows below I actually managed to find a company that specialises in making these just for BMW's.
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| Dong parts.... dong....parts.... haha |
11. Big brake kit upgrade (or failing finding a cheap set, paint calipers red/yellow)
Last but by no means least (and probably first to be honest) I would try to source a brake upgrade. This would most likely be a second hand set from a proper pure blooded M3 which would be a substantial upgrade for the 320D M. Failing that I would get a tin of caliper paint and have a bash at colouring in as it would probably be mainly for looks anyway.
I just need to stop getting myself getting distracted with a Tesla Model 3 because I quite fancy one of them now... hmmmm
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