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My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by Alpine Z » Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:37 am

Here the pics of my Refurbished 296's.

Apologies for the poor quality, phone and weather.

Before.

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After.

Compared to RR Shadow Chrome.

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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by Z4_35i » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:08 am

They look great, did you have them diamond cut on the edges like the originals?

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Post by rossonr » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:28 am

They do look good with shadow very nice
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by Alpine Z » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:32 am

No to the diamond cut, apparently they had been damaged and repaired before, so I just opted for a refurb and paint.

I did have the option to have it done but just said no.

Two other people use my Z and they are careless.
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by jimbo1958 » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:33 am

They look good......have you thought about some LCI Repeaters?
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by Alpine Z » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:38 am

That's next.
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by jimbo1958 » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:59 am

Alpine Z wrote:That's next.
A good simple update that's relatively cheap. :thumbsup:
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by techathy » Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:43 pm

jimbo1958 wrote:
Alpine Z wrote:That's next.
A good simple update that's relatively cheap. :thumbsup:
Ironically I'm considering going for non-LCI repeaters & getting them tinted orange :rofl:
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by markplant » Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:29 pm

Looks really nice especially the last pic
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by jimbo1958 » Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:53 am

techathy wrote:
jimbo1958 wrote:
Alpine Z wrote:That's next.
A good simple update that's relatively cheap. :thumbsup:
Ironically I'm considering going for non-LCI repeaters & getting them tinted orange :rofl:
Nothing wrong with a bit of Ginger. :thumbsup: :D
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Post by techathy » Sun Nov 08, 2015 9:42 pm

Bit?... my whole Z4 is orange :roll:
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Re: My 296 Shadow Chromes.

Post by Alpine Z » Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:03 pm

Gave the car a clean today.

I forgot in my haste when I got the alloys seen to, to order some new wheel centre caps.

I did so on Sunday via Amazon, the cost was quite low and I had my doubts about quality, well they arrived on Tuesday, and look and feel like genuine BMW items. Drilled through the centre of the old caps and pulled them off with narrow pliers.

Jobs a good un.
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