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LCI Retro indicators
- Marcoose
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Hopefully the Melbourne Red indicators and emblems will arrive the week after next. Hopefully they'll go well with the red calipers. I'll revert to the silver ones if red looks daft.
2016 35is, monoballs, camber plates, KWV3, PS4S, xHP, MHD, LFB pedal, flat bottom wheel, red indicators, black headlamps
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How about getting them painted valencia orange to match the car? I think the new LCI version definitely look better than the old blob style but if you don't like chrome best to get them coded to the same colour as the car:BMC_Kid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:00 pmI think if I had a black car, I would definitely keep the original indicators and maybe had them smoked. I’m not a big fan of the bigger chromed versions as on my wife’s car. Same with all that sDrive number gibberish underneath them which I have since removed.
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- Jey
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Thanks Rob, they look to be around £100 on eBay although I’ll check my local dealer. Any thoughts on The best place to get them from?
E89 - s23i 2010 Saphire Black
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
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When you say "get", do you mean pay someone else to paint them?Silverstar wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 2:12 pm How about getting them painted valencia orange to match the car? I think the new LCI version definitely look better than the old blob style but if you don't like chrome best to get them coded to the same colour as the car:
Take them off, sand the plastic chrome a bit to give a 'key', mask the areas not required, cut with a sharp craft/stanley knife and buy a can of spray paint (and clear lacquer if you want them really glossy). It costs pennies and anyone can do it.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
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F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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I know most people are not handy with a spray can so yes I meant pay a paint a shop to do it. I had a paint shop do mine same time they were doing my bumper so it cost me just 20€ more but I could equally have done it myself having done some minor spray jobs in the past. Saying that the finish if you do it yourself could be good to very good but for the ultimate finish and durability best to give it to a good paint shop.Pondrew wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:47 pmWhen you say "get", do you mean pay someone else to paint them?Silverstar wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 2:12 pm How about getting them painted valencia orange to match the car? I think the new LCI version definitely look better than the old blob style but if you don't like chrome best to get them coded to the same colour as the car:
Take them off, sand the plastic chrome a bit to give a 'key', mask the areas not required, cut with a sharp craft/stanley knife and buy a can of spray paint (and clear lacquer if you want them really glossy). It costs pennies and anyone can do it.
2009 sdrive30i auto Sapphire Black / Coral Red
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My last Z4 was the newer LCI model with the chrome effect indicators and I liked them. However, my current car is Pre-LCI and has the white blobs. Strange but I actually like them so will keep it original for now....
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Definitely strangely. The plastic 'arrows' look far better IMO, as they fill the moulding better.
Also make the car look like a face-lift (apart from the yellow DRLs).
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
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Replace the DRL halogen bulbs with LED bulb and your facelift is completed..
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
A very modified Atacama Yellow 35is
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I brought mine direct from a BMW garage and the were £90 for the pair, so not bad really. I may consider spraying them at some point.
BMW Z4 23i SDrive 2009
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- Jey
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Appreciate all of the info guys, a call to bmw tomorrow I think…
E89 - s23i 2010 Saphire Black
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
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Thanks Rob
E89 - s23i 2010 Saphire Black
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
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I tinted mine along with the white headlight eyebrows,I like the look and never did like the white....
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Thanks Rob
E89 - s23i 2010 Saphire Black
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
18 inch alloys for comfort - Idrive, cruise, and lots of smiles per mile...
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e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold