Recent content by ubicomp

Sorry to hear. Some people, perhaps out of spite, jealousy, attack those things they know they'll never have. It's pretty pathetic. A couple of years ago I parked my new jet black SL500 in a street spot for 2 hours. I returned to find nearly every panel on the car keyed. Luckily my liability...

No envy whatsoever. Glad you enjoy it tho!

Another vid of Michael Bader driving the the Z4 8cyl. This time he actually gets passed once or twice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZxrMZk0zOk

That last vid, the Nurburgring one, is an exciting watch. What I wouldn't give.

Tires on the drive wheels always wear faster than the non-drive wheels.

I don't find the Interlagos Blue too bad in that department. It's definitely not as bad as black at showing dirt, but I've had other cars that are better too. The best color I've had for hiding dirt was on my last car, a Sparkling Silver (champagne) Mini Coop. Couldn't wait to sell it tho.

I guess in the UK you are all accustomed to speed cameras, but they're very rare here in the US. They'll set up radar signs that display speeds but they don't hook them up to cameras, I think mostly due to the presumption of innocence laws. That sounds wayyyy too big brother to a typical...

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I had one black car, an SL500. I swore I'd never get another, and I'm sticking to that. It would look clean for about 2 hours max. Drive by one dusty spot and it was all over. Never again.

And here's another link of someone who did the grill on their new Nissan. Looks like a nice finish to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpGG7I9fEW8 The things that make plastidip the better option to me: - better chip/flake resistance than regular paint - requires zero prep - simple to undo...

I can't speak from personal experience yet. I've been told it's got a flat black appearance. Here are a couple of YT vids. The first shows wheels that have been coated after 8 months' usage, and the second shows plastidip removal. Both give an example of the type of finish...

A lot of people here in the US have used something called plasti-dip to good effect. http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=plasti-dip&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=850612820103305021&sa=X&ei=6a25TbLIFcXbiAKTwK0q&ved=0CG4Q8wIwAw# I've heard it being used on everything from interior pieces to grills to...