A little introduction, it's time I got myself on here. As mentioned in the Newbies section I've been an avid follower of this forum for quite a while and picked up many great tips along the way, and so I thank everyone who contributes to this project and keeps this great community alive.
The reason I haven't been involved until now is because I've been unwell for a long long time, so despite picking up my little four pot over a year ago I haven't been able to drive it, and therefore couldn't enjoy it in the same way the rest of you have. Instead it became my little hobby, my time out to sculpt something a little more 'me'. I'm very pleased to announce that as of yesterday that all changes. She's passed her MOT, I've got myself insured and I'm back on the road!!
In light of my new found exuberance I finally feel ready to tell my story...
(I'll try to keep it as light as possible)
So here she stands on day one, a montego blue 2007 facelift 2.0i . You can't see it on here but it had a bit of a botch job repair on the left hand side plus a gear issue that I have yet to see to, meaning I have to start in second rather than first, so I picked it up for half it's potential worth. I told myself that day that this is the day I become a responsible adult BMW driver and all those days of tweaking and modding were behind me. Oh how naive I was.
After sorting out the damage to the passenger side I wanted a little bit more aggression in terms of looks, so I added a front lip diffuser and experimented with some headlight eyebrows. However I wasn't happy, it just didn't look right to me.
There was only one answer for it, I 'needed' a Z4M bumper conversion.
Since I'm already performing a little facial surgery, why not add a headlight halo conversion with a little twist of my own, chasing indicators. I may post a video some other time. Throw a set of HID's in there, a new gunmetal gloss grille and some other bits and pieces.
Now I've got the bug. I started on the rear. I shipped over a Windrestrictor wind deflector from the US which glows red when applying the brake. A fourth brake light if you will. I also swapped the third brake light for a clear one and added an exhaust tip from Amazon to the puny 2.0i exhaust (my third brake light isn't working in these pics for some reason).
Onto the interior, I re-trimmed the door panels in dark navy to match the two gaiters I had purchased earlier. I added a Storm Motorwerks gear knob and handbrake, custom floor mats and a few brushed steel accents here and there to dress it up a little. Oh, I've also just replaced the dials for silver and added some Alpina red stripe pointers.
Back to the outside again I added some Aero skirts and a M'stache front diffuser, and I believe that brings you up to date. Other notable additions include:
- Sprint Booster throttle controller
- Gap-Tech roof module
- e-light Ultimate light module
- JunSun Android mirror (for GPS, reverse camera etc)
- Replaced every bulb with Led's - inside and out
- Purchased some of those side cover things that seem to divide opinion
- eibach spacers - 20 & 15 mil
Today I gave her a good clean, clay, polish and wax and this is the result (so far)...
Well done if you got this far!
The reason I haven't been involved until now is because I've been unwell for a long long time, so despite picking up my little four pot over a year ago I haven't been able to drive it, and therefore couldn't enjoy it in the same way the rest of you have. Instead it became my little hobby, my time out to sculpt something a little more 'me'. I'm very pleased to announce that as of yesterday that all changes. She's passed her MOT, I've got myself insured and I'm back on the road!!
In light of my new found exuberance I finally feel ready to tell my story...
(I'll try to keep it as light as possible)
So here she stands on day one, a montego blue 2007 facelift 2.0i . You can't see it on here but it had a bit of a botch job repair on the left hand side plus a gear issue that I have yet to see to, meaning I have to start in second rather than first, so I picked it up for half it's potential worth. I told myself that day that this is the day I become a responsible adult BMW driver and all those days of tweaking and modding were behind me. Oh how naive I was.
After sorting out the damage to the passenger side I wanted a little bit more aggression in terms of looks, so I added a front lip diffuser and experimented with some headlight eyebrows. However I wasn't happy, it just didn't look right to me.
There was only one answer for it, I 'needed' a Z4M bumper conversion.
Since I'm already performing a little facial surgery, why not add a headlight halo conversion with a little twist of my own, chasing indicators. I may post a video some other time. Throw a set of HID's in there, a new gunmetal gloss grille and some other bits and pieces.
Now I've got the bug. I started on the rear. I shipped over a Windrestrictor wind deflector from the US which glows red when applying the brake. A fourth brake light if you will. I also swapped the third brake light for a clear one and added an exhaust tip from Amazon to the puny 2.0i exhaust (my third brake light isn't working in these pics for some reason).
Onto the interior, I re-trimmed the door panels in dark navy to match the two gaiters I had purchased earlier. I added a Storm Motorwerks gear knob and handbrake, custom floor mats and a few brushed steel accents here and there to dress it up a little. Oh, I've also just replaced the dials for silver and added some Alpina red stripe pointers.
Back to the outside again I added some Aero skirts and a M'stache front diffuser, and I believe that brings you up to date. Other notable additions include:
- Sprint Booster throttle controller
- Gap-Tech roof module
- e-light Ultimate light module
- JunSun Android mirror (for GPS, reverse camera etc)
- Replaced every bulb with Led's - inside and out
- Purchased some of those side cover things that seem to divide opinion
- eibach spacers - 20 & 15 mil
Today I gave her a good clean, clay, polish and wax and this is the result (so far)...
Well done if you got this far!
genuine lol moment 
I'd leave that to 1.2 corsas.