White-out head light and tail light and rings. Blacked out emblems and belt line and carbon fiber door handles by Carbonmini.com!

 

Sorry for the bad iphone photos. White out tail light and headlights. Blacked out belt line and emblems.

 

is that cable to prevent the CEL?

 

Did you use plasti dip? looking to do my door handles and the emblems to finish mine off.

 

Yeah. I used white plasti dip for the the tail light and head lights. Black plasti dip for the belt line and emblems. I'm not sure I would do the door handles as you'll be touching them often. For my door handles, I used carbon fiber overlays from carbonmini.com.

 

That looks good. Did you Plasti dip the door handles also?

 

Thank you. The door handles are carbon fiber overlays from carbonmini.com.

 

A little waxing today

 

While I was giving Moneypenny a good vacuum (took my dogs to the kennel - the beagle sheds!) and my husband messaged me that my Eyeshade arrived. (The post office is right by his office, and he got the mail today.)

 

Yellow engine light appeared yesterday at lunch. They repaired it today, coolant temperature sensor replaced. Should be good to go now.
Loaner that I had was a 2013 Countryman S ALL4. I had to get used to the new location of windows switches and the three different buttons/toggles that can be used to lock the doors.

 

put on JCW red intakes and mirror caps, black/smoke side scuttle lights, and the brake light pulsar

 

Did not do this today. Did the windows last Friday, and the vinyl on Monday. Did the headlight/tail light rings and upper grill in flat black. Did the scuttles in 1080P black carbon fiber. Still need to do the belt line in flat black as well as the mirror caps in the 1080P carbon fiber. Got the JCW lip on Monday and need to install it this weekend. Got the KSport coilovers today, just waiting for the SPC camber arms and the rear sway bar. Debating between the VIP and the NM rear sway bar. Waiting on the Advan wheels as well.





Jason

 

looks great!

i've been contemplating doing the belt line and light rings on mine as well...

how difficult was the belt line? looking at it i imagined it would be challenging to get it right. secret tips?

did you remove the light rings or leave them in place?

 

Thank you! You should definitely give it a shot. I found it fairly easy to do the belt line and the trims.

For the beltline, I used newspaper to mask off the areas I wanted unpainted. Try to spray evenly without applying too thick of a coat at once. Also make sure to apply a decent amount of coats so that the unwanted edges can peel away cleanly. There are tons of "how to" videos available on youtube which I found helpful.

Originally, I plasti dipped the rings in black while leaving the TL and HD rings on the vehicle. I had great results and it was fairly simple. This time around, I wanted to remove the rings just to try a different process.

I think ultimately, I'll have the rings painted by a custom body shop so they're a perfect match to the body color.

I say go for it and if you don't like it or mess up, its completely reversible.

 

I wonder if you could buy pre-painted rings that are cheaper than having them painted?

 

yeah i'm familiar with plasti-dip having done the front and rear badges and the All4 badges. the belt line seems like it could be challenging from the top portion especially on the hood, as there isn't a place to overspray and create the tearing cleanly.

on the light rings, the headlamp rings are easy enough to remove but i've heard the taillights are a pain to pop out and i don't really want to risk damaging the ring or losing the tiny bits holding it in place. i'll give it a go and see what happens.

 

How did you do the beltline with plasti dip? I tried to do my belt line with it and it didn't turn out so great--lines of chrome sticking through where the rubber top meets the chrome. Also, how much did you cover above and below the belt line before spraying?

 

Those look great against the white. Really the only prepainted mirror caps in Chili Red



JCW Design Package - Non Power Fold Mirror


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JCW Design Package - Power Fold Mirror


http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/51192185768/



Also , Great job on the headlights . Looks a tad darker then the factory Anthracite color "black line" headlight rings.




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Side scuttle looks great in the 3M Di Noc.

 

[QUOTE=Side scuttle looks great in the 3M Di Noc. [/QUOTE]

Thank you. It is actually this here:

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...ts/Series1080/

Has the UV protection unlike the Di Noc stuff that was originally made for interior work that people started to use on the exterior. So the 1080 will not fade like the Di Noc will over time.

Jason

 

Ok cool. Yes, I was a little leery about removing the TL as well. My first attempt was somewhat difficult. The socket wrench I was using was too large and the angle I was trying to approach the top nut was incorrect. I managed to figure it out and it was fairly simple once I used a smaller socket wrench. When removing the nuts, make sure you hold on to them as I made the mistake of dropping one. I later received a helpful tip from a member here to prevent that from happening in the future. Before unscrewing the nuts make sure to stuff a rag or cloth in there. In the event that you accidentally drop one of the nuts, it will fall on the rag instead of the depths of the unknown.

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

 

To do the belt line, I masked off the area like any other plasti dip mod. I think I covered about 3" above and below the belt line but some areas were inconsistent. I honestly didn't give it much thought while masking off the areas. I may have had a tiny area where the chrome was peaking through after plasti dipping. To touch up the small area, I sprayed the tip of a toothpick and dabbed the area that needed to be covered. I also used this technique for touching up the trims and badges. It works great and beats having to mask everything off and spraying another coat.

 

My intern at work asked me why my car was "covered in the British flag"...

 

New tires yesterday.
Finally got rid of the factory Pirrelli leak flats. I got tired of adding air to all 4 tires!

Put on a set of 225/50/17 Goodyear RS/A on stock rims.
A little softer on the potholes here in Boston and much better grip.
Pretty significant rim protector for our 4-8 inch high granite curbs.
Noticeably quieter than the run flats.
Have not had long enough to notice fuel mileage difference yet.
Slightly more lateral tire roll, but other benefits outweigh the amount of roll.

 

Heh. Leak flats.

 

Added the black line side lights.