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    Looks good on a black car with dark tint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by owen010101 View Post
    Nah haha I took the photo at a stop light and behind another car with brake lights on..


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    Have you reprogrammed them to be always on? Mine only turn on when I open the doors...

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    Nice work on the Plastidip, I did my chrome (think they're actually stainless steel) surrounds a few weeks ago and the results were good apart from a few tears here and there. Can heating and using a heatgun between coats helped.

    Have you considered doing the rails to help complete the murdered-out look? I got mine wrapped and they came up pretty good, but waaay more $ than plastidip!

    I also had to have a lot of stone chips removed, so took the opportunity to get my grille resprayed, really happy with the result.

    R36 Wagon Long Weekend DIY-img_20170510_084802-jpg

    Let me know if you want to see the satin wrapped rails.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pasta View Post
    I also had to have a lot of stone chips removed, so took the opportunity to get my grille resprayed, really happy with the result.
    Did the plastidip affect the parking sensors at all?

    Quote Originally Posted by pasta View Post
    Let me know if you want to see the satin wrapped rails.
    Yes please!

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    No plastidip on the grille, it was painted by the panel shop in satin black. They went very thin over the sensors.

    The only plastidip is around the window surrounds. The rails, as mentioned, are wrapped in 3M satin black - this was expensive, but was going to be a better finish.

    I had a quote to do the window surrounds in 3M too, but declined as they were too expensive and was going to be an "in situ" job as the installers thought removing could damage them.

    I'm very happy with the result

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    Thats a massive effort!

    The grill is my fav, im not sure about the rear tail lights though...

    I vinyl wrapped the parts i wanted blacked out so if i change my mind i can always go back.

    Your issues with the exhaust and pod may be rectified with a remap.

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    Good Job Owen.

    I too got my R36 from Sydney around 6 months go, great drive down the Hume.

    I'm very interested in your video both taken outside and inside the car to understand the drone level. All my research so far with the suitcase taken out are only on sedan R36. Would like to know how your setup sound like on a wagon.

    Thanks in advance for the help.

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    I decided to repaint my calipers over the weekend...
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    Quote Originally Posted by eurobahn5 View Post
    I decided to repaint my calipers over the weekend...
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    Color looks spot on! What paint did you use?
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    I would also like to know the paint\paint code if you have it handy, Thanks
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