Frozen blue M4 (Painted)

ajrettke · 07-23-2015, 03:42 PM

Looks great! Curious though, why are cars so expensive there? Is there just a very high import tax?

PARTS@STBMW · 07-23-2015, 04:08 PM

Love it! Can't wait to see the final touches!

MiamiBimmerClub · 07-23-2015, 06:35 PM

That's the right way to do it, congrats and great choice of color.

DaZuc · 07-23-2015, 06:43 PM

Wow you must be well off then if you spent close to $300k USD on an M3.

Paint looks good!

Zu · 07-23-2015, 08:33 PM

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but i did wish there were darker blues available as well ,like lemans or monte carlo at least

this looks a lot like Le Mans. is it close...?

Yeah on pictures it looks Abit more saturated ,in real it's slightly lighter then lemans blue I think ,not really sure about it

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Zu · 07-23-2015, 08:37 PM

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How'd they paint under/around that front bracket support?!? They must have done some disassembly.

Looks cool.

They removed the carbon fibre bar ,which isn't difficult ,had it removed before to instal filters too ,then they cover the parts that shouldn't be painted with painters tape and newspaper ,then they proceed to spraying I think

Zu · 07-23-2015, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ajrettke

Looks great! Curious though, why are cars so expensive there? Is there just a very high import tax?

Yeah high tax also we need to pay for this thing called certificate of entitlement for every car u purchase ,that alone already costs around 40-60k usd ,the main reason being we are a very small country ,so the expensive tax for cars is to sorta discourage people to buy cars =less traffic jams

Zu · 07-23-2015, 08:42 PM

Wow thanks guys for the overwhelming responses and kind words ,painter informed me the car should be done around 28th July ,soooo more till then!

Padfan9 · 07-23-2015, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Zu

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Originally Posted by ajrettke

Looks great! Curious though, why are cars so expensive there? Is there just a very high import tax?

Yeah high tax also we need to pay for this thing called certificate of entitlement for every car u purchase ,that alone already costs around 40-60k usd ,the main reason being we are a very small country ,so the expensive tax for cars is to sorta discourage people to buy cars =less traffic jams

How much is USD did the car honestly cost you? I don't believe it was as much as they are saying.

x.shell · 07-23-2015, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Padfan9

How much is USD did the car honestly cost you? I don't believe it was as much as they are saying.

What's not to believe? Not every country works like the USA.

A VW Passat in 2012 cost USD $152,000.00.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...-of-a-u-s-home

mikex25 · 07-23-2015, 09:46 PM

They did a great job but masking with news paper??? Regarding the price of the car, I used to live in Asia and when you see supercars you know they have deeper pockets than the people with supercars here.

Padfan9 · 07-23-2015, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ex o

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Originally Posted by Padfan9

How much is USD did the car honestly cost you? I don't believe it was as much as they are saying.

What's not to believe? Not every country works like the USA.

A VW Passat in 2012 cost USD $152,000.00.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...-of-a-u-s-home

So it was 350,000????

Zu · 07-23-2015, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mikex25

They did a great job but masking with news paper??? Regarding the price of the car, I used to live in Asia and when you see supercars you know they have deeper pockets than the people with supercars here.

Yeah, u can refer to the first few pictures I've posted and you can see the "newspaper and tape" in action on the windscreen haha

Zu · 07-23-2015, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Padfan9

So it was 350,000????

well to be very exact , with todays exchange rate , it would be 292000 Usd give or take without all the add-ons

Zu · 07-24-2015, 04:19 AM

Hey guys TGIF and here's a few picture updates

They completed the hood ,doors ,side fenders and engine bay , all that is left now are the side skirts side mirrors and front/rear bumpers

997usa · 07-24-2015, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Zu

Hey guys TGIF and here's a few picture updates

They completed the hood ,doors ,side fenders and engine bay , all that is left now are the side skirts side mirrors and front/rear bumpers

Looks better and better!

yekmurat · 07-24-2015, 05:45 AM

Thats a bit brave+insane thing to do but the final results look amazing

Bbb34 · 07-24-2015, 05:58 AM

It looks great, brave thing to do, wow.

Now, change your signature already, I don't believe this is still true "Drives: F82 M4 Austin Yellow"

hyper_m3 · 07-24-2015, 08:31 AM

Seriously beautiful colour. Whats the name of the colour please?
Also, how did they paint the engine bay without removing the engine?

Zu · 07-24-2015, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Bbb34

It looks great, brave thing to do, wow.

Now, change your signature already, I don't believe this is still true "Drives: F82 M4 Austin Yellow"

hahah thank you for making me more of a honest man

Zu · 07-24-2015, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by hyper_m3

Seriously beautiful colour. Whats the name of the colour please?
Also, how did they paint the engine bay without removing the engine?

its called frozen blue metallic W91 (paint code)
they covered the parts that aren't meant to be painted with newspaper and tape etc , then slowly painted the engine bay , if u google " paint engine without removing engine" , you should be able to find a few examples

AlterZgo · 07-24-2015, 03:49 PM

Nice job! In fact, it looks like your painters are doing a WAY better job than BMW in light of the pictures some of the other people have posted showing their BMW individual cars where BMW missed painting things like the interior of the trunk and hood, etc.

Since it's not painted in the U.S., hopefully, they used some toxic, environmentally unfriendly, oil based, super durable paint rather than the water based, super easy to chip paint most mfgs use nowadays.

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