Esquire's Dakar Yellow M3 coupe - a Photo Modification Journal

NYCMCBM3 · 01-23-2011, 05:32 PM

esquire · 01-23-2011, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by stingray23

I love this color. This is the exact color I would get. As far as exterior mods go, less is more. Nothing looks worse then an over modified car.

Stingray, somehow I knew you'd be a fan of this color.

esquire · 01-23-2011, 06:01 PM

Try as I may, I'm not even at 500 miles yet on the ODO, so I can't really throw any performance parts on the car yet. I'd like to drive the car around a bit in stock form and get a feel for its performance so I can have a point of comparison when I actually do drop performance mods on the car like intake, pulleys, exhaust (and maybe ECU). In the meantime, I thought a few more subtle cosmetic changes wouldn't hurt. So I had EAS drop on the OEM gloss black kidney grilles, and gloss black side markers.

Love the side-markers, but I'm thinking I might want to go with the IND full gloss front grilles (as opposed to the OEM piece which is only gloss around the edge). I invite everyone's thoughts.

(p.s. in the final picture you'll notice the car with the OEM 18's and not my ZCP's. The 18's were loaned to me by EAS while they powder coat my ZCP's. Still debating between a Satin Finish and Gloss. Leaning towards Satin. Again, I invite everyone's thoughts. Photoshops would be especially welcome.)

Kidney Grilles Before (by way of comparison)
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Kidney Grilles After
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Side Markers & Kidney Grills (along with a higher res picture of the tint)
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esquire · 01-23-2011, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mk599

Love it!! Congrats!

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Originally Posted by Glop

Nice!

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Originally Posted by jonasaurus

Congrats! Looks amazing!

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Originally Posted by BMRLVR

Looks good my friend

Individual is the best way to do an M3!!!

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Originally Posted by PKL

fuck this pisses me off. I want an individual color. Damnit. NICE CAR!!!

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Originally Posted by 48Laws

Perfect color for your location. Congrats!

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Originally Posted by Mark's M

Car is absolutely beautiful and your additions are 'gonna put it over the top! Can't wait for the rest so good luck with the next step (you're in good hands again on that front) and most of all...enjoy the ride.

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Originally Posted by stingray23

I love this color. This is the exact color I would get.

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Originally Posted by eatrach73

that is perfect tint choice. I wouldn't want it any darker. And the lights made the car stand out even further.

Thanks everyone so much for the kind words. I really appreciate them. Looking forward to documenting the transformation with all of you guys.

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Originally Posted by ChrisMT79

Nice color. I've only seen one in Vancouver. Had black wheels, looked great!

Thanks Chris. Black wheels are coming.... very soon.

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Originally Posted by Alekshop

Car looks fantastic ! Let us know if we can help you with your "mod list"

Thanks and Will do Aleks. Do you have a website?

geneatals · 01-23-2011, 06:34 PM

loving the "mod journal"....

I've been going back and forth about 35%, 40%, or 50% on the windows (excluding front). By your pics I'm thinking 40% is the way to go, thanx for sharing...

I already have a few cosmetic mods to install as well even tho mine doesn't get to the Port on the 9th....

GL with the rest of your mods, looking forward to seeing the finished product...

KEYON · 01-23-2011, 08:27 PM

Nice color and nice car, love the mods so far, i wouldnt of done tint, but its your car. And it looks great. Keep it up! im watching this thread for sure.

NYCMCBM3 · 01-23-2011, 09:15 PM

where are the zcp's???????

esquire · 01-23-2011, 09:21 PM

nyc... see below

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Originally Posted by esquire

Love the side-markers, but I'm thinking I might want to go with the IND full gloss front grilles (as opposed to the OEM piece which is only gloss around the edge). I invite everyone's thoughts. (p.s. in the final picture you'll notice the car with the OEM 18's and not my ZCP's. The 18's were loaned to me by EAS while they powder coat my ZCP's. Still debating between a Satin Finish and Gloss. Leaning towards Satin. Again, I invite everyone's thoughts. Photoshops would be especially welcome.)

NYCMCBM3 · 01-23-2011, 09:30 PM

^ sorry I missed that , I would go with the satin finish

greycrx87 · 01-23-2011, 10:08 PM

awesome car, congrats

Mark's M · 01-23-2011, 10:10 PM

Satin.

PKL · 01-23-2011, 10:27 PM

the graphite 18s look great with Dakar. Dakar is

esquire · 01-24-2011, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by PKL

the graphite 18s look great with Dakar. Dakar is

to be honest PKL, i've never been a fan of the graphite 18's, but i was really surprised by how good they looked against dakar yellow.

cipher5 · 01-24-2011, 08:58 AM

Dakar with ZCP! Awesome.

Nate@IND · 01-24-2011, 09:01 AM

Congrats!

newzat_tr · 01-24-2011, 09:20 AM

love the color!

SwiftM3 · 01-24-2011, 09:33 AM

Nice Car and Nice Color!

mr_yogi · 01-24-2011, 10:32 AM

Looking good Billy Ray!!

esquire · 01-24-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mr_yogi

Looking good Billy Ray!!

billy ray? lol. i must be missing the reference.

JtBlk M3 · 01-24-2011, 06:21 PM

sweeeet. never saw an m3 in this colors. looks very nice. i think those zcp wheels in black would look so awesome on this car, what do you think??

ps- what % tints are those, 35 ? 40 ?

H2 · 01-24-2011, 08:14 PM

Congrats on the color! I look forward to seeing more photos as you complete your mods.

mr_yogi · 01-24-2011, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by esquire

billy ray? lol. i must be missing the reference.

from the movie Trading Places. No matter - point is - that whip is hawt hawt hawt!

01-23-2011, 05:32 PM	#23
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01-23-2011, 06:01 PM	#25
esquire Colonel 58 Rep 2,801 Posts Drives: 2011.5 Dakar Yellow M3 Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orange County, California iTrader: (0)	Modifications #3 & 4 - Black Gloss Grilles & Side Markers Try as I may, I'm not even at 500 miles yet on the ODO, so I can't really throw any performance parts on the car yet. I'd like to drive the car around a bit in stock form and get a feel for its performance so I can have a point of comparison when I actually do drop performance mods on the car like intake, pulleys, exhaust (and maybe ECU). In the meantime, I thought a few more subtle cosmetic changes wouldn't hurt. So I had EAS drop on the OEM gloss black kidney grilles, and gloss black side markers. Love the side-markers, but I'm thinking I might want to go with the IND full gloss front grilles (as opposed to the OEM piece which is only gloss around the edge). I invite everyone's thoughts. (p.s. in the final picture you'll notice the car with the OEM 18's and not my ZCP's. The 18's were loaned to me by EAS while they powder coat my ZCP's. Still debating between a Satin Finish and Gloss. Leaning towards Satin. Again, I invite everyone's thoughts. Photoshops would be especially welcome.) Kidney Grilles Before (by way of comparison) Kidney Grilles After Side Markers & Kidney Grills (along with a higher res picture of the tint) __________________ [ESS VT2-625] [Akrapovic Evolution Exhaust] [KW Clubsports] [OSS Angel Eyes] [Revinora r-CRT Lip] [Vorsteiner Boot] [Challenge Race Diffuser] [See the Build Thread HERE] Last edited by esquire; 01-23-2011 at 09:22 PM.
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01-23-2011, 06:34 PM	#27
geneatals Ninja 45 Rep 3,208 Posts Drives: 2011.5 E90 M3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: So Cal (SFV) iTrader: (2)	loving the "mod journal".... I've been going back and forth about 35%, 40%, or 50% on the windows (excluding front). By your pics I'm thinking 40% is the way to go, thanx for sharing... I already have a few cosmetic mods to install as well even tho mine doesn't get to the Port on the 9th.... GL with the rest of your mods, looking forward to seeing the finished product... __________________ 2011.5 E90 M3 AW l Black Novillo Leather \| Carbon Fiber Leather Trim \| ZCP \| ZP2 \| M-DCT \| Navigation \| Moonroof \| 6FL l Pics/Mods Retired: 2008 535i l AW l Black Dakota Leather l Bamboo Anthracite l ZPP l ZSP l 6FL
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01-23-2011, 08:27 PM	#28
KEYON Brigadier General 68 Rep 3,416 Posts Drives: '14 RS5 Join Date: May 2008 Location: LA x SD iTrader: (6) Garage List 2011 E92 M3 [4.83]	Nice color and nice car, love the mods so far, i wouldnt of done tint, but its your car. And it looks great. Keep it up! im watching this thread for sure.
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01-23-2011, 09:15 PM	#29
NYCMCBM3 Colonel 52 Rep 2,718 Posts Drives: 2012 MCB E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: South Ozone Park,NY iTrader: (13)	where are the zcp's??????? __________________ 2012 MCB///M3
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01-23-2011, 09:30 PM	#31
NYCMCBM3 Colonel 52 Rep 2,718 Posts Drives: 2012 MCB E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: South Ozone Park,NY iTrader: (13)	^ sorry I missed that , I would go with the satin finish __________________ 2012 MCB///M3
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01-23-2011, 10:08 PM	#32
greycrx87 First Lieutenant 24 Rep 314 Posts Drives: 2011 AW E92 ZCP Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (0)	awesome car, congrats __________________ Kobieta mnie bije
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01-23-2011, 10:10 PM	#33
Mark's M Captain 29 Rep 896 Posts Drives: 2012 X5 35i but MISSING the M3 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stoney Creek, ON iTrader: (2)	Satin.
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01-23-2011, 10:27 PM	#34
PKL Colonel 35 Rep 2,466 Posts Drives: 2011 335i Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Santa Monica iTrader: (0)	the graphite 18s look great with Dakar. Dakar is __________________ 2011 E90 335i M-Sport 6MT
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01-24-2011, 08:58 AM	#36
cipher5 54 Rep 2,811 Posts Drives: 2011 535xi Sedan Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (11)	Dakar with ZCP! Awesome.
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01-24-2011, 09:01 AM	#37
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01-24-2011, 09:20 AM	#38
newzat_tr Private 2 Rep 68 Posts Drives: e92 m3,F430,matte white6.45 ci Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ankara iTrader: (0)	love the color!
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01-24-2011, 09:33 AM	#39
SwiftM3 Private 0 Rep 72 Posts Drives: Cars Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: California iTrader: (0)	Nice Car and Nice Color!
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01-24-2011, 10:32 AM	#40
mr_yogi Lieutenant 9 Rep 487 Posts Drives: Success Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Looking good Billy Ray!!
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01-24-2011, 06:21 PM	#42
JtBlk M3 JtBlk M3 3 Rep 118 Posts Drives: BMW E92 M3 DCT Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Forest Hills iTrader: (0)	sweeeet. never saw an m3 in this colors. looks very nice. i think those zcp wheels in black would look so awesome on this car, what do you think?? ps- what % tints are those, 35 ? 40 ?
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01-24-2011, 08:14 PM	#43
H2 Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 259 Posts Drives: LSB E92 M3 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	Congrats on the color! I look forward to seeing more photos as you complete your mods. __________________ Laguna Seca Blue E92 M3 / Individual M3 picture threads - interior, exterior
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