E46 - Teenage Dream

[e46cruiser]

any more updates???

[Steinke]

Lookin good!

I love ambers but with your white wheels the clears will def look better

[NathanHeeney]

Centres look like he either didn't wipe them down before paint or wiped them down and painted before they were dry...Sweet they're gonna sort it out. Coming along nicely OP

Thanks!

Coming together nicely bud. Hope you get your wheels soon.

Thanks! He said they should be done by midway next week. I can't wait to get them on the car!

[Anonymoose]

Centres look like he either didn't wipe them down before paint or wiped them down and painted before they were dry...Sweet they're gonna sort it out. Coming along nicely OP

[Nuts]

Coming together nicely bud. Hope you get your wheels soon.

[NathanHeeney]

Got my stuff from ECS today, took me about 20 minutes to install everything.

I'm getting my DLSR fixed soon and I should be getting my check from work any time now. I know I keep saying that but don't worry, it will get here eventually and I will buy some coil overs.


^ Before


^After

[NathanHeeney]

wary of the bolts; bbs designed them specifically for that wheel. a better idea might be going for the spiked bolts off of some of the german dealer sites.
but it does indeed look different.

I was weary at first too but I looked around for awhile and I found a few other people who had these same bolts and they had no problems with them.

[ionz]

wary of the bolts; bbs designed them specifically for that wheel. a better idea might be going for the spiked bolts off of some of the german dealer sites.
but it does indeed look different.

[NathanHeeney]

Sorry for not having any updates and I'm sorry you have to look at these shitty photos, I have to send my DSLR in to get fixed.

I bought a roof rack and I bought some bike racks from a friend. I am currently sanding down the bike racks right now to eventually end up polishing. I also got my new bolts in and here is a comparison of the old and the new. I like the way they look, it is different from the normal BBS style bolt.












^Pill of junk I'll eventually have polished.










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[creaney]

Great thread!

its amazing your tackling this on your own and only being 17. Good luck with the rest should look great with coils and the wheels finished!

[NathanHeeney]

I would be furious if any shop painted that even if "he let someone else" paint it. Thats unacceptable for any employee in the automotive paint& body industry period. Ive seen 10 year olds use rattle can with better sucess. They may be fixing it for free but if this is any indication of the quality of work they do/ let leave their shop i would consider finding a new paint guy. Why would he have even given them back to you knowing "someone else" painted them carelessly. other than that Great choice in color gonna look so sweet when you get everything put back together. one of my favorite OEM wheels of all time

I was pissed when I got home and saw it. I contacted him and he said thought I was just talking about one little spec then I sent him a picture and he even said it looked terrible. The first time I met him he showed me some stuff he was about to how another client and it looks reall good. There were no paint flaws at all. He should defiantly fire the guy who painted my centers.

[SD202]

I would be furious if any shop painted that even if "he let someone else" paint it. Thats unacceptable for any employee in the automotive paint& body industry period. Ive seen 10 year olds use rattle can with better sucess. They may be fixing it for free but if this is any indication of the quality of work they do/ let leave their shop i would consider finding a new paint guy. Why would he have even given them back to you knowing "someone else" painted them carelessly. other than that Great choice in color gonna look so sweet when you get everything put back together. one of my favorite OEM wheels of all time

[Nagah]

I am often wondering why there is so little quality work left in this world these days. But luckily you get them redone without them bitching "Thats okay! It's handcraft!"

But losing time because of other peoples mistakes is teh suckage.

[MrGL2]

Even though he is going to redo the wheels, that sucks because of the time you lost !

Anyway, love your build thread. I have a 323ci in silver so your a good source of inspiration.

Keep it up bro

[HyperliteLF1890]

This is one of my favorite threads, awesome car. The wheels should look fabulous once they are repainted!