Estoril Blue II M-Sport Photo Session

shoptb · 09-09-2012, 08:11 PM

Finally got the opportunity to give the car its first wax job and take some photos today. Mounted the Avante Garde 19"'s on and painted the brake calipers blue....I'm definitely loving it. Enjoy!

crowed · 09-09-2012, 08:30 PM

Wow-- looks great! What kind of wax did you use? Also, can you take a close up picture of the painted caliper? I was thinking of doing the same

bcl0328 · 09-09-2012, 09:02 PM

really nice wheels

Nitz99 · 09-09-2012, 09:44 PM

Car looks great!! Beautiful pictures. Love your rims!

Shep1 · 09-09-2012, 09:47 PM

great photos. How did you do the shots with no colour other than the car?

martinf79 · 09-10-2012, 08:25 AM

Great looking! Specs on wheels (size, width, including offset) + tires?

Photoman · 09-10-2012, 09:10 AM

Love the car and the pics!
But seeing all these 328 M-sports really pisses me off, we can't get that combo but you guys down in the States can.

Maz335i · 09-10-2012, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Photoman

Love the car and the pics!
But seeing all these 328 M-sports really pisses me off, we can't get that combo but you guys down in the States can.

Hopefully we can install the M Sport Kit later on as an aftermarket solution...

TBH, we can NOW special order the 328i with the M Sport Line...the cost for the special order would be $4000 + ...

shoptb · 09-10-2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by crowed

Wow-- looks great! What kind of wax did you use? Also, can you take a close up picture of the painted caliper? I was thinking of doing the same

Added two more photos for ya. Just used the JEGS caliper painting kit and hand-painted them. It's very easy to do and kind of relaxing

Oh and on the wax, I use Griotts.

shoptb · 09-10-2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Shep1

great photos. How did you do the shots with no colour other than the car?

There's a couple of ways of doing it. The way that I did it was the most simple--the DSLR has a function that allows you to focus on a color, and then it grays out all other colors in the photo before the picture is actually taken. The other method is to use editing software (easiest is on the iPhone) that will allow you to "color" the parts that you want. The second is much more time consuming

shoptb · 09-10-2012, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by martinf79

Great looking! Specs on wheels (size, width, including offset) + tires?

The wheels were purchased through Mod Bargains for my previous BMW (2008 335xi Coupe), but I think they look great on this car too! They are Avant Garde Type M310 Wheels Hyper Silver. Front wheels are 19 x 8.5 / ET-3, and then the Rear Wheels are 19 x 9.5 / ET-33. I've got them matched up with Continental DW Tires (Front 235/35 ZR 19 and Rear 265/30 ZR 19).

F30XDrive · 09-10-2012, 02:38 PM

Looks great!

datbimmerdoe · 09-10-2012, 02:45 PM

lookin good, real good!

suggestions: drop, reflector delete, n black grills

m5 guy · 09-10-2012, 02:47 PM

Very nice.

nano10 · 09-26-2012, 11:01 AM

that is one aggressive setup, well done

seXDrive · 10-05-2012, 07:19 AM

Gorgeous car! Love the wheels. No rubbing issues at stock ride height?

Stronie · 10-05-2012, 07:32 AM

Props to a fellow Columbus Modder!! The MSport F30 looks awesome !

metrickid · 10-05-2012, 07:38 AM

Car looks great!

But you have the same problem I have now, when you put on wheels with more aggressive offset (and maybe even lower profile tires) the car looks like a SUV.

metrickid · 10-05-2012, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Shep1

great photos. How did you do the shots with no colour other than the car?

It takes 30s in Photoshop or any similar program that supports layers.

- Open the image in your image editor
- Duplicate the layer with the image
- Make the layer B/W
- Add a layer mask and just paint a new layer mask on what you want to "reveal" from the bottom layer. If you make some mistakes you can just switch color (white/black) and paint to hide in the layer mask.

MusclesCoupe · 10-06-2012, 09:23 AM

OP Looks gorgeous !

Jadar · 10-06-2012, 10:11 AM

Love it.

nsquared · 10-06-2012, 11:22 AM

Love how you painted your brakes lol, gives me an idea! Love the pictures btw.

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shoptb Major 176 Rep 1,063 Posts Drives: '19 G01 X3 m40i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Denver Area iTrader: (0)	Estoril Blue II M-Sport Photo Session Finally got the opportunity to give the car its first wax job and take some photos today. Mounted the Avante Garde 19"'s on and painted the brake calipers blue....I'm definitely loving it. Enjoy! __________________ Delivered --> '21 G01 X3 M40i, 8SA, Sunstone Metallic with Cognac Vernasca, 22Z, ZDA, ZDB, ZPK, ZPP w/ 4HA, ZPX, 2VF, 3AC, 4K1, 688, 6NW, 5DF Past --> ?19 G01 X3 m40i, 15 F33 328xi, 8SA, '13 F30 328i, '08 E92 335xi, '95 E34 530i, '88 E30 M3 Last edited by shoptb; 09-10-2012 at 09:50 AM.. Reason: added two more close-ups of the wheels
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crowed Private First Class 9 Rep 126 Posts Drives: 2011 E92 M3 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bay Area, CA iTrader: (0)	Wow-- looks great! What kind of wax did you use? Also, can you take a close up picture of the painted caliper? I was thinking of doing the same
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