DaveGS4

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So I read this thread on bimmerforums that got me thinking about doing something similar on my wife's M3 track car.

I'm not opposed to doing exactly what this guy did (and her car would look very similar) but thought I'd throw this out there in case any of you creative types came up with a different spin on this...

This is an older picture of her car from a couple of years ago... pretty much the same except she has a permanent tow hook on front (similar to the attached w/ mouth), has better connectors for brake cooling ducts and now has dual oil coolers mounted behind the lower grill with stainless lines that are somewhat visible.



Any thoughts on something similar, but a 'little different' for that lower grill on her car?

DaveGS4

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Oh and if anyone does take this on, I already floated the idea about having one with a gold tooth and it got shot down

lexdymndz

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bedazzle it! make it a real "GRILL"

drpepper

Maybe you could do a cars type tongue out

dunnojack

there's not much you can do with that little space

DaveGS4

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Lol, you must know about the M3 badge on the back of her car.

LiCelsior

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did she do that herself or did she buy it?

hehe the 2nd pic u provided has domo teeth .

DaveGS4

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She bought the extra badge (it's from an E46 M3, slightly larger) and sent it off to a shop to have it done.

lexdymndz

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lol. thats funny. you should bedazzle the grill then. it would totally fit.

or chrome the grill and then bedazzle it.

lexdymndz

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or maybe "Mater" style:

DaveGS4

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Wife got a chuckle out of some of the ideas here, thanks guys. Jack she likes the fangs and may go with that one.

I never explained that we're thinking about doing this for a purpose beyond the obvious fun-factor.... we want to make her car instantly recognizable when she comes up behind other cars on the track. Her M3 is more heavily modified than most and she's usually faster than 9/10ths of the cars in her run groups on the track. They see a 10 year old M3 and think "I'm faster than that car" and often don't get out of the way or point her by until she dogs them for half a lap. I usually put a stip of colored race tape on her hood or side mirrors that helps (pic below), but would be nice to have something more permanant to distinguish her in the rear view mirror from all the other cars.



I did have one other idea - possibly use the three angled /// 'M' stripes in light blue, royal blue-ish and red (similar to what is on the badge above, but without the 'M').

Thinking maybe make the stripe area in total as wide as the 'BMW' indention where the license place would go or slightly wider.

Anybody skilled enough to do this with the mesh that is on the car (not just overlayed) from the first picture I posted? When I get home this weekend I may be able to do it myself the cheap/easy way using the white mesh from the teeth in the sample picture and just replace color & paste into her car's pic as stripes since they're from about the same distance and angle.

passnu2

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what about the three M colors on an angle, something simple but yet something that will stand out and also look good IMO? No photochop skills here but just an idea...

DaveGS4

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Mike, exactly what I was thinking as a potential option as well in my previous post just above yours (text below the picture).

dunnojack

colors probably won't show up well with all the holes in the grille

ho0n

If visibility is what you're going for, maybe you might consider removing the lights and putting covers with red eyes in their place, too? Or maybe put vinyls on the hood "above" (but really behind) the headlamps that make the car resemble an oni mask.