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      01-07-2018, 03:38 AM   #1
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De-chrome MC Blue M5 F10

Hi, I am looking to de-chrome my M5 and also change colour for things like side mirror/diffuser. I have been looking around for the right colour of black so not to end up with something tacky.

This is what I plan:

Change alloys to satin black (in between matt and gloss) through powder coating

Front grille chrome border goes to gloss black (vinyl wrap)

Side grille to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

Side mirrors (top half - body coloured) to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

Rear diffuser to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

I am not sure what to do with the chrome inserts in the door handles, if I go for gloss black it will be different to mirror and side vent and I am not sure carbon fibre would look nice there. Shall I leave it as it is for contrast?

Later on I plan to change the exhaust to black but leaving it for now.

I have seen lot of pictures online but sometimes it is different seeing it in person and I am looking to hear from people who have seen similar job on a MC blue M5 or even got the job done on their own car.

Attaching couple of pics of my car as it is now. Will share more after the work is complete.

Look forward to hear from you folks to help me decide. Cheers
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      01-07-2018, 08:17 AM   #2
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Hi, I am looking to de-chrome my M5 and also change colour for things like side mirror/diffuser. I have been looking around for the right colour of black so not to end up with something tacky.

This is what I plan:

Change alloys to satin black (in between matt and gloss) through powder coating

Front grille chrome border goes to gloss black (vinyl wrap)

Side grille to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

Side mirrors (top half - body coloured) to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

Rear diffuser to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

I am not sure what to do with the chrome inserts in the door handles, if I go for gloss black it will be different to mirror and side vent and I am not sure carbon fibre would look nice there. Shall I leave it as it is for contrast?

Later on I plan to change the exhaust to black but leaving it for now.

I have seen lot of pictures online but sometimes it is different seeing it in person and I am looking to hear from people who have seen similar job on a MC blue M5 or even got the job done on their own car.

Attaching couple of pics of my car as it is now. Will share more after the work is complete.

Look forward to hear from you folks to help me decide. Cheers
I would vinyl wrap the chrome inserts in blue to match the MCB and possibly the front / rear deflectors as well.

Beautiful car; post some pictures when done.

Good luck!
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      01-07-2018, 01:37 PM   #3
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Hi, I am looking to de-chrome my M5 and also change colour for things like side mirror/diffuser. I have been looking around for the right colour of black so not to end up with something tacky.

This is what I plan:

Change alloys to satin black (in between matt and gloss) through powder coating

Front grille chrome border goes to gloss black (vinyl wrap)

Side grille to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

Side mirrors (top half - body coloured) to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

Rear diffuser to carbon fibre (vinyl wrap)

I am not sure what to do with the chrome inserts in the door handles, if I go for gloss black it will be different to mirror and side vent and I am not sure carbon fibre would look nice there. Shall I leave it as it is for contrast?

Later on I plan to change the exhaust to black but leaving it for now.

I have seen lot of pictures online but sometimes it is different seeing it in person and I am looking to hear from people who have seen similar job on a MC blue M5 or even got the job done on their own car.

Attaching couple of pics of my car as it is now. Will share more after the work is complete.

Look forward to hear from you folks to help me decide. Cheers
I would vinyl wrap the chrome inserts in blue to match the MCB and possibly the front / rear deflectors as well.

Beautiful car; post some pictures when done.

Good luck!
Thanks mate. I will keep this post updated as I get the work done.
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      01-07-2018, 02:03 PM   #4
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I wrapped my door handle chrome with CF and don't like it anymore. I would agree with Jose and wrap it to match the car's colour
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      01-07-2018, 07:27 PM   #5
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I did mine same color
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      01-07-2018, 10:49 PM   #6
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For some cars (white, silver), the OEM chrome looks okay. On colors like black and blue, it's a good call to black it out.
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Thanks everyone. Do you have any pictures of your car with the CF and same colour wrap?

I agree that CF insert on door handles is a hit or miss and I wasn't too sure either. I feel same colour is conservative and probably the best way to go. I will definitely consider it. The best part about this is reversibility.
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      01-08-2018, 08:39 AM   #8
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Just wrap it. You can get virtually any color from 3M on Amazon for 12-16 USD.
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yeah, also I think CF for such a small piece like door handles are easily missed. I won't notice them.

In fact, I even elected not to do gloss black side gills. After my first week of ownership, I had to look really close to notice the chrome edges on the OEM gills. Most of the gills itself is black. (I'm talking about the M6 though, where the gill edges are recessed.
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I used CF vinyl for my door handles. I wanted the CF/Black look for my car. Its super easy to install.

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      01-09-2018, 05:19 AM   #12
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Thanks all, very useful and practical suggestions. I will keep you all posted once I have done the work on my M5.
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Im in north west london mate if you want to check out my car. Alternatively drop me your number and I can send some pics across
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Im in north west london mate if you want to check out my car. Alternatively drop me your number and I can send some pics across
Thanks. Appreciate your offer. Will pm you my number. You could send via whatsapp. Cheers
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If you're going to vinyl wrap it, contact Gatorprints. They wrap all kinds of crazy things and lettering decals.
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Hey guys, after all the great suggestions, I got the following work done:

a) Colour correction stage 2 machining (difficult to show in pictures but all swirl marks and small scratches gone, looks amazing)
b) Ceramic Coating (Gtechniq C1 + Evo)
c) Glass protection and leather treatment
d) dechromed front kidney grille, side vents and door handles
e) carbon fibre wrap on wing mirrors and rear spoiler
f) rear windows tint (unfortunately can't do fronts without getting on the wrong side of law)

Still to do:

a) Alloys to satin black
b) rear carbon fibre diffuser and front lip (hopefully without breaking the bank)
c) exhaust tips depends after the diffuser
d) possibly wrap the roof in black or CF

That will be all hopefully for cosmetics, then I will look for some ECU stage 1 remap and better exhaust .
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Looking good!
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