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      09-06-2019, 12:07 PM   #1
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X3MC gets exterior upgrades

Was getting tired of the red and orange reflectors so I deleted them and installed body colored ones. Love the way it turned out. Let me know your thoughts.
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I don't have an X3 but the deflector delete, especially the fronts, is a no brainer in my opinion. Looks great!
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Looks great. My donnington gray deletes are sitting in my garage already just waiting for the car to get here......

You get those from IND? Color match looks pretty spot on from the photos. How close is it in person?
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Nice work.
It is a must.
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Looks great. My donnington gray deletes are sitting in my garage already just waiting for the car to get here......
Congrats! I bet you can't get any sleep waiting for it. Hahahah. It's worth the wait.
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Was getting tired of the red and orange reflectors so I deleted them and installed body colored ones. Love the way it turned out. Let me know your thoughts.
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Looks great. My donnington gray deletes are sitting in my garage already just waiting for the car to get here......

You get those from IND? Color match looks pretty spot on from the photos. How close is it in person?
Sorry, yes got them from IND and color match are spot on. They were ceramic coated with the whole car. One thing I would advise is buy the clip kit from harbor freight because you will end up breaking some or they just wont go back in tightly if using old clips
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Was getting tired of the red and orange reflectors so I deleted them and installed body colored ones. Love the way it turned out. Let me know your thoughts.
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Super easy! Ended up buying the clip install kit
From harbor freight to reinstall and replace the broken clip mounts in the front fender
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Wish they offered Honeycomb style for the rear deflectors for our x3's. looks so much better than the paint color matched ones. Here's an example of it....

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NICE!

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Installation on the new G01/G02 X3/X4, G05 X5, G07 X7, F97/F98 X3M/X4M are the same and very easy.

I have done a few of them in house using our own painted reflector.
You just have to install the one time use rivet again. I include them in the set.

The rear is the easiest part, you just need to pry them out and replace with the new one.

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Wish they offered Honeycomb style for the rear deflectors for our x3's. looks so much better than the paint color matched ones. Here's an example of it....

The look of rear reflector on this design is a bit ackward if you do the Acexxon.
Unlike the F90 M5, F87 M2, F85/F86 X5M/X6M. They look great with the mesh design.
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Wish they offered Honeycomb style for the rear deflectors for our x3's. looks so much better than the paint color matched ones. Here's an example of it....

Acexxon is currently in development of honeycomb rear reflectors for the X3M. Should be out in a few weeks. I talked to IND about them already. They also fit X3 M40i
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So glad we don't have this issue in the UK. Mods look great though - nicely done!
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So glad we don't have this issue in the UK. Mods look great though - nicely done!
Excellent point! BTW, how does your exhaust sound compared to ours? (just playing)
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Acexxon is currently in development of honeycomb rear reflectors for the X3M. Should be out in a few weeks. I talked to IND about them already. They also fit X3 M40i
nice, thanks for the update
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Excellent point! BTW, how does your exhaust sound compared to ours? (just playing)
Yup, pros and cons.

The exhaust note is extremely "meh" compared to every X4MC YouTube video I watch
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