AW? E92? CSL Bootlid? Get in here, please!

DefactoM6 · 04-11-2011, 01:15 PM

Hi all. Currently have a Vorsteiner CSL bootlid on my AW E92 non-M sport, and it currently has the lip and the license plate surround in exposed CF. The look is far too boy racer-y and over the top for me (cop harassment ftl), and I have it prepped for paint. However, I cannot decide whether or not I want to paint just the lip and leave the license plate surround exposed, or if I just paint the whole thing. Oh, and I have the OEM rear bumper, and have no plans on changing it to M-sport any time soon, so I would STRONGLY prefer if people who have the stock, non-M sport rear bumper and CSL could post up. SO...if you...

Have an AW E92 with the stock, non Msport rear bumper, and have a CSL bootlid that is either fully painted, or is fully painted except for the license plate surround...PLEASE POST PICS! I'm painting on Saturday, and really need to make this decision. Thanks!

Car as it currently sits, for reference. The lip is getting painted, no matter what...the question is whether or not to paint the license plate surround. If I don't, the surround will be filled in a little bit further to give some separation from the tails.

UFhypz335 · 04-11-2011, 01:21 PM

paint them both...I have never been a fan of that strip of exposed CF look.

jb's335 · 04-11-2011, 02:19 PM

Everyone want to show off their CF trunks. It makes sense, you spent a lot of extra money over the regular CSL trunk, but it still doesn't make the exposed cf look good, especially when it starts to yellow from sun exposure. I would paint the whole thing, if you want to show it off just open your trunk, people will notice...

Ghost170 · 04-11-2011, 03:09 PM

I'd say all white, if you do not have any other CF on your car.

FVM3 · 04-11-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jb's335

Everyone want to show off their CF trunks. It makes sense, you spent a lot of extra money over the regular CSL trunk, but it still doesn't make the exposed cf look good, especially when it starts to yellow from sun exposure. I would paint the whole thing, if you want to show it off just open your trunk, people will notice...

sometimes low profile doesnt mean it wont look good. Paint that exposed CF

Verbiage · 04-11-2011, 03:48 PM

plz paint.

tee.tran · 04-11-2011, 03:50 PM

Leave the strip, paint the license plate area.

DefactoM6 · 04-11-2011, 05:36 PM

I appreciate the input, and frankly, I am strongly leaning toward painting it, I would just like to see pics of both fully painted and exposed license plate CF only, particularly on stock bumper (non Msport) cars before fully making my decision. It's relatively easy to apply paint...but if I regret it later, I will have to live with it, because going back down to the CF is pretty much impossible. FWIW, if I had an Msport bumper, I wouldn't be thinking about it, I would go full paint immediately. I would just rather not have something I don't like the look of, then have to go out and do Msport just to make it look okay. So again...any help that people could provide in the way of pics of their setups would be incredibly appreciated!

ALPINE6SPD · 04-11-2011, 05:56 PM

I would paint it if your asking about around the lic plate. It would look best if you repainted around the license plate and left the exposed strip on the CSL trunk. That would really be the way to go because your exposing CF in the best place and just enough of it IMO.

Craig@SupremePower · 04-11-2011, 10:22 PM

DefactoM6 · 04-12-2011, 01:37 PM

Thanks Craig. Your car is about the only thing between me and painting the whole thing. It looks nice and tied in with the diffuser though...gah, still confused! Anyone else? C'mon guys, it's a chance to shamelessly show off!

Tee212 · 04-12-2011, 02:09 PM

paint it all or leave it stock, the cf stuff looks like a civic with a bmw rear end lol

monkawekrue · 04-12-2011, 03:59 PM

^^^^^Exposed license plate area. craig motivated me to do it if/when i ever buy a bootlid.

hipnotic · 04-12-2011, 04:20 PM

yeah, paint the whole thing. It will look much cleaner

bimmertt · 04-12-2011, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost170

I'd say all white, if you do not have any other CF on your car.

+1

also, what kind of tips do you have?

Craig@SupremePower · 04-12-2011, 05:57 PM

too each his/her own but i'm in full aggreement if you dont have any other cf paint it all... i prefer the inner license plate area to accent other cf and not break up the way the lines of the trunk flowing over into the body of the car!

Decide whats best for you... you'll get 20 different answers when u ask here, some guys dont mod and others simply have different tastes!! Good luck!

DefactoM6 · 04-13-2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bimmertt

+1

also, what kind of tips do you have?

CP-E...they came with the CP-E exhaust I have on the car.

Yeah, I know opinions are like assholes. Seems like there just aren't too many people with a painted AW bootlid and stock rear bumper. I think I'm leaning towards painting it all...

Professor///M · 04-13-2011, 10:34 AM

The CF strip only looks right with the MSport bumper in my opinion. See how much better craig's pic looks?

Yours doesn't look bad, I actually happen to like the look and may put a smaller bit of black vinyl on mine - but I also have a jet black spoiler and the msport bumper so it kind of matches.

Without those it looks out of place.

michael1284 · 04-13-2011, 02:04 PM

My car. Fully Painted.

didyoufeelit · 04-13-2011, 03:12 PM

Yeah I think it looks better painted. Looks really good

Jred22 · 04-13-2011, 03:14 PM

paint the plate area, fade the strip, outside in, AW to CF.

Kensta335 · 04-13-2011, 03:22 PM

Paint it all unless you have future mods coming. Your trunk, with CF exposed, looks too aggressive for your stock looking car.

04-11-2011, 01:15 PM	#1
DefactoM6 Sees the world the way it could be 49 Rep 761 Posts Drives: '88 M6, '02 Z8, '09 E92 335i Join Date: May 2010 Location: CT iTrader: (11)	AW? E92? CSL Bootlid? Get in here, please! Hi all. Currently have a Vorsteiner CSL bootlid on my AW E92 non-M sport, and it currently has the lip and the license plate surround in exposed CF. The look is far too boy racer-y and over the top for me (cop harassment ftl), and I have it prepped for paint. However, I cannot decide whether or not I want to paint just the lip and leave the license plate surround exposed, or if I just paint the whole thing. Oh, and I have the OEM rear bumper, and have no plans on changing it to M-sport any time soon, so I would STRONGLY prefer if people who have the stock, non-M sport rear bumper and CSL could post up. SO...if you... Have an AW E92 with the stock, non Msport rear bumper, and have a CSL bootlid that is either fully painted, or is fully painted except for the license plate surround...PLEASE POST PICS! I'm painting on Saturday, and really need to make this decision. Thanks! Car as it currently sits, for reference. The lip is getting painted, no matter what...the question is whether or not to paint the license plate surround. If I don't, the surround will be filled in a little bit further to give some separation from the tails. __________________
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UFhypz335 allocation hunting g80/911 GTS 34 Rep 404 Posts Drives: '20 M2 /'08 E92 335i 6MT(sold) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NYC iTrader: (1)	paint them both...I have never been a fan of that strip of exposed CF look. __________________ Searching for a G80 M3 allocation/911 GTS allocation Current: '20 M2 Competition (Hockenheim Silver) - Carless from 2017-2022 Previous: '08 E92 335i 6MT (Space Grey), '05 G35 Coupe, '03 Evolution VIII, '01 Honda Prelude
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04-11-2011, 02:19 PM	#3
jb's335 Big Boost Addict 52 Rep 689 Posts Drives: AW e92 335 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lima, OH iTrader: (12)	Everyone want to show off their CF trunks. It makes sense, you spent a lot of extra money over the regular CSL trunk, but it still doesn't make the exposed cf look good, especially when it starts to yellow from sun exposure. I would paint the whole thing, if you want to show it off just open your trunk, people will notice... __________________ FFTEC 62mm...yeah I think that about does it.
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04-11-2011, 03:09 PM	#4
Ghost170 Brigadier General 89 Rep 3,355 Posts Drives: VIP Sport 335! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: N CA iTrader: (8) Garage List 2007 BMW e92 335! [6.34]	I'd say all white, if you do not have any other CF on your car. __________________ *07 E92 335!* AA AE GP HR LC M3 KW BMS BMW LUX CYBA STRI WORK HELIX MTECH LSWEEE(Wavetrac)!
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Verbiage Dismembered Member 3583 Rep 9,213 Posts Drives: F80 ZCP 6MT, R55 Clubman S 6MT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: DMV iTrader: (6)	plz paint. __________________ My delivery experience and beach photoshoot here.
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tee.tran Teehehehe. 22 Rep 307 Posts Drives: ///M3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: TX. iTrader: (0)	Leave the strip, paint the license plate area. __________________ I like puppies. Thanks jz for the sig, lol.
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DefactoM6 Sees the world the way it could be 49 Rep 761 Posts Drives: '88 M6, '02 Z8, '09 E92 335i Join Date: May 2010 Location: CT iTrader: (11)	I appreciate the input, and frankly, I am strongly leaning toward painting it, I would just like to see pics of both fully painted and exposed license plate CF only, particularly on stock bumper (non Msport) cars before fully making my decision. It's relatively easy to apply paint...but if I regret it later, I will have to live with it, because going back down to the CF is pretty much impossible. FWIW, if I had an Msport bumper, I wouldn't be thinking about it, I would go full paint immediately. I would just rather not have something I don't like the look of, then have to go out and do Msport just to make it look okay. So again...any help that people could provide in the way of pics of their setups would be incredibly appreciated! __________________
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04-11-2011, 05:56 PM	#9
ALPINE6SPD Lieutenant General 156 Rep 10,411 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW 328i Sport Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Highland Lakes NJ iTrader: (2)	I would paint it if your asking about around the lic plate. It would look best if you repainted around the license plate and left the exposed strip on the CSL trunk. That would really be the way to go because your exposing CF in the best place and just enough of it IMO. __________________ 2010 AW e90 328i: 6 speed, Black Leather, Dark Wood trim, ZPP, ZCW, ZVP,ZSP, Nav, Xenon BMW Performance CF Rear spolier and Gloss black grills 2008 Candy White MKV GTI 2.0T 6 Speed Manul Gone 2008 AW X3 3.0si: 6 speed Returned 2006 AW e90 330i: 6 speed Dinan Stage 1 Returned
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DefactoM6 Sees the world the way it could be 49 Rep 761 Posts Drives: '88 M6, '02 Z8, '09 E92 335i Join Date: May 2010 Location: CT iTrader: (11)	Thanks Craig. Your car is about the only thing between me and painting the whole thing. It looks nice and tied in with the diffuser though...gah, still confused! Anyone else? C'mon guys, it's a chance to shamelessly show off! __________________
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Tee212 Banned 81 Rep 4,541 Posts Drives: yes Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Riverside iTrader: (9) Garage List 2010 335 [8.00]	paint it all or leave it stock, the cf stuff looks like a civic with a bmw rear end lol
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monkawekrue Brigadier General 67 Rep 3,214 Posts Drives: f25 X3 AW Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: LOS ANGELES, CA iTrader: (2) Garage List 2004 e46 M3 AW RETIRED [0.00] 2003 e46 M3 CB RETIRED [0.00] 2013 f25 X3 AW [0.00] 2007 e92 328i SG RE ... [0.00] 2007 e90 335i AW RE ... [0.00]	^^^^^Exposed license plate area. craig motivated me to do it if/when i ever buy a bootlid. __________________
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hipnotic Major General 149 Rep 6,604 Posts Drives: e92 335i Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: So. Cal iTrader: (7) Garage List 2008 335i coupe [7.00]	yeah, paint the whole thing. It will look much cleaner __________________
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Craig@SupremePower G.O.A.T.! 1000 Rep 74,998 Posts Drives: '18 GMC Yukon XL Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (14)	too each his/her own but i'm in full aggreement if you dont have any other cf paint it all... i prefer the inner license plate area to accent other cf and not break up the way the lines of the trunk flowing over into the body of the car! Decide whats best for you... you'll get 20 different answers when u ask here, some guys dont mod and others simply have different tastes!! Good luck!
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04-13-2011, 10:34 AM	#18
Professor///M Brigadier General 819 Rep 3,341 Posts Drives: 2022 M3, 2022 X5 40i; Join Date: May 2007 Location: Northeast iTrader: (5) Garage List 2022 BMW M3 Comp. [0.00] 2016 BMW X5 35i [10.00]	The CF strip only looks right with the MSport bumper in my opinion. See how much better craig's pic looks? Yours doesn't look bad, I actually happen to like the look and may put a smaller bit of black vinyl on mine - but I also have a jet black spoiler and the msport bumper so it kind of matches. Without those it looks out of place.
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michael1284 Colonel 210 Rep 2,629 Posts Drives: 2018 M3 Comp Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: DFW iTrader: (44)	My car. Fully Painted. __________________ e92, e90, f30 #DieselLife, e46, f80
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didyoufeelit Second Lieutenant 36 Rep 288 Posts Drives: tiag e90 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA iTrader: (3)	Yeah I think it looks better painted. Looks really good
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Jred22 Meat Puppet 66 Rep 1,127 Posts Drives: '11 e90 M3 Competition Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minneapolis iTrader: (4) Garage List 2007 Jeep Grand Che ... [0.00]	paint the plate area, fade the strip, outside in, AW to CF.
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04-13-2011, 03:22 PM	#22
Kensta335 Brigadier General 161 Rep 3,637 Posts Drives: 335i Coupe Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: So Cal 626 iTrader: (4)	Paint it all unless you have future mods coming. Your trunk, with CF exposed, looks too aggressive for your stock looking car.
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