First of all, I want to thank you for visiting my page!! I greatly appreciate it!!
I really need to thank Mel Harris at Kandyland Auto for the completion of the body work project!! He executed the plan for the project perfectly!I wanted the paint to achieve the "wet look" and he gave me what I asked for! He went through multiple finishing steps to ensure the paint looked flawless. I would recommend Kandyland in a heartbeat to anyone who's serious about their vehicle.
I've taken the car to the Chicago Dub Show back on July 2nd, 2006 and to other car shows in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas since then. The car has been a huge success and despite the non-factory color, people really like it! Everyone thinks it is a body kit at first glance until I tell them that all of the factory body panels were modified. Many people were asking me, "Is it fast? How much HP? What's it do in the quarter?" Well, that's next. Check the next page for their answer to those questions......
Back to the body and regarding the color, I was scared at first to paint the car yellow, so much so that I almost painted it a 2006 Lamborghini red an hour before it was to be sprayed. The exterior is bold and bright, and you can spot it for at least a 1/2 mile. It's not your traditional color BMW (white, silver, black), but every now and then it is okay to think outside of the box. I even had most purists tell me they like it. The exterior is done, now on the interior and more importantly, backing up the looks with turbocharging the engine and the 6 speed conversion!!
UPDATE:
My car was recently featured in the Readers' Cars section in the November issue of Performance BMW, the magazine from the UK.
Here's the section on my car.
To be fully featured, I'm going back to the lab to work on the interior, ICE, and the powertrain.
This picture was taken in front of Concours Motors in Greendale, WI.
3/4 view
A 4" deep lip on the rear Davin Speed SP1
The Reiger front splitter was molded into the factory bumper and smoothed out for a seamless look.
You can see here where the factory lower removeable tow panels were molded into the bumper next to the grill opening. Look very closely and you can see the letters BMW are molded into the front of the bumper!!
The following body modifications were performed by Kandyland:
Color matched Davin SP1 wheels 19X8.5 front / 19X10 rear
Shaved BMW roundels symbols front and rear
Shaved side markers lights front and rear
Shaved bumper moldings front and rear
Shaved body moldings left and right
Color matched door handles
Shaved license plate cover
Molded BMW insignia into front bumper (look closely to see it)
Replaced the kidney grill chrome with black inserts
Reiger bumper splitter molded onto front bumper
Molded access plates in front lower bumper
New European Ellipsoid lights w/standard H1 bulbs
Clear corner directional lamps
New fog lights
M5 Rocker panels
M5 lower door inserts
Kandy Apple Red Rear Lights
Reiger Rear Deflector
Removed 525i emblem on trunk
Painted door jambs
Painted inside of fuel door
Painted trunk
Painted inside of hood and latches
New factory windshield
Front driver and passenger door replaced
Rear left drivers side door replaced
These are the before pix!
These modifications were done before the car went to Kandyland.
Suspension/ Chassis
Davin Speed SP1 (3 pc. forged) 19 X 8.5 front & 19 X 10 rear
Dunlop Direzza 245.35.19 front & 275.30.19 rear
Bilstein HD struts
Vogtland Springs
750IL front control arm bushings
Rebuilt front end (bushings & control arms)
Engine:
K&N 5" round filter
Bored Throttle Body
Jim Conforti Chip
Ultima Yellow Top Dry Cell Battery (of course)
