M Stripe in Carbon roof

[CUTTUBUSM3]

Hey guys!

I have been drooling over the F80 and F82 since the initial Pebble beach photos were released of the M4. Something that really stood out to me was the M Stripe that was shown in the carbon roof. I personally really liked the stripe but every production F80/F82 I've seen doesn't have it.... except one. It looks like one of the forum members here took delivery of a gorgeous Austin Yellow M4, and his has the M Stripe!! Pennzoil, If you happen to read this, would you explain to me how your roof has the stripe? My F80 is on order and I wish it came with it. I searched for this topic but didn't see anything. Hope I'm not asking something that has been explained over and over.

Thank you for any insight!!

[WAY]

I'm assuming it's stickers. Do you have a pic of it?

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by WAY

I'm assuming it's stickers. Do you have a pic of it?

No for the show car I think it was a custom ingrained or manufactured part of the carbon fiber hood stripe. It would be pretty showy for most people in regular life but made sense for a show car.

[WAY]

Sorry I meant Pennsoil's car that the OP mentioned.

[gblansten]

I might be wrong about that stripe. Looks like it is not intrinsically part of the roof.

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=878835

[WAY]

Hmmm. Looks like an opaque sticker.

[x.shell]

The M4 Concept that was unveiled at Pebble had the translucent stripe decals then clear coated over. It's also possible that the M4 Concept stripes are actual candy paint, but I don't see the point of doing that when a decal can give you the same result once it's clear coated.

If you want these stripes on your own CF roof, it's not too difficult for a body shop to accomplish this.

If you don't care about the stripes being smooth with the roof, just source some translucent decals from a sign shop and stick them on yourself. There will be a "step", but will be significantly cheaper while being reversible.

[x.shell]

Originally Posted by WAY

Hmmm. Looks like an opaque sticker.

You mean translucent.

opaque
adjective
1. not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by ex o

You mean translucent.

opaque
adjective
1. not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.

On a side note, how are you enjoying your XX?

[x.shell]

Originally Posted by gblansten

On a side note, how are you enjoying your XX?

Shhh... my XX is parked in my XXX. I enjoy the stripes on it. Don't tell anyone.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by ex o

Shhh... my XX is parked in my XXX. I enjoy the stripes on it. Don't tell anyone.

I won't.

[Blindside_137]

Search around. Someone made these, maybe EAS? I can't remember

[CUTTUBUSM3]

Awesome! Thanks for the answers guys. I may have some made just to see how they look, or I'll check with EAS or others to see if there are some available like Blindside_137 mentioned!

[WAY]

Originally Posted by ex o

You mean translucent.

opaque
adjective
1. not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.

It was early in the morning and I just woke up! Or at least that's my excuse. 😂

[Brosef]

GTM Challenge made these.

[Brosef]

http://challenge-usa.com/blog/2014/0...4-proto-style/

[x.shell]

Originally Posted by Brosef

http://challenge-usa.com/blog/2014/0...4-proto-style/

Holy Hell. $75? That's not "M-Tax". That's straight up robbery.

[GraphiteBrawler]

i wonder how this would look on car's without a carbon roof.

[MasterP]

Originally Posted by ex o

Holy Hell. $75? That's not "M-Tax". That's straight up robbery.

I doubt you could make a single one for yourself for $75.

I'm not a buyer for one, but if a cheap track cut out decal in die-cast vinyl is $5-$8, then this can be $75. It's not like it's $175 or $275. If IND had made this, then yeah it probably would be.

[Jockey]

Hmm, that looks pretty good. I just might

[x.shell]

Originally Posted by TrakBch

I doubt you could make a single one for yourself for $75.

I'm not a buyer for one, but if a cheap track cut out decal in die-cast vinyl is $5-$8, then this can be $75. It's not like it's $175 or $275. If IND had made this, then yeah it probably would be.

Actually, I can get it made for far cheaper (think 500% cheaper). I think that your "doubt" was probably under the assumption that I don't have direct access to a sign shop and body shop; and that is understandable because most folks don't.

And I stand with you that I'm not a buyer for one either. I guess it's a good thing that they are $75. Otherwise we might see more and more of these on people's cars... on Civics even.

[Brosef]

Originally Posted by ex o

Holy Hell. $75? That's not "M-Tax". That's straight up robbery.

good luck prototyping and testing your own, getting the colors and transparency right. $75 is nothing for these cars. as far as cosmetic mods go, find me something with a better bang-per-buck.