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E89 Z4 front painted reflectors Now Available
E89 Z4 OEM front painted reflectors now available from IND.
http://parts.ind-distribution.com/pr...&no=343&Opt=03 Black Sapphire Metallic Deep Sea Blue Metallic Orion Silver Metallic Titanium Silver Metallic Space Grey Metallic Jet Black Alpine White Crimson Red
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looking quickly behind the reflector it doesn't appear to be as straight forward as the replacement i did on my 335i coupe, which was fully exposed from the backside.
i just ordered a set, anyone have a DIY?
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cr@p, am i the only idiot attempting this on a Z4? it was super easy on the 3-series to swap out, maybe on the Z4 you have to remove the wheels, wheel well, engine, and hardtop to get them on?
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12-10-2009, 11:59 AM | #6 |
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More reflectors in stock. Also, just finishing up a batch of light and dark tinted side markers.
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How did you finally get on with this?
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Professional install, required removal of front wheels and wheel well cover (behind wheel). took about 60mins.
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We do not offer a clear reflector solution due to the fact that all of our reflectors are the OEM part.
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08-12-2010, 12:08 AM | #14 |
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And do they all come with a bag of M&Ms?
I received mine and the white paper around the reflector piece has been painted over which would be fine if I could be sure that I will not peel off paint beyond what is on the paper... |
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08-12-2010, 08:56 AM | #15 |
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Your the first customer not to be happy with the M&M's we add them to reflector orders so you have something to enjoy while installing the new parts. Also all of the E9x 3-series, X5 and E89 Z4 painted reflectors have paint on the 3M white tape cover area. The paint will not peel off.
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Who said I am not happy? Ok I will peel the 3M sheet off very carefully. I was just concerned. That's all.
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We just started adding them one month ago. I would be more than happy to do a set of E70 reflectors. Pm me for more info.
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Just installed!
Ok,
I just DIYed the installation. To Ind, you should really put some simple instructions together. I got pretty close to ruining it. I will post some pic on the main forum later after I will have waxed my car. The paint is not a perfect match but it is really pretty good. At some angles we do see a noticeable difference but for the most part it is fine. Here's the story: You do not need to take the wheels off your car to install these. I feel bad not to have taken pictures during my installation to share with others but I guess I was too preoccupied with the process itself. I found out that the access to the back of the reflector from behind the wheel well cover is possible when I changed my signal light bulb. All you have to do is to turn your steering wheel all the way one direction or the other. I used a floor jack to give myself some more space in the wheel well. After you remove the cover for light bulb compartment, there are three screws along the outer front edge of the wheel well. Remove them using an 8mm socket ratchet. After this, by grabbing the inside of the light compartment opening, you can ease the wheel well cover out without removing it. The opening should be enough for you to squeeze your hands in there. It is pretty easy to this point. Now the most difficult starts I was hoping to see some tabs or screws but no... no luck. I almost gave up at this point. I was starting to pack my tools when I suddenly wondered why there is a piece of 3M paper around the new deflectors. I carefully removed the paper and wondered why it was so sticky on the surface... Duh! . The damn reflector is actually glued to the bumper cover! I went back at it and spent a long time pushing, heating with a hair drier, trying to squeeze a flat head screw driver to pop it out. I finally got it out using a screw driver to create a gap and then using a little crow bar from the bottom up. You can then just put the painted reflector in place after of course removing the wax paper covering the adhesive. It was quite a sense of accomplishment after spending an hour on this. I moved to the other side and got the other one done much quicker. After this do not forget to put everything back together... especially the cover for the signal light compartment. Now that I look at it I feel like there is a uniform recess between the surface of the reflector and the surface of the bumper so here is my question: When I removed the amber reflectors, the sticky surface had the exact same color as the painted ones so I did not think too much and did a one to one replacement. However still stuck behind the bumper cover, it looked like the original reflectors were installed with some thick (1-2mm) double sided tapes. Should I have removed them before installing the new ones? I am pretty sure the gap would not be there anymore but I am not sure this is how it was designed. Last edited by Rafale; 08-15-2010 at 06:54 PM.. |
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Bump for a great product. Andrew, do you know the answer to my question above about the installation though? I guess if you could tell me if you guys grind down the OEM markers before painting, it would help. I think you have to remove some of it to remove the DOT markings on it but I wonder how much of it is getting polished off.
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