Here are the mods I had done over the past few weeks. The photos are crap because it was rainy, in the garage, no light, with the ISO way up to get these shots.

Frozen Grey Paint Matched Front Reflectors - By IND

Matte Cleared Side Signals - By IND

Matte CarbonFiber Front Grills - By IND

Matte CarbonFiber Side Gills - By IND

Matte CarbonFiber Lower Mirror Covers - By IND

Matte Black Powder Coated DINAN Exhaust - Local Shop
I also had the bottom of the cans powder coated matte black so that if you are at knee high looking at the exhaust, you won't see the silver color of the cans.

Matte CarbonFiber License Plate Frame (COMING SOON) - By IND

ALL Carbon Fiber parts are 1x1 mesh (not the average & most common 2x2 twill) and then given the matte treatment.

I worked very closely with Illia from IND Distribution. They know what they are doing there, and IMO the only company out there that is capable of finding me a high quality part, and then modifying it in house to my needs. For example, high quality 1x1 mesh carbon fiber grills/gills were purchased from his supplier (i have tried from so many suppliers, and they are all cheaply made. this was equal to OEM) and then given the matte treatment. The side markers were matte white cleared by them as well.

Everything came together perfect. The matte carbon fiber looks like it BELONGS on the car. I have hated carbon fiber until now. Either because everywhere I got them from were cheap and turned yellow, because I disliked the shiny look or because it didn't go well with certian colors. My last M5 was sapphire black and it sort of stood out so I turned to matte black. The matte carbon fiber was the route to go here, IMO.

I have a matte black M5 Badge but I am trying to figure out what to use for the adhesive when removing the old badge. Last SapphireBlack M5 I used goo-gone and then detailed that area, then applied the new badge. For this paintwork.. i'm scared to try. I may use painters tape and plastic to mask off the trunk besides one part where the badge goes. So if anything goes wrong, the badge should cover most of the mess.

The car took on a huge transformation from OEM. I put a lot of effort and thought into what I wanted, and IND was the perfect source for that especially because I like to pay attention to detail and they do everything right the first time around.

 

Your M5 looks great, by far one of the best/cleanest e60s I've seen. Ilia and Nate from IND are great guys, and I look forward to discussing (and executing) more plans for my M with them. Now how about some more pics when daytime comes around

 

Your car looks great all around. The frozen grey looks sick, and it is totally set off by the beautiful matte carbon pieces. Enjoy!

 

Gorgeous! Looks great with all the CF!

 

The transformation of your Individual is coming along. Everything looks great. Do you have anything else planned? Dinan stroker?

I would almost take a 000 mile M5 and paint it frozen gray. Your car is sick.

 

omg , wow buddy!

 

I agree, IND is a great company. The only people who know what they are doing and provide high quality products that belong on a 100k vehicle.

I am defiantly going to take photos when the weather permits. I very carefully wiped the dirty car down with just rain water sitting on the car for the sake of these shots. I'm never doing that again even though I didn't scratch the paint.

Thanks for the comments.

 

Cant wait for more pictures....looks awesome so far

 

Thanks DJ. I have photos that are not re-sized if you want to post them for me. I had to re-size to post them onto the thread as an attachment.
Thanks. It's really a unique color. I think these photos (although not good ones) are good in the sense of showing the metallic flake in it. I would not buy the paint if it was just grey, the metallic makes it.
Thank you. I agree and the Matte C/F really does complement the color.

 

Awesome color!

Is your SL 63 designo mystic white by any chance?