BMW chrome front plate - Tacky Looking?
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Originally Posted by turnbowm' post='271731' date='Apr 20 2006, 10:55 AM
I'd like to see them on a E60.
Been to the site a month ago. CVT Benhogan
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Originally Posted by CVTBenhogan' post='271879' date='Apr 20 2006, 04:01 PM
I'd like to see them on a E60. Been to the site a month ago.
CVT Benhogan
Been to the site a month ago. CVT Benhogan
They have most of the E60 colors availabe... just see their color match chart .....
I just ordered the key hole plug for my E60....
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Yes, nothing hides those unsightly 3 mm holes in the front bumper better than a nice 8x12 inch reflective piece of metal. 
Seriously, those plates are ugly. I took my front licence bracket off the day I bought the car but the holes are so small that nobody can see them anyways unless they are on their knees in front of my car, so I just left them.
Seriously, those plates are ugly. I took my front licence bracket off the day I bought the car but the holes are so small that nobody can see them anyways unless they are on their knees in front of my car, so I just left them.
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No front plate :thumbsdown:
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If you ask, plead and demand that your dealer does not drill the holes - one can end up with a holeless front bumper.
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Originally Posted by Znod' post='271629' date='Apr 20 2006, 07:45 AM
Some like Euro plates. If you can find a pic, check out EBMCS03's or Miss545i's front plates. I have mixed emotions about Euro plates, but not because they don't look good. I think they look pretty good and go well with the clever personalized plate idea--if you are at all attracted to personalized plates. Neither are my cup of tea, but whatever floats your boat works for me. I don't think that these approaches are totally distasteful. Plugs work for me too, but not chrome anything.
future miss550i...maybe 
here is a link to my Euro plate
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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='271363' date='Apr 19 2006, 04:27 PM
Keep it low key / low profile. You've got the sport package so a lot of the chrome has been eliminated ... follow that trend, I say.
I had the BMW chrome plates on my 7 series and they looked good, but they fit the overall style of that car. No so for the E60.
I had the BMW chrome plates on my 7 series and they looked good, but they fit the overall style of that car. No so for the E60.
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THe only good thing about my wife crashing the front of her Range Rover is that the body shop didn't drill holes in the new front bumper (at my request)
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Originally Posted by Znod' post='271629' date='Apr 20 2006, 04:45 AM
Some like Euro plates. If you can find a pic, check out EBMCS03's or Miss545i's front plates. I have mixed emotions about Euro plates, but not because they don't look good. I think they look pretty good and go well with the clever personalized plate idea--if you are at all attracted to personalized plates. Neither are my cup of tea, but whatever floats your boat works for me. I don't think that these approaches are totally distasteful. Plugs work for me too, but not chrome anything.
Hehe thanks...
Ya see here.. Post #37 and then read on.
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?s=&showtop...ndpost&p=230779
I have a few pics on page 1 also with Euro plate too.