Black Kidney Grills on a Black car - Matte vs Painted
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Originally Posted by KCooke82' post='849797' date='Apr 17 2009, 03:27 AM
Interesting...CF. Any pics? Where did you get them from? My mirrors are pretty shot from highway miles and I jsut saw CF mirror covers on ebay...I wonder what the combo would look like.
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Originally Posted by wolf' post='849876' date='Apr 16 2009, 10:11 PM
I left mine matte black. I like the subtle contrast. I think when the surrounds match the car the kidney tends to blend into the car and it looks like a hole when you get a few feet back. The matte lends definition to the grille and preserves the BMW design queue of two kidney grilles. I noticed with black on black when you get far from the car you lose the sense that it is a BMW. I used to be able to tell my car was a BMW from way across the parking lot based on the kidney grilles. Now that there is limited contrast due to the lack of chrome against black it is harder to tell at greater distances.
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Any close-ups with all matte and a black bumper? Thanks...
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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='849617' date='Apr 16 2009, 11:24 PM
I would order them from Trinity, as they already come in matte black. If you want the surrounds glossy like Knightcom, take them to a body shop and have the outsides painted.
On my 2007 Jet Black 530, I went with the matte black look and liked the contrast. Here's a picture of my old car:
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On my 2007 Jet Black 530, I went with the matte black look and liked the contrast. Here's a picture of my old car:
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My Ride: 525d M Sport Gunmetal Grey
I was in two minds to keep the chrome or paint them black.. so i decided to order some matt black grills from beemabuild if they didnt look any good i could change them back to stock. Now i'm converted.. black looks awesome and so mean.. no chance of goin back to the chrome. Probably sell the chrome grills on fleabay......
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I left my Trinty grilles matte black, but mixed it up a bit by popping out the matte black slats and re-using the OE chrome/ black slats.
Need to get a better outside shot...but you get the idea here...
Need to get a better outside shot...but you get the idea here...
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Originally Posted by ktlocklear' post='852054' date='Apr 19 2009, 06:40 PM
I left my Trinty grilles matte black, but mixed it up a bit by popping out the matte black slats and re-using the OE chrome/ black slats.
Need to get a better outside shot...but you get the idea here...
Need to get a better outside shot...but you get the idea here...
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Originally Posted by Silver_545i' post='852122' date='Apr 19 2009, 06:58 PM
Hey, that's a good idea... would love to see outside pic's.
I'll snap some outside shots tomorrow, and post them up.......
