DIY- Kidney (Grille) Install
02-20-2009, 11:46 AM
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My Ride: 2007 525i, mystic blue metallic, black leather interior, dark poplar wood trim, premium package, navigation, iPod, park distance control, voice activation, bluetooth.
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Nice work! A great DIY! I like your gloves. I have cut my damn hands a bunch doing DIYs and have yet to try the glove idea.... 
02-22-2009, 02:34 AM
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My Ride: /// 2006 | 530I | Silver Gray Metallic | Sport / Prem / Navi / IPod | LCI EURO SPEC Tail's | LED Licence plate bulbs | LED side turn indicators | Roof Spoiler MORE TO COME!!!!
Well, Im glad I am able to help.... I would if I could , that is if it has not been done before. so as time progresses, ill be doing more things, and if there isnt any DIY, there will be when im done, LOL.......
This is the least I can do to help, I just started...
This is the least I can do to help, I just started...
02-22-2009, 02:52 PM
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My Ride: 1985 325e (sold it in 1996) // 2001 Z3 2.5 / White / Blk Lthr / 5-spd (wife's) // 04 530i / Metallic Blk / Beige Lthr / 6-spd / Logic7 / 19" 166 Michelin Pilot Sp
Heh, I'm installing CHROME grilles once it warms up--going opposite of most people, I like the chrome accent (and my E60's black!)
Thanks for the great DIY write up w/pics!
Thanks for the great DIY write up w/pics!
02-22-2009, 04:14 PM
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My Ride: 2007 530i White/Dakota leather, sport package, nav,
Trying to decide If I should put the black grilles on my white e60 I have them already from trinity just haven't decided if it is going to look better then the stock ones.
03-05-2009, 03:35 PM
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Thanks for starting this thread with pics.....glanced at it for about 1 minute this morning
then drove 45 minutes to some Chinese ricer parts shop in the ghetto up the 605 fwy in So. Cali.
Paid $35 then parked in the lot and it took me about 20 minutes to do the install from memory of
this thread.
Will post pics later on tonight or tomorrow.
Looks pretty clean on a jet black e60.
then drove 45 minutes to some Chinese ricer parts shop in the ghetto up the 605 fwy in So. Cali.
Paid $35 then parked in the lot and it took me about 20 minutes to do the install from memory of
this thread.
Will post pics later on tonight or tomorrow.
Looks pretty clean on a jet black e60.
03-05-2009, 03:38 PM
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My Ride: 2008 335i, Jet Black / Terra Dakota, 15k miles
Installed mine the other day (Thanks Trinity). Im a big guy (kid?) so the fingers got a bit busted up, but overall very straight forward. Thanks for the write up...
03-05-2009, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by aBathingApe' post='808651' date='Mar 5 2009, 08:38 PM
Installed mine the other day (Thanks Trinity). Im a big guy (kid?) so the fingers got a bit busted up, but overall very straight forward. Thanks for the write up...
I'm 6'3 and big fingers as well....hands/fingers got dirty and the bottom clips were
stubborn and didn't want to come off.....finally gently persuaded them with a
flat head screw driver and all was well.
03-06-2009, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ynottony' post='808649' date='Mar 5 2009, 06:35 PM
Thanks for starting this thread with pics.....glanced at it for about 1 minute this morning
then drove 45 minutes to some Chinese ricer parts shop in the ghetto up the 605 fwy in So. Cali.
Paid $35 then parked in the lot and it took me about 20 minutes to do the install from memory of
this thread.
Will post pics later on tonight or tomorrow.
Looks pretty clean on a jet black e60.
then drove 45 minutes to some Chinese ricer parts shop in the ghetto up the 605 fwy in So. Cali.
Paid $35 then parked in the lot and it took me about 20 minutes to do the install from memory of
this thread.
Will post pics later on tonight or tomorrow.
Looks pretty clean on a jet black e60.
Thanks!