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Old 10-15-2010, 10:20 AM
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Figure a pic is worth a thousand words. This isn't really a mod, but the result of a deer vs BMW. Not sure who won. Deer ran off, but I get a new hood, grill, and bumper. It will fix the paint chips I have been fretting over.







Body shop said I can buy the parts for it if I want and they will pay me back. Going with black grills for sure, but not sure about an aftermarket bumper. How do the prices of an M bumper comapre with a stock one?
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i think u can get a replica mtech or m5 for the same, if not less, money as ur original

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mmm Chinchilla
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Leave the fur intact, it's +10 HP and keeps the grilles warm..
Old 10-15-2010, 01:26 PM
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so been looking on ebay for grills. Anyone have any recommendations?

Matte, gloss, or carbon?

Anyone have good luck and quick shipping from a specific seller?

the car is black sapphire metallic.
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Originally Posted by mookish
Leave the fur intact, it's +10 HP and keeps the grilles warm..
haha
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Go with matte grills, get them from Trinity - PM Nerweezy He can get you quotes on the OEM M-tech or M5 rep bumper too
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Matte blakc grills.

E60 won. Deer lost
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After discussing it with my daughter I have decided that I am going to go with matte black grill, going to change to black roundels all around, and probaby keep the stock bumper.

I am not sure how the M front bumper will look with the standard side skirts and read bumper.
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freakn deers ay ay ay im wearn my brakes out from these things dartn across the street on my way to work at 2am


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