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Old 02-18-2010, 05:13 AM
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I see so many kidney grills for the e60 with different price points. Is there a difference among them? I just ordered the shadowline trim and want a nice matte black grille to complete the look.
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I don't think so they all get them from China, I think Khoalty has them for the cheapest right now. I think he sells them for $39
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Originally Posted by cleung
I don't think so they all get them from China, I think Khoalty has them for the cheapest right now. I think he sells them for $39
Khoalty is by far the best deal. I was going to buy it but after looking at lots of pics online I think the matte black grill makes the nose look to large. I've decided I like my stock chrome grill with matte black slats more.
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You can safely assume that grilles that retail for $40-80 all come from the same source
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I think they are different. Take a look at these two. You can see the difference by comparing the top right corner. I've got the one with more "rounded" shape. Different look from OEM
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Originally Posted by vlad_b
I think they are different. Take a look at these two. You can see the difference by comparing the top right corner. I've got the one with more "rounded" shape. Different look from OEM
Those are also two different cars. Lolololol
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Originally Posted by vlad_b
I think they are different. Take a look at these two. You can see the difference by comparing the top right corner. I've got the one with more "rounded" shape. Different look from OEM
+1 the one on the right is more oem like.
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Originally Posted by vlad_b
I think they are different. Take a look at these two. You can see the difference by comparing the top right corner. I've got the one with more "rounded" shape. Different look from OEM
Oh wait you right, wow I've never noticed that before...
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Originally Posted by Krozi
Those are also two different cars. Lolololol
these are both e60's, may look like that because i cut the picture to compare two, and the grilles are different. here are the same cars but full image, i took them off the gallery:
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