What do you guys think about black kidneys?
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From: Snellville ga
Alright, I have a stock 545i with sport pack, in sapphire black. So far the only mod's I've done are new wheels since my oem's were cracked. I went with 18" replica m5 wheels. I'm thinking about plasti-dipping my front grill's, badge, and exhaust. Would this look good or kind of ricer? lol
Hey I also have replica 166. Are you getting any vibrations at all. Did you use hub centric rings?
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From: lexington,ky usa
Whats with all the blackout?Latest fad that will look bad in a few years or even months.Ive seen so many of these fads come and go,reminds me of the chain steering wheel in the 70s.Im not big on chrome wheels but black?
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My Ride: 2009 535i xDrive; Black Sapphire Metallic; Premium, Cold Weather Packages, Navi, PDC, 20% Solargard Tint
In my opinion it depends on the stock color.
On black cars - esp the black sapphire metallic, the both the chrome trim, and the chrome kidneys look good and are a nice contrast.
All other cars (including coldlists carbon black), the flat black of the shadowline trim looks great.
Rizbels car looks great, but if it had the non-shadowline trim, and non-black kidneys, it would look just as good.
But thats just my opinion.
On black cars - esp the black sapphire metallic, the both the chrome trim, and the chrome kidneys look good and are a nice contrast.
All other cars (including coldlists carbon black), the flat black of the shadowline trim looks great.
Rizbels car looks great, but if it had the non-shadowline trim, and non-black kidneys, it would look just as good.
But thats just my opinion.
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From: Lithuania
My Ride: e60, 335d, 09yr, shadowline, full options.
e63, 645csi, 05yr, shadowline, full options. Sold
I had OEM black grills on e63 but after a while it got boring. Everyone has them now.
For a change for e60 got full chrome grills and then painted the rounding shadowline gloss black. 20K+ km with them on crappy roads and still looks mint. This looks awesome on black/white cars. Search this forum, there was a post by somenone 3-4 weeks ago with white e60 and such grill.
For a change for e60 got full chrome grills and then painted the rounding shadowline gloss black. 20K+ km with them on crappy roads and still looks mint. This looks awesome on black/white cars. Search this forum, there was a post by somenone 3-4 weeks ago with white e60 and such grill.
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I painted my kidneys 7 years & 90,000 miles ago. Zero rock chips.
You don't want to paint the chrome kidneys, though. Buy the black plastic ones and take them to a paint shop.
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From: Lithuania
My Ride: e60, 335d, 09yr, shadowline, full options.
e63, 645csi, 05yr, shadowline, full options. Sold
Had some rock chips once or twice, but it is normal. Sometimes you get them even on OEM chrome grills.
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