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Old 03-02-2006, 05:36 AM
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Painting front kidney grill to black
HI ppl. Im doing this for my 4.4i X5 but the middle of the grill is titanuim. do i need to sand them and primer or i could just primer it and apply colour?
please let me know Thanks.
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Old 03-02-2006, 06:15 AM
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Sand it using a wet 1500 grade sand paper,dry it thoroughly and paint it.
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so do not have to primer it?
can i just primer the middle part without sanding it?
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Old 03-02-2006, 07:00 AM
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Here's an article about prepping and painting chrome parts.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/tech...30_3Series.htm
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Old 03-02-2006, 09:21 AM
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Why paint? I'm sure somebody here would do a swap for black.
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Why paint? I'm sure somebody here would do a swap for black.

or buy a set from bimmian, then you have the option to swap back out.
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Old 03-02-2006, 10:04 AM
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so do not have to primer it?
can i just primer the middle part without sanding it?

Your Titanium grill is oem painted,so it has the plastic primer already!All you need to repaint it is do as In said in my first post!

Believe me ,I have a paintshop!
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Thanks a lot people.
yes i would trade with someone who has a preface lifted3.0 grill.
but my grills are already off, i need the 3.0 grill immediately.
Thanks again.
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Why paint? I'm sure somebody here would do a swap for black.
Which year is your X5? there are few members here who want to switch from black.
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Old 03-02-2006, 01:05 PM
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If it was the Chrome grill i would switch...but yours is just the silver painted one correc?...i have an 03 3.0
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