Titanium Grilles.

X5girl · #1 08-31-2009, 12:53 PM

I have been doing a few cosmetic changes to the car recently and with today being a Bank Holiday here in the UK I thought I would wash the car and take it down to the woods for some pics.

Lots of owners seem to black-out much of the silver and chrome on their cars but I think that is a bit too much pimp-my-ride on a black car. I therefore had the bodyshop mix some Titanium paint to match my front grilles, both in color and finish and then paint my hood grille.

I believe it makes the car look more aggressive.

What do you think?

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mrbmwx5 · #2 08-31-2009, 12:56 PM

Looking good

XXXgirl.

ARTRIGA · #3 08-31-2009, 01:33 PM

I can't even find a single post without your pictures today.....tell us how you really feel about your ride, don't hold back ...

It's really nice and very sharp looking and yes the grills stand out

Do you really have high speed test tracks in woods in UK or did you bring that sign with you?

roadfrog · #4 08-31-2009, 01:39 PM

I find it funny how some people are changing their grills to silver and some (like myself), are going to change (or already have) to black.

We should have a trading post so we can save each other some money and time. But then that probably wouldn't be nearly as fun!

I'm trying to decide whether to paint the whole grill black or just the slats....

X5girl · #5 08-31-2009, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARTRIGA

I can't even find a single post without your pictures today.....tell us how you really feel about your ride, don't hold back ...

It's really nice and very sharp looking and yes the grills stand out

Do you really have high speed test tracks in woods in UK or did you bring that sign with you?

Thats a genuine high speed, off-road test track. It actually belongs to the RARDE, ("Royal" Armament Research and Development Establishment) but they make it available for both development testing and 4x4 events, meets and track days.

X5Girl, xxx

explicitdwk · #6 08-31-2009, 09:57 PM

titanium looks good!

jmsspratlin · #7 09-01-2009, 12:33 AM

Very Nice, I thought about trying to buy new ones, however this looks great, think I may go that route....Jamie

kelvinvo · #8 09-01-2009, 01:12 PM

which paint are you using .can i have a diy for it? i did the modification, but my paint fall out after fews months

X5girl · #9 09-01-2009, 01:18 PM

They used an oil based paint with some flexi primer specifically for the plastic. The new water based paints are just cr@p.

Same mix used for the plastic on the rear lower diffuser.

They used a 2-pack mix but to get the correct finish, did not use the lacquer, just the base coat.

X5Girl, xxx

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