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Old 05-05-2012, 01:12 AM
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Arrow mods mods mods and more mods

so ive been bitten all over by the mod bug.
installed on my 2006 jet black 4.4 (non sport package) are the following:
5% tint all around
oem staggered style 87's
oem running boards
titanium front skidplate
titanium lower bumper grills (like the sport package has)
Lemans edition flares all around

today i ordered:
15mm spacers front
30mm spacers rear
matte black vinyl to wrap chrome window trim.

i will post pics tomo as it will help with my question to you all, which is....

WHAT (if anything) SHOULD I DO TO MY KIDNEYS?????

here are the options:
vinyl wrapping the chrome outer trim and leaving the titanium slats
getting all black grills
getting the 3.0 grills with the chrome trim and black slats

if i go all black with the grills should i go matte or glossy?
also what should i do with the hood vents which are currently titanium?

as of now im leaning towards wrapping the chrome part and leaving the slats titanium.

please help, all your opinions are valued!!!
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:29 AM
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What color of your car?
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:32 AM
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If your car is black go with all glossy black kidney grills
If you have light color go with all matte black.
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:35 AM
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It's jet black. Where do I get the glossy facelifted style grills? Should I jut have my origs painted? Hood vents as well?
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:36 AM
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Pictures, please.
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:37 AM
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Pictures, please.
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:39 AM
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O also forgot to add that I removed the 4.4 badging but left the X5 badge. I also noticed that the rear roundel has chrome trim. I'm thinking about getting vinyl on those pieces as well. Thoughts?
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:43 AM
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Oh wait....My bad go with titanium to match with your tianium lower bumper grills .
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Old 05-05-2012, 01:50 AM
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I have not seen a good looking matte/painted facelifted grill. All the one that I've seen are the "mustache" type, which look horrible on the X.
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Old 05-05-2012, 06:50 AM
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Oh wait....My bad go with titanium to match with your tianium lower bumper grills .
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choose: follow BMW art, or personal and unique - typically the face is all the same (he says with his body colored lower grills and trim-match flat 3.0 main grilles, lol) In my defense, the CCA badge looks positively stewpid on anything but flatttt.
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