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View Poll Results: What shall I do with the black plastic on my E70?
Keep the plastic trim in original black! 16 59.26%
Paint all the black plastic in titanium silver! 11 40.74%
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Old 01-25-2010, 11:06 AM
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What do you think would be best? Original black, or titanium silver?
Why paint at all if you're just going to paint black over the black plastic?

If it were me, I wouldn't do anything. Your X5 looks really nice the way it is now. The aero kit hides most of the plastic and leaves a nice contrasting color.
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Why paint at all if you're just going to paint black over the black plastic?
If I`ll paint it, it will be Titanium silver. If I decide to have it black, I will leave it like it is.
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Old 01-25-2010, 11:24 AM
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Sorry. I misunderstood.
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I think it looks very nice with the aero kit installed. I'd up in the air though. It would look very nice with the black bumper covers and wheel wheels painted to match.

Then again, your contrast would be gone and one might not notice the aero kit.

I'd be inclined to leave it as is, simply because it's already extremely nice. That is to say, I'm not sure it would add anything to the car, and it might take away from some of what's making the vehicle look "aggressive and sport," which to me is the contrast.

Sometimes painting everything silver, with the aero kit, makes an X5 look like an X3, which is arguably more sporty in appearance, but it's just not as classy.
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Old 01-25-2010, 12:39 PM
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I think it looks very nice with the aero kit installed. I'd up in the air though. It would look very nice with the black bumper covers and wheel wheels painted to match.

Then again, your contrast would be gone and one might not notice the aero kit.

I'd be inclined to leave it as is, simply because it's already extremely nice. That is to say, I'm not sure it would add anything to the car, and it might take away from some of what's making the vehicle look "aggressive and sport," which to me is the contrast.

Sometimes painting everything silver, with the aero kit, makes an X5 look like an X3, which is arguably more sporty in appearance, but it's just not as classy.
You have some very good points there! This is gona be a tough one to call.. I am going back and for for each minute..
If I just could see how it would look with the bumpers, and wheel archs painted..

Anyone who is good on photoshop?...
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