Kidney Grill Advice
I am wanting to change out my chrome framed kidney grills to black on my Jet Black E53. So my question for advise is matte black or gloss black?
I checked ECS Tuning and FCP Euro and neither have black face lift kidneys. Any other vendor I should check? There are plenty of black E53 Chinese grills on fleaBay. I know the fitment is not recommended for the E46, does anyone have experience with these on their X5? TIA :thumbup: I know this shot is a pre face lift model but I just kinda like the look. https://c1552172.ssl.cf0.rackcdn.com/613947_x800.jpg |
Have you considered plasti-dip? Cheap, easy, looks great, and matches the oem finish of the bumper. No need to destroy the clips on the old grills either..
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Here's some food for thought.. hope it helps!
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One of my grills fell out (or maybe stolen). I bought a set of some of the higher priced eBay set and I got matte and I'm happy with them. They aren't perfect fit but you have to look to find seam gap. (And look a hell of a lot better than a missing grill!)
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The fitment on the face lift e53 grilles I ran was fine around the edges, but I did use silicon in key places as an extra to hold them in. The grille slats were cheap though. They were the 6 series style grille though as that was the only gloss offering at the time when I purchased them. Now I believe they have OEM e53 style available in both gloss and matte.
Right now I am rocking plasti-dipped OEM grilles with glossifier. They look good, but I'd prefer gloss OEM style grilles. Keep us updated as I might purchase another after market set if they are worth it. |
I've been searching for a set for years and still couldn't find anything to date - not sure why no one is making the facelift grille ;) Most of the clips on mine are so brittle that it would come apart at anytime - a couple of them already disappeared. Please update us on how those replacement work out? Thanks.
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