Forgot to update this:

Received my gloss black painted grilles from a china vendor and im quite impresssed with the quality and fitment. The only thing needed is to cut the notch for the hood release lever...Attachment 78437Attachment 78438Attachment 78439

Looks very good! ;)

Thanks! much better than the broken clipped, bad plastdipped ones that were on there before.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5c297e59dc.jpg

Those look great! Huge improvement!

I'm trying to decide on whether I'm going to replace mine with what came on the car, Titan Silver, or go gloss black. I do have shadowline trim so that is kind of nudging me towards black.

Yeah since the 4.6iS doesnt have any chrome outside of the badging, I felt that gloss black was a proper fit.

Totally agree, go for Gloss Black Timmy :D

There are less 4.6s but I don't think they are rare enough to ever appreciate, there is not enough demand. I say do what you want and enjoy it. I have the old grilles but I went to Carbon fiber grilles many years ago.

Off topic but are there more e39 M5s or 4.6is probably still on the road today? Obviously the e39 m5 has its demand, but are they really currently more rare than a 4.6iS?

Have no idea how many E39 M5s or 4.6s are on the road. In most cases rarity only matters to BMW enthusiasts. The 4.6 is an example. There are very few BMWs that are collector cars with high demand to drive up the value.

As an example, if one had the first 4.6 made and it had 89 miles on it and was the lowest production color and interior combination and fully loaded how much would it be worth today and in 10 years from now? Would it be a good investment?

Where did you buy them? Planning for black grills, mesh and black door handles. I'll just have the latter two painted.