Xoutpost.com - What do you think!!!

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Originally Posted by asawadude

Foglight surronds - no
Hood Air outlets - yes (use OEM)
mirrors - no
door handles - no
gas tank lid - hell no.
door pilars - no. too much prep work to accept paint. probably would chip after awhile from repeated handlings.
roof rack - maybe. paint would probably chip. you might have to get it sandblasted and clearcoated.

What about titanium window surrounds? Use the chrome surrounds from the non-sport X5's, hit them with steel wool to get a matte finish, and clear coat them for a titanium appearance? Your pillars would remain black for contrast. There's a couple of others X5's modded similarly (Kuwaitano) and it looks good IMHO.

Asawadude nailed it. :iagree: with every word.
The cleanest X5's with Titanium details have some consistency from front to back & top to bottom. Hard to put words to, and I wish I had time to add some pix from the gallery here. (ChristopherM3's is clean, and even that has quite a bit of titan but sharp). The looks that really click often have a band of titan trim low-to-mid body (grills, rb's, and maybe tail handle), and that gleam is balanced by the body color & dark tints above. That might just be my preferences, but since you asked for opinions ;)
The gas door is a killer imo- and roof racks & fog surrounds would probably end up being too much; the handles--hmmm---50-50, but if everything else toned down a bit, I could see them a bit better.

How bout this... Since the door trim kit is on its way, try that first & see how it's coming together. The other decisions should sort out from there.