Painted grills w/poll
 

Alright guys I got some OEM 04-06 grills off of eBay and painted them to titanium in color, I did this so I would still have my OEM matte black 3.0 ones just in case.

Now here is the final result, do you guys like it? If not I still have the original ones which I can throw back on anytime :thumbup:


http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...009_1029AB.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...009_1029AA.jpg

Can't really tell that close up. How about some pictures showing more of the X? :dunno:

Pic one is ebay product
Pic two is re-done
Am i right?

haha no its the same grill in both pics, i'm sorry guys these are some quick and dirty pics. The grill is actually OEM painted silver, oh and michelle I will take some more proper pics soon

alright looks like its split down the middle :( is it the paint I used? I could probably find a slightly darker shade of silver, I actually got the inspiration from juniorX5er from x5drivers, his looks a better because of the black combo.


http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k.../myX5020-1.jpg

it makes your X look like a 4.4, nice.

could u put up some shots of what it looked like with black so we have some comparison too?

Right thats what I was going for V8 look :D here is what it looked like before with black grills, its not my car but same color

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...2004RM298k.jpg

definitely keep the silver...

Love it, keep the silver. I pick my X5 up on saturday and this is the first mod I will do. What paint brand and color did you use? I see some on ebay that are silver and some champange. What is the factory color.

It's funny, I had a 74 Bavaria with slender silvered kidneys that I painted black to look more modern (and it did look great) and now I am going from black to silver. NE1 use any clear coat on top of the silver?

titanium looks the best..........:popcorn:

Titanium on those grills looks like primer when you compare to the colour of your car!Just my opinion.
May look good if you colour code them.....

Do you mean the same color as the car? (grey) I suppose I could try that but I'm trying to go for the V8 look.


@ II Kings 9:20 the OEM titanium grill color that comes off the V8's is more of a darker silvery cream color, here is a pic for reference.

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...LVERGRILLE.jpg

Hi,Yes...Same colour as the car....or that darker titanium colour...
The "normal" titanium looks good on darker cars....just my way of seeing it.:)

Do you have the link to juniorX5er's post as it sounds familiar ;)
Also can eveyone see these pics as i am just getting a red cross:dunno:

Original post is here :

BMW X5 • View topic - Titanium Grill

Thanks sethro :thumbup: that picture your showing above is Pewters and he is a memeber on here also i think. juniorX5er is the status, the name is just above;).
Ohh and BTW stick with the silver mate they look great.

Yes I just saw that :D