Titanium grilles
 

I'm cleaning out the basement and came across our OEM grilles. Some of the clips are broken. Does anyone want them before I toss them in the trash?

"Our OEM grills"...what does that mean exactly? You don't have a signature that includes your model/model year/build date...so it not specifically clear to those of us that are relatively new to the BMW e53 X5 as to which grills you're referring to.

Are you referring to the 2 kidney grills in front between the headlights? The grills in the lower & upper half of the bumper? The grills on top of the hood near the windshield? Or are you referring to all of the aforementioned?

And again, there's nothing that indicates where your e53 X5 falls within the production range from 2000-2006...so which models do they fit...post & pre-facelift? And the ones with the broken clips...can they still be used/secured or are they basically useless and have the potential to fall out/off the vehicle?

Got any pics of them? If so, that may have answered many of the questions that were posed. :)

Ahh sorry about that... I was in a hurry
2005 4.8is kidney grilles
When I put the cheap ass black eBay grilles in, some of the clips broke so I hot glued them at the mounting points. That was a year ago so that would be an option...

Again, I'm giving them away... I hate throwing away something that might be salvageable by some resourcefull person...

can you send pics?

Do you have he hood ones as well? I need a set to experiment on.

sockethead [or someone who might know] can you tell me if the chrome part on the kidney grills is permanently attached to the titanium part or can be easy separated with out braking it ? thanks in advance :thumbup:


would like to paint the chrome part on the grills black gloss ..............;)

The kidney grilles are gone but I do have the hood grills. They are in perfect shape so I'll be selling them in the for sale section eventually.

the chrome and black/titanium part (depending on which model you have) are separatable, they are held together with some clips, you just have to go slowly around with a thin flat head and release the clips little by little all around so you dont break one

what are the hood grills? I maybe interested

Facelifted X5s have hood vents... these go there...