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03-07-2015, 09:13 PM | #1 |
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Matte Black or Gloss Black Kidney Grills
Recently purchased an '11 e92 M3 - Jerez Black
I can't stand the chrome kidney grills. Can anyone please post a pic of their Jerez Black with Matte Black kidney grills as well as gloss black. I would like to see how each looks on the car. I am not sure which way to go.
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03-07-2015, 09:22 PM | #2 |
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Gloss Black.
I had matte on my LM 335i and wished they were gloss. The matte looks cheap. Unless you have other matte accents to accompany the grilles, I think the gloss is cleaner and nicer looking. |
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03-07-2015, 11:00 PM | #3 |
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Gloss all the way! Matte looks out of place unless it's a frozen car to me.
MXA, give me your rims.
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03-07-2015, 11:02 PM | #5 |
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Pop her out, paint it gloss, and give it a few goes of clear!
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03-08-2015, 01:19 AM | #6 |
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I have Jerez too and went with gloss. But I think it actually ended up as Jerez, not a big difference but looks good. Did the side gills too.
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03-08-2015, 09:36 AM | #7 |
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Gloss hands down
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03-08-2015, 04:45 PM | #9 |
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Jerez works well with gloss never seen it with a matte grill
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I have a 2011.75 m3 coupe. Am I looking for LCI or pre LCI kidney grills?
By Vin No., I get 51 71 2155 450/451 By Year/Model, I get 51 71 2158 984/985 Anyone know which is actually the right part no. for my car?
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03-10-2015, 11:44 AM | #13 |
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Pre lci. All m3 coupes and m3 sedans use the same grills that fit 07-10 e92s
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03-10-2015, 03:45 PM | #14 |
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against the grain...
I tossed this same question around for a while and added it the 3rd option, carbon fiber.
I bought CF side gills and don't like it. but I hate the chrome worse. I actually personally like the Matt black more and is how I'm going to do the car. If you are going to go gloss black I suggest the black chrome. (I think it's known as the M3 edition) it looks better IMHO |
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03-10-2015, 03:47 PM | #15 |
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I have stock kidneys and I will be going glossy black.
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