[Mr Squarekins]

Hi all,

I'm just about to buy an i8 as my daily driver. However, the particular car that I'm buying has the blue trim whilst I prefer the silver.

How do the front kidney grills attach please ?

Thanks.

[Sophisto]

You have to remove the front trim cover/bumper cover for it. Each kidney ist fixed from behind the cover with 7 small (Torx-)screws.

The front cover is fixed by around 25-30 screws and two plastic rivets.
The screws behind the inner wheelhousing cover are a bit tricky to find and loosen.
Don' forget to unplug cam and PDC sensors and remove temperature sensor before taking the front off.

[Mr Squarekins]

Brilliant. Thank you.

On a similar topic, is it possible to pry out just the blue part of the kidney? I may just get them painted or paint myself.

Thanks,
Chris.

[Sophisto]

...On a similar topic, is it possible to pry out just the blue part of the kidney? I may just get them painted or paint myself.
....

I've never tried it but should be possible. There are a couple of clips.

It's probably easier and cheaper to buy kidney grills with blue accents.

I painted the accent parts with Lumilor LEC.
See here:
https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/forums/s...hlight=lumilor

Working fine!