First mod

Nido_5 · 09-03-2013, 09:18 AM

Got the car last week, had to start with a little cosmetic changes and figured id share.

Blacked out the grille's, and the bottom three as well, super easy DIY that makes a world of difference IMO

The Guitarist · 09-03-2013, 10:02 AM

Looks awesome

JD_M2D2 · 09-03-2013, 10:06 AM

Looks great. Did you paint the lower grilles?

Nido_5 · 09-03-2013, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by JD_335i

Looks great. Did you paint the lower grilles?

yeah I did. Being silver they just didn't match

uberbeast21 · 09-03-2013, 11:31 AM

do you have to take the bumper off to get at the lower grills or can you pop them out?

djjasper · 09-03-2013, 11:34 AM

Looks very nice! Got the panda thing workin now!

Nido_5 · 09-03-2013, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by uberbeast21

do you have to take the bumper off to get at the lower grills or can you pop them out?

I looked for every way possible to pop them out, no go. Took the splash shield off and tried from underneath, I even had them pop off the bumper from the front using a pick tool to pop the plastic loose, but then couldnt pull them out from inside. so I taped everything up and just painted them while on. The only way to take them off is by removing the bumper. As for the top grilles, there are 4 screws on the top of the bumper, after removing them the bumper can be moved forward and grilles popped out.

Nido_5 · 09-03-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by djjasper

Looks very nice! Got the panda thing workin now!

haha oh man! you just had to say that. now every time I look at it i'll be thinking panda!

Nido_5 · 09-03-2013, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by uberbeast21

do you have to take the bumper off to get at the lower grills or can you pop them out?

this is how I did the bottom. maybe I overdid it but didnt want any errors.

uberbeast21 · 09-03-2013, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by nihad05

this is how I did the bottom. maybe I overdid it but didnt want any errors.

did you put newspaper behind them as well to minimize over spray and it looks good ive already got black kidney grills installed them the other day

djjasper · 09-03-2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nihad05

haha oh man! you just had to say that. now every time I look at it i'll be thinking panda!

Not a bad term. Just a term:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=550515

http://blog.bespokeventures.com/tag/e92-m3/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandaforce/4621860218/

DCP-Ted · 09-03-2013, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by uberbeast21

do you have to take the bumper off to get at the lower grills or can you pop them out?

They pop out.

kdbryce · 09-03-2013, 12:32 PM

Perfect first mod. The grilles are the first thing I've taken care of on all four of my e92s

DML · 09-03-2013, 12:37 PM

Little mod that has high returns...Nice job & excellent tape off!

AndyR83 · 09-03-2013, 12:58 PM

Looks great! Kidneys were my first mod too.

Nido_5 · 09-03-2013, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by uberbeast21

did you put newspaper behind them as well to minimize over spray and it looks good ive already got black kidney grills installed them the other day

I wanted to, but I did not. I tried spraying more at an angle, instead of straight on, to where it did not shoot straight back, it seemed to help out, didnt get everything black in there haha

Nido_5 · 09-03-2013, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by djjasper

Not a bad term. Just a term:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=550515

http://blog.bespokeventures.com/tag/e92-m3/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandaforce/4621860218/

beautiful

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Originally Posted by DCP-Ted

They pop out.

they pop in* but once popped off, it is not possible to pull them out, without the bumper removed, so still have to remove the bumper to go that route.

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Originally Posted by DML

Little mod that has high returns...Nice job & excellent tape off!

thanks!

iknowitsfast · 09-03-2013, 03:38 PM

very clean!

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Nido_5 BiH 28 Rep 128 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: TN iTrader: (0)	First mod Got the car last week, had to start with a little cosmetic changes and figured id share. Blacked out the grille's, and the bottom three as well, super easy DIY that makes a world of difference IMO
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