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Black kidney grills

Discuss your latest mods or ideas, and anything to do with the BMW X5 (E70).
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Black kidney grills

Post by shadrack » Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:31 pm

In need of a set of gloss black kidney grills for e70, any recommendations? it the only mod i have planned
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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by X5Sport » Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:27 pm

For now......... :P
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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by shadrack » Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:38 pm

a genuine bmw one from mstyle is £130 with ebay been around £60 so thought they may be a in between, only mod for now, its carbon black, they doing the wheels anthrite/ gun metal black leather/ black windows.
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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by kjb1 » Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:58 pm

friend purchased gloss black ones for £63 off ebay other day.  They are great in terms of quality.  Really nice.


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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by shadrack » Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:49 pm

Do you have a link to the exact item?
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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by Riggie » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:51 pm

Are they easy to change?

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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by kjb1 » Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:30 pm

yes a doddle!!


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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by kjb1 » Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:31 pm

I had mine on my titan silver e70 sprayed titan silver on the slats, took them off and replaced really easily.


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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by Riggie » Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:29 pm

Mine are the standard silver slats with a chrome surround. Can they be sprayed gloss black with any sucess?

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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by kjb1 » Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:16 pm

nah it will chip, buy new ones.


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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by Caesium » Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:53 am

I bought the BMW performance ones about three days after buying the car.

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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by Huza » Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:14 pm

Brought mine from Turnermotorsport, $120, not fitted yet, no time, good quality though :)

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Re: Black kidney grills

Post by shadrack » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:03 pm

[quote="Caesium"]
I bought the BMW performance ones about three days after buying the car.

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i did that in the end
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