Carbon Black - Black Grills or Colour Coded??

[Sit]

I know I want to lose the chrome rimmed kidney grills as the X5 has shadowline trims and roof rails so very little chrome going on. What I can't decide is whether to go colour coded or gloss black?? I have searched the net but because of Photobucket causing chaos with pictures I can't really find any pics on the subject??

Anyone owned any BMW in Carbon Black and have thoughts on which way to go??

Si

[Sit]

Done some more research and leaning towards colour coded outer with matt black slats - that being the case can the outers be separated from the slats for ease of colour coding or will they need to be masked off?

Si

[Nictrix]

Heres a pic of my X6 which is Azurite Black.
The grills are a gloss outer and matt slats

[Sit]

That looks really nice - did you buy it like that or mod it yourself?? Can you separate the slats from the outer do you know?

Si

[Nictrix]

Sorry it was bought like that. If I remember I will take a look tomorrow and see if the slats are seperate. I have had them off the car but cant remember seeing if they could be split.

[Sit]

Cracking thank you, I really like that - you don't remember where you bought it??

Si

[Nictrix]

I remember where I bought the car but the grills were on it when I bought the car

[Nictrix]

The grill is definitely made up of 2 parts, a gloss outer and a matt inner which is part of the slats.
Not sure exactly how they split but they are 2 parts.

[Sit]

Lol!!! ) Ok no worries about where you got them - thanks for checking, if I can split them easily I might buy a secondhand pair off eBay, split them and get them painted that way I can keep originals as they are I think.

Watch this space........

Si