Chrome or black grill

Flog · Post by **Flog** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:26 am

Had the X for a week now and just wondering if I should change the grill over. I have chrome on black and just wondering if black on black would look better? Any comments or pictures of before and after greatly appreciated. Thanks

Ps, has anyone wire or rather got a snazzy way of getting the iPod wire out the arm rest to the centre console without ramming the lid down? Again, comments appreciated.

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:55 am

Have a look on the web for pictures of the 'BMW Performance' kidney grills. They are all black.

Or have a look at... X5 Performance Parts

They definitely don't look right on my X6, but that has titanium/chrome on a red body. It depends on the overall combo.

Black X5 · Post by **Black X5** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 4:08 pm

Black!

westside · Post by **westside** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:31 pm

black grills!

535dboy · Post by **535dboy** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:37 pm

Personally I can't make my mind up on them

Not sure it cheapens the car

Flog · Post by **Flog** » Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:27 pm

Been looking at the fronts of every Beemer I see and seen a few black grills and have to say I like... Perhaps I'm cheap!
Will order this week. Does anyone have a spare set?

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:30 pm

Black all the way. Or even colour coded surround with black slats.

x555 · Post by **x555** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:03 pm

Defo black for me....or you could have both

lookat this thread viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3983

Ashley · Post by **Ashley** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:31 am

My Sport model came with a Titanium Grill, But I changed it to a black one.

Before -

After -

Obviously the top one was when the car was clean and the bottom one early this morning and shows that I have a job to do!

Flog · Post by **Flog** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:04 am

Ashley, have decided and should be arriving today. Is it push in pull out job or more technical!

Ashley · Post by **Ashley** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:37 am

Open bonnet, then squeezing the few small clips to remove the old one and the new ones click into place by pushing (spring clips).

Flog · Post by **Flog** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:00 pm

In the post today and now on the car! Me thinks looking good!
.............. so that means another question...how do you upload a pic on here!? (i'm sorry, total newbie!)

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:44 pm

[quote=""Flog""].............. so that means another question...how do you upload a pic on here!? (i'm sorry, total newbie!)[/quote]

Just follow this process..

As written by our very own Sanj (though he probably had help..

)

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=400

squeaky2 · Post by **squeaky2** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:27 pm

Black grill looks good on Ashleys car as it has the high gloss shadowline and black roof bars....think it would look wierd on mine which is black and silver

kkodal78 · Post by **kkodal78** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:56 pm

ordered my set of black ones on monday.

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