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Just taken delivery of my 40d M Sport and it had a black grill. All literature says it should have titanium grill but when I queried the dealer, they told me that only M50d had titanium grill. Not seen another 40d so would be interested to hear from anyone. Not a big problem as dealer going to change FOC. Just not sure whether there is a fault with literature, if it was a mistake with my car, or if my dealer had given my grill to a 30d customer thinking I would not spot it!

Just checked my 4.0d has been delivered with a black grille 

BMW do this to let you know you didn't spend enough dosh and should have splashed out on the higher model.  Just another way of ripping of the customer.  Great to see you are getting them changed FOC, out of interest did they inform you of the retail price.  I seem to remember it was about £80 for the E53 not including fitting.

Don

When the 40d was the top of the range it came with Titanium grills but that as Don says has changed to the 50d.  It's the same on the X6.

Richard

Thanks for replies guys and sorry to be the on to tell you Woofer! If you want it changed BMW do not have much of a leg to stand on. In the price list (off the web or in the showroom), it clearly states titanium slats for xDrive40d. Also, if you do the online configurator, the 40d has titanium but change it to the 30d and they are black. Would be interesting to see what the configurator at the dealer showed? Guy said it was something like about £150 to change but didn't quote me specifically.

titanium grilles are £80ish PER SIDE from the dealer!!

And yet I can't get £70 for a pretty much mint set on ebay!

Yee hah...dealer agreed to replace grilles FOC , couldn't explain why but I am happy 

First world problems or what ::)

Picked mine up this evening, first thing I noticed was the black grill.

Dealer did try and argue with me that it was correct but after some time on the configurator minds were changed and it's being replaced FOC.

[quote="mobilejo"]
titanium grilles are £80ish PER SIDE from the dealer!!

And yet I can't get £70 for a pretty much mint set on ebay!
[/quote]Did you ever sell your grills?.
The problem is you can buy genuine BMW from ebay for £100 a pair http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1184086592

yeah I auctioned them in the end. 99p start price and they sold for £65.