Blacked out my Grill. - BMW 3-Series Forum (F30 / F32)

kbuys · 03-06-2012, 03:13 PM

Blacked out my Grill, Now if I could just get rid of that plate holder!

BTT 335i · 03-06-2012, 03:15 PM

Looks very nice

wdlv · 03-06-2012, 03:43 PM

I agree, the grills really look amazing.

One a side note, I've never seen those plates before. Are those the new armed forces plates in Europe? Or did you just order a Euro plate from Bimmian or the like?

kbuys · 03-06-2012, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by wdlv

I agree, the grills really look amazing.

One a side note, I've never seen those plates before. Are those the new armed forces plates in Europe? Or did you just order a Euro plate from Bimmian or the like?

Yeah those are AF Europe plates. I had them on my E90. Thought it looked better than that blank plate holder.

Konig Ludwig · 03-06-2012, 04:52 PM

Front end looks awesome

wdlv · 03-06-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by kbuys

Yeah those are AF Europe plates. I had them on my E90. Thought it looked better than that blank plate holder.

Cool, I haven't seen the new ones at all. I just remember completely different plates when I was growing up in Europe, they were super ugly and they stood out like a sore thumb.

Again, nice grills.

AlpineF30 · 03-06-2012, 08:35 PM

can't tell if those are aftermarket.. or did you get them vinyl wrapped/painted?

328i4me · 03-06-2012, 08:36 PM

grills look great!!

iwannabimmer · 03-06-2012, 09:26 PM

Love the blacked out grill. Now what's the next mod?

kbuys · 03-06-2012, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AlpineF30

can't tell if those are aftermarket.. or did you get them vinyl wrapped/painted?

Painted

longtran@ltbmw · 03-07-2012, 04:00 AM

so thats how the halogen headlights looks like. Its not too bad like the e90 model.

bosz · 03-07-2012, 01:23 PM

wonder how blacked out grill would look like on a spahire black...

Andrew@IND · 03-07-2012, 05:09 PM

Very nice! We are painting a whole bunch of F30 parts right now

svache · 03-08-2012, 05:38 PM

The black grille looks good indeed with that red. I might have picked a lighter color, such as silver or white, if they had black grilles as option when I ordered my car. However, since it was all chrome I went with a dark exterior color to get a bit of contrast

I don't think I'd like it on Mojave or another dark color.

joker69289 · 04-06-2012, 04:38 PM

I got some for my BMW. how did you take the old ones off.

kwsw · 04-06-2012, 09:08 PM

Looks great

yerffejleahcim · 04-07-2012, 03:09 AM

Love the black kidney grilles.

kbuys · 04-08-2012, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by joker69289

I got some for my BMW. how did you take the old ones off.

There are clips on the inside. You could remove the bumper. I luckily have small enough hands to reach between the slats and pull up on the tabs to release them. If I remember right there are 8-9 clips on each side. If you look between you can see them.

ibeclueless · 04-09-2012, 05:59 AM

looks great

remmib · 04-09-2012, 09:33 AM

Looks great with black grill.

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wdlv First Lieutenant Drives: 2012 335i Sport Line GS Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 354 iTrader: (0)	I agree, the grills really look amazing. One a side note, I've never seen those plates before. Are those the new armed forces plates in Europe? Or did you just order a Euro plate from Bimmian or the like?

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328i4me First Lieutenant Drives: 08 E92 335xi Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NorCal Posts: 326 iTrader: (4)	grills look great!!

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longtran@ltbmw Captain Drives: 2011 Toyota Tundra Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CA Posts: 835 iTrader: (8)	so thats how the halogen headlights looks like. Its not too bad like the e90 model.

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bosz Lieutenant Drives: F30 335i Ordered Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: toronto Posts: 546 iTrader: (0)	wonder how blacked out grill would look like on a spahire black...

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