what black grills to get on e92 melbourne red m3

Rapture · 04-25-2011, 11:06 PM

And some better ones of the new front end:

Mahmood07 · 04-25-2011, 11:41 PM

I am thinking of getting rid of my matte black ones and getting gloss black. The Matte ones look good from far, but up close it makes the car look cheaper IMO.

dank1212 · 04-26-2011, 09:54 AM

By any chance does anyone have a picture of the edition grill set on an m3 preferably mr

Templar · 04-26-2011, 10:28 AM

I'll subscribe to this and give you some pics of mine when I can get a chance. My car is AW, but I have the black chrome kidney grills and side markers.

Not sure what was meant in an earlier post by "the edition looks just like chrome but dirty." That doesn't make any sense... It is hard to describe, but it has the shimmer and metallic reflection of chrome but it's black. I think it looks better than gloss black, which doesn't have a metallic reflection. If you understand my weird logic then good on you, haha...

dank1212 · 04-26-2011, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Templar

I'll subscribe to this and give you some pics of mine when I can get a chance. My car is AW, but I have the black chrome kidney grills and side markers.

Not sure what was meant in an earlier post by "the edition looks just like chrome but dirty." That doesn't make any sense... It is hard to describe, but it has the shimmer and metallic reflection of chrome but it's black. I think it looks better than gloss black, which doesn't have a metallic reflection. If you understand my weird logic then good on you, haha...

Haha I kinda see what ur trying to say...but hard to imagine it I guess I'll see with the pict

jonasaurus · 04-26-2011, 04:00 PM

Edition grills/gills look good on any colour M3, but may depend what other aesthetics bits you may be putting on etc

dank1212 · 04-26-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jonasaurus

Edition grills/gills look good on any colour M3, but may depend what other aesthetics bits you may be putting on etc

its not the question of whether it would look good...but better than the gloss black

SchnellM3 · 04-26-2011, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dank1212

By any chance does anyone have a picture of the edition grill set on an m3 preferably mr

Will have some next week, I currently only have the sides in and am doing a euro bumper conversion so I just left the stock chrome in until they are putting it back together...

Brucewonder · 04-26-2011, 08:49 PM

oem performance grilles are the only way to go

dank1212 · 04-27-2011, 02:35 PM

well...my friend just gave me his gloss black set for free...so i guess ill be going for those haha maybe later on in the future i may upgrade and sell them but for now ill stick with the gloss blacks (: if anyone can post pictures of the oem edition on their car that would be grately appreciated though

Templar · 04-28-2011, 12:26 PM

Nasty weather here in VA has me stuck and I haven't been able to take some good shots focusing on the grills. Tomorrow I should be able to do it though once these storms/tornadoes pass :\

RayC · 04-28-2011, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick@Jlevi SW

I'd go with gloss to match the rest of the trim on the car.

Oh snap! That gloss black does look good.

Hmm...

ace330i · 04-29-2011, 01:20 PM

Personally I have matte black grilles on my car and I like them alot, especially on red color it looks really aggressive.

rubyM3 · 03-13-2013, 11:43 PM

At first I was partial to black chrome edition and even painted at one point.

After seeing this post I cannot decide between black chrome v. IND carbon ....not a fan of matte black or gloss.

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dank1212 Private 7 Rep 54 Posts Drives: e92 2010 melbourne red m3 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: upper saddle river, nj iTrader: (0)	well...my friend just gave me his gloss black set for free...so i guess ill be going for those haha maybe later on in the future i may upgrade and sell them but for now ill stick with the gloss blacks (: if anyone can post pictures of the oem edition on their car that would be grately appreciated though
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rubyM3 Melbourne Red \| Carbon 31 Rep 106 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 Coupe Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (0)	At first I was partial to black chrome edition and even painted at one point. After seeing this post I cannot decide between black chrome v. IND carbon ....not a fan of matte black or gloss.
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