IND AW Painted front grilles/side vents - installed pics wanted

[SpartanGA]

Anyone installed or have pics or have seen pics online of these IND grilles/side vents installed? IND doesnt have installed pics.

I'm deciding between this and the BMW edition.

thx

[Hujan]

Not white, but I have Space Grey grills and side markers. I like the body-match look personally, but few cars can pull off the grills, IMO.

[SpartanGA]

do you have pics?

[Ingenio]

I've got a space grey too but ended going gloss black grills, vents and side lights... be interested to see the grey colour-matched ones though!

[Helmsman]

I plan to wrap my side vents AW like rest of the car. Saw a pic the other week in the video/pic forum that made me wanting, looked great.

Wrap is nice and cheap man. Had black before, been trying out blue for a while, but again will now go white.

cheers

EDIT: Bumped into one of the post': http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1091589

[SpartanGA]

Thx for that link. It definitely looks good with side vents. Unclear if the AW front grill surround would look as good.
I'm leaning BMW Edition grills and vents and rear emblem. Or just AW vents.
My mirrors are stock AW with the gloss black 'brackets'. Carbon roof.

[Hujan]

Here are some pics of my setup with Space Grey side markers and grill surrounds. (Note that the lenses on my side markers are smoked slightly.) Hope this helps you make your decision. While I think the body-match side markers look good on every color, I personally think Space Grey and Alpine White are the only two colors that can really pull off the body-match grills.

[SpartanGA]

That helps a lot. Thx!

Awesome wheels btw!

One consideration I'm concerned is the hood gap. My CF hood gap is more pronounced than steel. Black grill hides it. White would emphasis it.

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by SpartanGA

That helps a lot. Thx!

Awesome wheels btw!

One consideration I'm concerned is the hood gap. My CF hood gap is more pronounced than steel. Black grill hides it. White would emphasis it.

Thanks for the kind words!

Yeah, the painted grill surrounds do accentuate the hood gap. I don't mind it, but others might. It makes the front end much sharper and has the visual effect of elongating the hood, which I quite like. It's funny because on all my cars, I've always started with blacking out chrome trim, only to eventually go with body match.

And I forgot to post up the pic that inspired me to do this in the first place:

[Helmsman]

Hujan, nice touch both grill and vents! And what about the "smokey" indicators, home made tint or custom made headlight all together..?

Cheers

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by Helmsman

Hujan, nice touch both grill and vents! And what about the "smokey" indicators, home made tint or custom made headlight all together..?

Cheers

Thanks! I got the smoked lenses from IND with the painted gills. The white was a little too eye catching for me. Headlights were done by OSS.

[rickqsar]

Originally Posted by Hujan

Thanks! I got the smoked lenses from IND with the painted gills. The white was a little too eye catching for me. Headlights were done by OSS.

How do you get your headlights done by OSS?

How much?

[webninja]

I'm not sure if I took pics, but I have an alpine white e90, and tried the white grills and gills. It was ok, something about the grills bothered me, so I went back to black. The side gills in white with smoked lenses do look great.

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by rickqsar

How do you get your headlights done by OSS?

How much?

You have to ship them to OSS in Miami. Prices vary depending on what you want done. There are a lot of options.

[Gfunk720]

I have the painted side vents with the BMW performance fronts.

I'm not a big fan of the white grille surrounds. Not the best picture, but you get the idea.

[Hujan]

Originally Posted by Gfunk720

I have the painted side vents with the BMW performance fronts.

I'm not a big fan of the white grille surrounds. Not the best picture, but you get the idea.

Car looks good. Hard to go wrong with that combo.

IMO, the body-color side vents are a must-do with Alpine White. They look amazing in white.

[webninja]

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Originally Posted by Gfunk720

I have the painted side vents with the BMW performance fronts.

I'm not a big fan of the white grille surrounds. Not the best picture, but you get the idea.

[SpartanGA]

Originally Posted by Gfunk720

I have the painted side vents with the BMW performance fronts.

I'm not a big fan of the white grille surrounds. Not the best picture, but you get the idea.

these look great! I assume the front grills are purely gloss black? (I'm not aware of BMW Performance fronts....just their BMW Edition black chrome)

What do you use for rear emblem? Standard or ?

Very clean!

[Gfunk720]

Originally Posted by SpartanGA

these look great! I assume the front grills are purely gloss black? (I'm not aware of BMW Performance fronts....just their BMW Edition black chrome)

What do you use for rear emblem? Standard or ?

Very clean!

The grilles are gloss black and can be purchased from Tisher here:
https://www.getbmwparts.com/partloca...catalogid=4462

I have a standard roundel and M3 emblem on the back but have toyed with the idea of doing the IND gloss black rear M3 logo.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Not bad for an 08

[SpartanGA]

Originally Posted by Gfunk720

I have the painted side vents with the BMW performance fronts.

I'm not a big fan of the white grille surrounds. Not the best picture, but you get the idea.

What carbon front lip is that? Looks awesome

[SpartanGA]

As an update, I've decided on the AW grille and side vents. I will post pics once received and installed.

[Helmsman]

Thanks for the inputs guys. Went and re-wrapped side gill to white (pearl actually to for the fun of it..). While there I went back to matt black on bonnet and tail spoiler where I tried blue for a while. Nice and easy to change your mind with wrap...

Cheers