the crome bits on the grill.....

Post Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:21 pm

new to the E30 so im still feeling my way around. my car is alpine white, and im liking the ones ive seen on here with the chrome nose trim on the grill in black, also smoked headlights. are these aftermarket parts or just modiied standard units?

any help appreciated

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:46 am

Like this?

The kidney grille can just be painted with satin black, Make sure you rub the chrome section down properly so the paint gets a good key. You can buy pre-made black plastic ones which are better as they don't chip.

Headlights can be done DIY too but not an easy job apparently. Tylerma made mine and done a fantastic job. There is a guide here: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... hhella.htm

These also can be bought made by Hella, But they are tricky to get hold of.

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:04 am

thats the look im after, mmmm, very nice, thanks a lot for your help matey, big thumbs up to you

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:02 pm

nooooooooooooooooooo dont get rid of the chrome

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:01 pm

d6dph wrote: Headlights can be done DIY too but not an easy job apparently. Tylerma made mine and done a fantastic job. There is a guide here: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... hhella.htm

These also can be bought made by Hella, But they are tricky to get hold of.

Jake(shedrool83) on here can do them for you as well

He might have a set lying around at the moment or can make them to order.
He also does foglamps as well

HTH

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:12 pm

Oooh, Didn't know he done foglamps too.

I'll have to have a little chat with him

Cheers Dave

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:15 pm

d6dph wrote:Oooh, Didn't know he done foglamps too.

I'll have to have a little chat with him

Cheers Dave

If you have a look at the DTM style cabby in his sig you'll see them there Dave

There should be some more pics in some of the scottish meet threads

PS Did Neil bring back the banner with him or did he leave it on the gazebo at the Pod???

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:18 pm

Just for you Dave

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:48 pm

d6dph wrote: The kidney grille can just be painted with satin black, Make sure you rub the chrome section down properly so the paint gets a good key. You can buy pre-made black plastic ones which are better as they don't chip.

Yep, still have the chrome one if I feel the need to change it back

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:12 pm

I'm in two minds whether I should spray mine black.

Post Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:16 pm

Look a lot better in my opinion. The front of my touring looks a bit silly with a chrome one and no iS splitter at the moment...

Post Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:47 pm

I did mine (actually a donated spare - so I've still got the original) and I really do like the look. I went a bit overboard to ensure there would be no flaking in future, so after rubbing the chrome surface with very fine sandpaper to get a good key, I sprayed with acid-etch primer as an extra precaution. Several light coats of Plastikote satin black have given a very good finish. Make sure you do all of the grills though - they need to match perfectly to look right. Blacking out the front end is a bit old-hat nowadays, but if done well it really looks seriously impressive. On a delphin grey body it is de-rigeur.

Post Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:43 am

I can never make my mind up about grille colour, so I switch between a black, chrome and body coloured grille regularly!.

I need help!!!!