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Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:14 am
by d6dph
Well i have just had a flick through my photobucket account and found an old pic of the car which at the time had the std chrome grille.

Now this got me thinking "which one do i prefer?", I have one of each but really am unsure which to use?

Chrome:
Image

Satin Black:
Image

The crome looks more original, but the black looks aggressive?

Opinions please.

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:27 am
by reddevil
Chrome looks good on some, black looks good on others, I think for yours, I would go with the black.

Red D

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:32 am
by Gouki
i still prefer the chrome purely for the fact maintains its trademark appearance.

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:27 pm
by stE30w
i`m tottaly undecided on this one :?
they both look the nuts on your car :D

i`ve got two grills,one chrome and a black one and just swap them depending on mood and where im goin(at least i did before i found the car was rotton)

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:32 pm
by Geeman
Chrome grille with standard headlights... satin black with smoked headlights. :wink:

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:11 pm
by orangecurry
chrome makes it look like a BMW; black is much more anonymous... but they both look good

how about taking Giles' suggestion one step further - fix both in the car and make them revolve / swop over at the flick of a switch, and the lights too.................... I'll get my coat :mad:

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:17 pm
by Mahmood
I think your particular car looks good with a black grill.

My chrome-laden Tech 1 car is best suited to the original.

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:24 pm
by dark_sounds
black....

omg so many people liking chrome! wheres cliffy! ,, he needs to see this!

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:33 pm
by cliffybabe
its all about the chrome :bling:

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:47 pm
by swindy
Got to say you Motor is sweet and I think Id keep it looking as original as Possible, CHROME.

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:51 pm
by noney82
chrome, but not too much of it

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:22 pm
by d6dph
Starting to think the chrome makes it look more clean and loved?

Its not like its a big job to swap :lol:

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:27 pm
by noney82
i got mine and had black on it but it was just like caps over the crome so just pulled them off

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:30 pm
by d6dph
Mines painted fella, I have a chrome one too. :cool:

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:31 pm
by noney82
a bit of chrome looks the dogs

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:36 pm
by Giggz
All about the blacked out look. Love that aggresive look. The less chrome the better i say. Just my 2 pence.

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:40 am
by d6dph
May just put one side in crome and the other in black :lol:

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:12 pm
by ed325i
chrome 8)

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:22 pm
by kunjani
i reckon it depends on the other styling of the car (especially colour)

black is cool and so is chrome

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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:41 pm
by doughboy
Chrome...

It's only the chavs who will appreciate black grills.(ie moded for moded sake)

Sorry black fans :?

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:45 am
by shazE30
It's only the chavs who will appreciate black grills.(ie moded for moded sake
wHHA.......Na man iv got a white cab and black looks much better altho a i think it depends on what colour your

car is....how can you say it's CHAV....seem's like sum people just want all e30 to look the same.. :roll:

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:06 am
by d6dph
doughboy wrote:It's only the chavs who will appreciate black grills.(ie moded for moded sake)
:? Hardly mate, on the chav forum's that i use they are voting chrome!

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:33 am
by cliffybabe
Chrome aint Chav either now is it :x

Re: Which grille?

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:54 am
by toby
orangecurry wrote:chrome makes it look like a BMW; black is much more anonymous... but they both look good

how about taking Giles' suggestion one step further - fix both in the car and make them revolve / swop over at the flick of a switch, and the lights too.................... I'll get my coat :mad:
:lol:

They both do look good.
My preference is usually chrome on E30, black on an E36.

e.g. mike318is's car which has tempted many of us to be deviant winkeye
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&start=25

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:48 pm
by tonyppe
there is no vote button for astra red top... :roll: 8O

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:49 pm
by maxfield
I prefer black :cool:

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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:50 pm
by tonyppe
They both do look good.
My preference is usually chrome on E30, black on an E36.
wtf??
e36 have no place here..they have some new generation grill thats just too big to play with i think, if its black it looks like its missing on them
??

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:38 pm
by d6dph
Thanks to all that voted, Staying black then! the votes over the three sites it was posted on: Chrome 20 - Satin black 31.

Thanks again
Dave

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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:58 pm
by Bob_S
I'd say chrome on yours, it depends on the colour of car though all the contrast malarkey lol

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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:49 pm
by e36boy
Go for the BLACK ones. Look the nuts mate.

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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:25 am
by Ziggy
Mine's black at the mo... I can never make my mind up either! But seeing as it takes about 20 seconds to change it, I ain't too worried :) Just swap and change depending on your mood!

Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:54 pm
by Cotty
Satin black, really like the look of mine
Image

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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:59 am
by tim-ix
My car's metallic black with shadowline trim and I reckon it'd just look oppressively black if I had the grilles black too. Given that you have both I'd swap them about now and then until you decide eaither way.