Best place to get a black kidney grill

[William]

Where should i look for one of these, for the best compromise between quality and price? I've also been told I should paint the headlight grill section aswell if I was to paint a kidney? Is this REALLY the case, sounds like a lot of hastle!!!

[pacerpete]

Painted kidney grilles can be found in council localities and on ebay , the home of all wrongness , bad taste and tat !

[tylerma]

Where should i look for one of these, for the best compromise between quality and price? I've also been told I should paint the headlight grill section aswell if I was to paint a kidney? Is this REALLY the case, sounds like a lot of hastle!!!

yes mate
paint it all in one go
you get an even colour then
its an easy job to do
4 screws at the front bottom of the grill (2 either side)
and under the bonnet 3 clips either side and 2 at the top of the kidney

P.s. gonna move this to styling and ice too mate

[panesar_e30]

Painted kidney grilles can be found in council localities and on ebay , the home of all wrongness , bad taste and tat !

[William]

Painted kidney grilles can be found in council localities and on ebay , the home of all wrongness , bad taste and tat !

yeah man i know black kidneys are council bla bla bla, along with clear indicators and all non standard things. if they had come from the factory with a black grill I doubt that would have put you off e30's, you'd never have considered it council and would be laughing at anyone considering a sliver one. I want one because i think it will look a lot better with the macau blue of the rest of my car than the silver. is that ok?


Tylerma, thanks for the advice mate, will have a look. You rekon its best to paint an existing one, not buy one thats been made in black?

[andyp]

Painted kidney grilles can be found in council localities and on ebay , the home of all wrongness , bad taste and tat !

nuffink wrong with council localities or ebay, as it goes i have a black grill on my touring and nuffink wrong with that either so

[t11mfn]

Dont think you can buy them in black mate!!!! unless someone has painted it themselves and are selling it now!

[William]

Dont think you can buy them in black mate!!!! unless someone has painted it themselves and are selling it now!

this is a bad example cos its a US one, but they pop up on ebay all the time, and i've also seen them sold by somebody online as well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E30- ... enameZWD2V

[pacerpete]

I am presently decouncilling a 64000KM evo 2, it has a macau blue genuine M3 kidney grille , done professionally ( ) obviously i can't tolerate such wrongness but for all the rest of you deviants its for sale !

[littlejim]

bmtown.com sell replacement grills and the ones you stick over top.
hope this helps.

[William]

thanks for the help, looks like I will wait and think about it. Pacerpete, I would definitely be interested in your Macau blue one, just out of curiosity really to see what it looks like in body colour. What do you want for it, and what sort of condition is it in? I presume an m3 grill is no different to any other e30 grill?

thanks a lot