should i paint my grille black?

[HairyScreech]

had mine on about a month and a half, no chips yet.

[fuzzy]

had mine on about a month and a half, no chips yet.

do you abuse yours like munky does? i redo mine every 6 months or so

[Chris]

Mines chrome and i've never ever had to re-chrome it. Not in 18 years.

Black paint..................False Economy

[fuzzy]

Mines chrome and i've never ever had to re-chrome it. Not in 18 years.

Black paint..................False Economy

its not about economy ,its about ridding e30's of the crimes against style that bmw commited by having chrome in the first place

[Chris]

All BMW's since the beginning of time have had chrome kidney's.

Now of course it is well known and understood that chrome around the windows is completely wrong and should not be tolerated but the kidneys look good in chrome. Otherwise you may as well remove them, and then its just a Golf

[Colonel Sanders]

i just bought a black grill,never have to paint it, the guy i bought it off had painted the original but it was a mess

[HairyScreech]

i got a poped engine here that says i do

and the roads around here have deen dirty as fek with the rain washing mud and stones all over the road near my house.

[bmwe30mtech]

Chrome = mean e30 look

Black = softer, modern look

Depends what you like

(just to stirr up more discussion )

[Chris]

Be Proud of the retro cool!!!!

[munky30]

i got a poped engine here that says i do

and the roads around here have deen dirty as fek with the rain washing mud and stones all over the road near my house.

like I said... I should have sanded mine down first.

[HairyScreech]

i got a poped engine here that says i do

and the roads around here have deen dirty as fek with the rain washing mud and stones all over the road near my house.

like I said... I should have sanded mine down first.

its just an excuse to regularly paint things matt black tho isnt it?

heres mine looking all satin black n gangsta.

[wullie325i]

monkey see monkey do!

paint em black the monkey knows best!

black black black!

[josh-hocking]

blacks getting to commen now! keep it chrome!!

[chicken]

mines chrome still

[bazza93]

keep it chrome !!!!
the chrome kidney grill is BMW !!!!!!

[munky30]

its just an excuse to regularly paint things matt black tho isnt it?

You've got me.. I've run out of things to spray so I just re-do all the things I've done already to feed my addiction... it all started when the wife came home to find me masking off the boy and getting ready to paint him....

[bazza93]

black is poo !!!!

[munky30]

brown is poo.... what have you been eating?!

[bazza93]

what it say's under your sig is why its poo
horrible horrible matt black !!! yuk yuk

[munky30]

I used to take your comments seriously and deem them worthy of some banter in return. Now you drive a 4x4 I just laugh at your desperate need to hang on to some form of self dignity and e30-ness by clinging, white knuckled, to the fast fading notion of chrome being cool.

What colour is your tank?

[bazza93]

lol
CHROME, and more chrome with silver and green

[munky30]

so its old man green, with some grey plastic trim, and a chrome bull bar then?

[bazza93]

so its old man green, with some grey plastic trim, and a chrome bull bar then?

no bull bar, but a big 3in chrome light bar for pushing ugly matt black cars out of the way

[josh-hocking]

ladys ladys stop hitting each other with your handbags 4x4s are gay and so is matblack!!

[Stifla]

If its post face-lift with no other chrome or an M3 then black it, as it will look the nuts, but if it is pre-facelift with the rest of the bits chrome then leave it because then it doesnt look out of place!

What about doing it the same colour as your car, surely someone must have done it and have pics?
Might work with certain colours....or maybe not.....

P.s. munky, i notice from your sig that your car has the same prob with its side repeaters that mine had, i.e. them being on the wrong sides

[munky30]

It doesnt work... unless your car is black.

Go and stand in the corner.

[Stifla]

It only really works if your car is black, come join me in the corner...

[munky30]

My indicators are that way round for a reason... I like them like that, I put them like that on purpose... no really I did... honest.

[Stifla]

My indicators are that way round for a reason... I like them like that, I put them like that on purpose... no really I did... honest.

I always thought mine looked odd but couldnt quite put my finger on it....took me weeks to realise! lol

[hongkongfuey]

i agree with stifla colour code them to your car its more individual. or paint them the m power colours?

[Stifla]

My indicators are that way round for a reason... I like them like that, I put them like that on purpose... no really I did... honest.

I always thought mine looked odd but couldnt quite put my finger on it....took me weeks to realise! lol

I reckon our cars were special and rare friday afternoon models....

[murran]

have you ever wrote on your car with some chalk munky?

[munky30]

nope. I know of people with matt cars that leave a piece of chalk on a string attached to the car...

But where I live thats not a good idea.

[Car-Nut]

I've had mine matt black but when it goes in for the bodywork and respray, this wednesday
the kidney is being done Zinnobar red.....

Saw Taylor325i in the gallery and it looked the muts nuts

[Car-Nut]

I've had mine matt black but when it goes in for the bodywork and respray, this wednesday
the kidney is being done Zinnobar red.....

Saw Taylor325i in the gallery and it looked the muts nuts