Black Grills on Grey Roadster
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tomscott said:I sprayed mine gloss black
BMW Z4M Coupe by tom_scott88, on Flickr
BMW Z4M Coupe CSL Wheels by tom_scott88, on Flickr
Gloss black looks the business. Seen some matte black grills on eBay for around £40. What prep work needs doing to them for spraying gloss black and what paint did you use?
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It does look the business. Personal opinion obviously.
The matt ones look... well too matt and stick out like a sore thumb, almost a greyer colour in the light than deep black.. I no its a mod but it doesn't look fitting, and i felt the gloss added the finish I wanted. Gloss seems to suit the car more I think, really catch the light too. Mine came with Matt grills and they really bothered me, so needed to do it right away as its a really simple mod. Did it in a Sunday afternoon and left it overnight.
All I did was remove contaminates, two coats of undercoat, then I did 3 thin coats of black gloss spray paint. All from Halfords, under a £10er the only problem is they do chip... but you cant do anything about it. When they get bad, bit of wet and dry quick bit of primer and spray again.
You have to do it thin, build up the finish dont put too much paint on them. Because of the way the grills are designed if you put too much paint on them it will run around the contours of the grill, so will leave drip marks. So take your time and build it up. You can always put paint on, but its harder to get it off.
The matt ones look... well too matt and stick out like a sore thumb, almost a greyer colour in the light than deep black.. I no its a mod but it doesn't look fitting, and i felt the gloss added the finish I wanted. Gloss seems to suit the car more I think, really catch the light too. Mine came with Matt grills and they really bothered me, so needed to do it right away as its a really simple mod. Did it in a Sunday afternoon and left it overnight.
All I did was remove contaminates, two coats of undercoat, then I did 3 thin coats of black gloss spray paint. All from Halfords, under a £10er the only problem is they do chip... but you cant do anything about it. When they get bad, bit of wet and dry quick bit of primer and spray again.
You have to do it thin, build up the finish dont put too much paint on them. Because of the way the grills are designed if you put too much paint on them it will run around the contours of the grill, so will leave drip marks. So take your time and build it up. You can always put paint on, but its harder to get it off.
I like the silver car as well. I have been thinking about it on mine. After seeing that I think I will.
Thanks Tom
Thanks Tom
Just got my black/Crome grills through from BMW Direct this week, they don't look great at the moment as they are a nice satin black and the lower grill is dull black. So plan is to paint a spare lower grill I have over the weekend with satin plastikote and fit that. Should look spot on then, ill get some pics up after.
Your Z looks bloody great love it :grin:K77SDH said:LukeMace said:
THAT IS LOW!!! Sunk in to the ground low!! Looks gorgeous though!
Yh she's at good ride height :evil: still very much drivable round town and on a good blast!
The uneven ground made it sit very low on the back! Still i have no rubbing issues atoll!
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K77SDH said:LukeMace said:
THAT IS LOW!!! Sunk in to the ground low!! Looks gorgeous though!
Yh she's at good ride height :evil: still very much drivable round town and on a good blast!
The uneven ground made it sit very low on the back! Still i have no rubbing issues atoll!
I am bloody amazed you have no rubbing!! I dropped mine 40mm at the weekend i have had the arches rolled and remolded the plastic i still get very minor rubbing!!
Must be due to wheel offsets. It looks from the pictures my rears stick out a bit further than your.
It looks great very nice zed
Thats weird i have 9.5 rears running 255/30 R19 I don't have a stretch anything like that. Down to brand i guess? How low have you gone?
Machine monkey said:
I only run the best tyres in the business
Nankang NS2000 also commonly known as the 'Ditch finder'. To be fair there not that bad but its not a tyre i'd want on an M though, they can give you moments where your arse twitches like a rabbit's nose.I've removed the adjuster for the rear so the rear is as low as it will go.
I had a those on the back they where twitchy!! Although the old guy at my local tyre place says there a good tyre? I have Falkens so a long way from expensiveness ones!!
