Front Grill

ebay (black grill from Home & Garden section, BMW black kidney grilles from Cars section).
 
I don't think anyone in their right mind will want to pay £65 plus for a black kidney grill off ebay - any other methods of making the grill black (DIY tips?)
 
I used vinyl to cover my outer chrome rings, which seems durable and only £5. With a 3.0i harder as you need to do the slats as well, although grills come up often on fleabay.
 
Do you think Plasti Dip would cover the front grill nicely? I used it on my old Cooper S with great effect - its a pretty straight forward process. What do peeps think?

http://plastidip.co.uk/index2.cfm
 
I got a black grill set (with a chrome outer) from a local breakers for £35.

imo if i wanted all black i would simply vinyl wrap the chrome as srhutch; instead of painting it - as painting would be more prone to chips and cracking with flexing.
 
If you buy a set of black grilles from ebay then sell yours the price is offset by quite a bit. making the mod not too expensive


i got mine form ebay for £20 and sold my OEM ones for about £40 IIRC. i got paid to do a mod :D
 
Good idea but have you seen the price for the black grills on eBay - sooo expensive for a bit of plastic - does anyone have a link to a decent supplier of black kidney grills?

Thanks
 
I bought mine from BM Town, they were £75 which was expensive but they are an excellent fit, sometimes you get what you pay for. I tried vinyl wrapping the chrome outer and it looked OK but a bit DIY.
 
Exactmax said:
I might just paint mine and see how they look - £75 is alot of dosh for some plastic grills still lol
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If you have the original grey ones and they're in good nick, you can sell them to me as I have black ones and don't like them :)
 
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