BMW F10 grill

xabi

I'm thinking of changing the grill on my F10, there's too much chrome so was thinking of spraying the vertical slats black. Anyone done this? Plasti Dip gets mentioned a lot in other forums.

I could go all black like this:


or what im thinking leaving a bit of Chrome: Thoughts?

_Kaiser_

2nd option looks far better

_Kaiser_

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

2nd option looks far better

Agreed,
its probably the front splitter and lower chrome grill

xabi

I don't like the chrome on the lower grill, think ill leave the chrome on the edge of the kidney grill and blackout the slats. Would plasti dip be any good for this? never used it.

heroics

I was thinking of doing the same on my F10. But if I did the grill I'd want all the chrome gone stumbled at the stupid chrome bits on the door handles.

I was going to just buy a new grill from ebay though rather than plastidip etc as I could always put it back the way it was if I was selling it.

heroics

Forgot to attach photo

rabbitinlights

I changed mine to all gloss black but changed them back to chrome after 2 weeks, IMO you need some chrome to define the front of the bonnet.



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Also, my wheels, side repeater and roof bars are silver/satin so it looked strange.

If anyone wants a gloss black set, I'll sell them for €50 if you collect in Dublin!

heroics

I think the all black looks good but like I said if I was doing it I'd probably want all chrome gone. Kind of like the M5 Nighthawk . Black alloys grill/repeaters etc

If I start spending money on the car with a new baby on the way my wife might actually kill me :P

bazz26

You can buy them from main dealers these days, they not that expensive afaik. I know a few lads here in the 330e thread got them.

They only look good combined with certain car colours though imo.

bbari

I did all black, didn't do good job (didn't dry the surface before spraying) with the PlastiDip and it peeled off from few places. You can go full black and peel it if you don't like it after a while.

xabi

rabbitinlights wrote: »

I changed mine to all gloss black but changed them back to chrome after 2 weeks, IMO you need some chrome to define the front of the bonnet.

This is what I want to do I think, what did you use to paint the slats? Or are they still chrome on that pic?

rabbitinlights

Still chrome in that picture.