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04-26-2026LAST POST
04-23-2026
I installed this front lip, side skirt and diffuser yesterday. One thing I overlooked was the white bar that would be visible, I didn’t even think about it. I can’t decide if I like it or hate it with the white. I was thinking about buying a gloss black strip of vinyl and just wrapping that part. I think I can do it myself and if I mess it up I’ll just take it into a shop and have them do it. Open to suggestions, and thanks in advance.
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04-23-2026
Is that a VTEN front lip? I would suggest painting the outer parts of the front lip white to match the bumper and leave the middle part gloss black. It will give it a cool look. A few others on here have done the same thing to their X5's and I'm planning on doing the same to mine.
04-23-2026
I like it.
04-23-2026
Looks good to me too.
04-23-2026
Thanks all!
04-23-2026
Easiest option would be to wrap it with gloss black. I’d personally go that route but it doesn’t look bad.
04-24-2026
Looks good keep it
04-24-2026
Everything looks great to me as is.

That said, I would probably try wrapping the white area with black vinyl (or even just do some REALLY poor photoshopping of the pics you've taken) just to see if the contiguous black look speaks to you more than the current look; You could just keep the vinyl on from there if so or paint and protect it to make it a permanent mod.

I have that same front lip and went with painted, color-matched outer sections, and I think that treatment would look fantastic on your car as well. If you are trying to keep things consistent front to back with the gloss black winglets, you could even paint the outer sections white, but leave the faux winglets on the lip black to flow with what you have going on on the skirts and diffuser. Just another idea to throw into the mix.

I don't think there is a "wrong answer". Any of these options will look great imo - including running it as is and just enjoying it!
04-24-2026
I think I’d wrap the white strip with black.
04-26-2026
Link for the lip ?
04-26-2026
Lip looks great, I ordered the 4 piece style might go with the 3 piece like yours