parky1215 wrote

By the way, this mod will not work on X5 M60i because LCI X5M's grill shape is totally different than one in X5 M60i.

parky1215 wrote

I just finished upgrading kidney grill on my X6 M60i with X6M grill.
There are 2 reasons why I wanted to upgrade the grill.

1. I wanted blackout X6 badge to match IND painted X6 M60i emblem that I installed on the rear.
2. All new M and M Performance cars are coming out with horizontal slat style kidney grill. I wanted to upgrade to keep my car look like modern BMWs.

I wasn't 100% sure if X6M LCI kidney would fit on M60i, but their shape looked similar.
I went ahead and purchased this from BMW of Seattle online parts department (https://www.getbmwpartsnow.com/).
Total came out to $310 ($262 for the part + tax and shipping).
You could get knockoff from Ebay for about half the price.
I didn't want to deal with fitment issue with the Ebay part, so I went with the original BMW part.
Part #: 51-13-8-087-271
Part Name: Front Ornamental Grille 511311

They did not have this part in stock, so it took me about 2 weeks to receive the part.
It came in very nicely packaged (there was additional shipping box outside the box shown here for additional protection).


Installation was super easy.
First step is to open hood to access the grill tabs.
All you have to do is push down 6x grill tabs and it will release the grill from the bumper.
However, before you fully take off the grill from the bumper, you have to remove the front camera module from the camera housing (no need to disconnect camera module cable).


Finally, put the camera module back to new grill's camera housing then push the grill [...]

matowi wrote

Looks great! And I congratulate you on the end result! You are right in that to my eye the horizontal slats fit the narrower headlights much better! Good job

Just as a side note, maybe it’s the picture angle or my eyes play tricks on my brain, but judging from the comparison of the M60i and X6M grilles, I’d swear the bottom one (M6M) is much larger and it shouldn’t fit the bumper of your M60i. Glad your empirical approach proves my eyes wrong

jvc77652001 wrote

Parky, do you still have the original grill?

parky1215 wrote

I just finished upgrading kidney grill on my X6 M60i with X6M grill.
There are 2 reasons why I wanted to upgrade the grill.

1. I wanted blackout X6 badge to match IND painted X6 M60i emblem that I installed on the rear.
2. All new M and M Performance cars are coming out with horizontal slat style kidney grill. I wanted to upgrade to keep my car look like modern BMWs.

I wasn't 100% sure if X6M LCI kidney would fit on M60i, but their shape looked similar.
I went ahead and purchased this from BMW of Seattle online parts department (https://www.getbmwpartsnow.com/).
Total came out to $310 ($262 for the part + tax and shipping).
You could get knockoff from Ebay for about half the price.
I didn't want to deal with fitment issue with the Ebay part, so I went with the original BMW part.
Part #: 51-13-8-087-271
Part Name: Front Ornamental Grille 511311

They did not have this part in stock, so it took me about 2 weeks to receive the part.
It came in very nicely packaged (there was additional shipping box outside the box shown here for additional protection).


Installation was super easy.
First step is to open hood to access the grill tabs.
All you have to do is push down 6x grill tabs and it will release the grill from the bumper.
However, before you fully take off the grill from the bumper, you have to remove the front camera module from the camera housing (no need to disconnect camera module cable).


Finally, put the camera module back to new grill's camera housing then push the grill [...]

parky1215

jvc77652001 wrote

Parky, do you still have the original grill?

sfdennislee wrote

I just did a part search and the grill is not compatible with 2025 x6 M60i. What year is your car?

nikhilabburi wrote

Thanks parky1215 I’ve switched mine to the M Competition grille—it looks much sexier and bolder than the M60i grille.

7imur wrote

How would it look with active grill shutters?