12-17-2020, 01:17 PM | #23 |
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I just leased my '20 X5 on Monday, and couldn't stand the silver trims on the front bumper. Being that she's leased, I'm not going to do any permanent mods.
Used 1 can of plasti dip to blackout the 3 pieces on front bumper. Not too bad for $6 can of plasti dip & about 3 hours to complete the job. They also have a smoke plasti dip that i'll use for the long orange reflectors on the front bumper. I'll update w/ pics of that once complete. |
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12-26-2020, 01:30 PM | #24 |
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I wrapped mine with gloss black. Looks way better. It was easier to do with that piece off the car though. Took a few minutes to figure out how the tabs worked but eventually it came off. Not a professional job on the wrap but you can’t see any wrinkles unless you get real close. I may eventually just buy replacement trim pieces and have them professionally painted gloss black. After that I ended up wrapping all the other gray and chrome pieces on the car except the grill- I bought a double slat gloss black replacement for that. I will probably purchase the black gloss window trim and roof rails from an OEM parts site at some point but for now the vinyl looks good enough.
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12-27-2020, 06:50 AM | #27 |
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There are a Series of plastic tabs that hold it on the car. I recall 5 total. Most you access from underneath the lower edges of the horizontal pieces. Three on the bottom horizontal section and two on the top one. I think there there is one tab on the lower horizontal piece closest to the side of the car that is on the top.
I will say that they were on there strongly enough that I thought I would break it taking it off. But one was already cracked after I accidentally backed into it with my golf cart I had already found replacement parts online so I figured if I completely broke it I would just replace it anyway. But with a lot of force, pulling from the outside edge first, you will eventually see where the tabs are. I have a trim removal tool kit but I needed to use a very fine tipped flat head screwdriver for most because there isn’t a ton of space between the trim piece and the bumper. |
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04-25-2021, 02:17 PM | #30 |
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I recently took the front off mine. Here are the pics of the underside. I definitely snapped a few of the latches but I am pretty sure it will go back on just fine.
Three clasps on the top (small arm) and 2 on the bottom (long arm). |
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04-25-2021, 02:21 PM | #31 |
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Not sure why it's not letting me upload pics from my phone. See attached
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The black trim looks great. Looking to do the same for mine.
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01-18-2022, 03:27 PM | #37 |
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BMW X5 30d, all chrome gone and all plastic painted
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