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      11-12-2018, 11:45 AM   #23
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It may be better to wait for IND's offering
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Here’s mine with the center strip blacked out. Next is to black out the chrome slats.
Very nice, dude!
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It may be better to wait for IND's offering
Feel free to do that.
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Feel free to do that.
Just trying to help. Enjoy yourself!
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I just used 3M gloss black vinyl wrap for that center strip. But it works for mine only because my X5 is sapphire black, pretty much a perfect match. I thought i was going to use that for the slats, too, but that’s going to be tricky to do. I tried it on one slat but wasn’t satisfied with the result...Still debating whether to try that again or plastidip...
Awesome. I got saphire black too! Please pm me and let me know where you got that wrap.
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Awesome. I got saphire black too! Please pm me and let me know where you got that wrap.
I got it from Amazon... just search for 3M gloss black vinyl wrap... there are different sizes.
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I think painting the center strip of the grille body color is the way too go. Looks so much better!!
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Just trying to help. Enjoy yourself!
I’m not disagreeing with getting that when it comes out, I’m just impatient... really don’t like the look as is and am wanting a decent looking maybe temporary fix...
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Dope!!!
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Yes that is possible by request.

We can even paint the center to give them a more traditional kidney grill look.

Photo of the 1 piece M2 competition front grilles we did.



Anything happening on this front?
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So, the grill unclamps at the top fairly easily, it’s just held by some clips. See pic. I didn’t attempt to do anything else but examine what was there. I didn’t try to take it all the way off because of the camera imbedded in it. But from what I could see, there actually are two separate kidneys within the chrome surround, but how to get them out. If you could do that you could paint them black. All that stuff is plastic, of course, pretty cheap looking when you start taking it apart. Anyone else experimenting out there? With the grill, I mean.
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Anyone else experimenting out there? With the grill, I mean.
No, don't think BMW Aus would approve of me taking apart their demo car! (there are no customer or dealer cars as of yet) I am, however, keenly interested in what you can find out. No black grill, or knowing I can relatively easily paint it, is a show stopper for me - will cancel my order. Given the overall size I will be looking at painting both the "grills" as well as the surround so would really appreciate any info you can share on removing both. How is the camera connected, is it obvious what connector and how to "unplug" it/the grill?

The other show stopper for me is no black wheel option. MAJOR problem is the M50D in Aus is only offered with 22" wheels, period, thanks for coming to let the door hit you on the way out. 22" wheels are not going to happen = it will be 20" (maybe 21) so will have to buy wheels and tires and great expense to the establishment... I have figured out how to get wheels sandblasted and powder coated,, if only could order the M50D with 20" wheels, any 20" wheels..
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Yes that is possible by request.

We can even paint the center to give them a more traditional kidney grill look.

Photo of the 1 piece M2 competition front grilles we did.



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Anything happening on this front?

I too am looking for something like this. But I may do the vinyl adhesive for the interim
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No, don't think BMW Aus would approve of me taking apart their demo car! (there are no customer or dealer cars as of yet) I am, however, keenly interested in what you can find out. No black grill, or knowing I can relatively easily paint it, is a show stopper for me - will cancel my order. Given the overall size I will be looking at painting both the "grills" as well as the surround so would really appreciate any info you can share on removing both. How is the camera connected, is it obvious what connector and how to "unplug" it/the grill?

The other show stopper for me is no black wheel option. MAJOR problem is the M50D in Aus is only offered with 22" wheels, period, thanks for coming to let the door hit you on the way out. 22" wheels are not going to happen = it will be 20" (maybe 21) so will have to buy wheels and tires and great expense to the establishment... I have figured out how to get wheels sandblasted and powder coated,, if only could order the M50D with 20" wheels, any 20" wheels..
I haven’t done anything other than what I said before... was hoping someone would post who has gone farther than I have.
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I too am looking for something like this. But I may do the vinyl adhesive for the interim
Good luck with that, I hope you do better than I did. I used the vinyl on the chrome center strip and that looks fine, but I wasn’t satisfied with it on the slats. Let us know if that works for you, ok?
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How much vinyl did you have to buy for this? I probably won't do the slats either but the center piece being blacked looks good!
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How much vinyl did you have to buy for this? I probably won't do the slats either but the center piece being blacked looks good!
You only need about seven inches by about an inch and a half , but the smallest Amazon has is one foot by five feet, obviously a lot more than you need. Here’s the link if you want to get it from them.

https://www.amazon.com/3M-G12-GLOSS-...ss+black+vinyl
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It may be better to wait for IND's offering
Um, after further consideration, I think you’re right.... why would anyone do otherwise?

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iND has a preview of the black grilles on instagram.

See their stories.
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iND has a preview of the black grilles on instagram.

See their stories.
What? You couldn't post a screen shot, or a link, or something?
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