Black grille

Originally Posted by e39 dave

I just ordered a pair of matte black grills for my e60. My car is carbon black. They should look great on the car after they are installed. Did any of you have any issues installing the grills?

Just some bloody fingers

Did you go thru the front area or did you pop the hood and go that route?

Originally Posted by gcvt

just some bloody fingers

+1

Originally Posted by e39 dave

I just ordered a pair of matte black grills for my e60. My car is carbon black. They should look great on the car after they are installed. Did any of you have any issues installing the grills?

Just be careful when taking out the old grills, it's easy to break the one way clips they are installed using. They can be re-sold or swapped pretty easily if they are in good condition as many people get theirs dinged by rocks on the highway, etc.

And remove the rubber strip that runs across the engine bay, just behind where the top of the bumper meets the engine bay. Just pull up forcefully and it'll pop out. Then undo the 4 Torx bolts holding the top of the bumper to the front metal (all black) piece on the engine bay, the piece with the bmw information stickers on it. Once you undo those 4 screws its very easy to bend the bumper skin back a bit and slip your hand down into the back of the grill so you can take the old out without breaking them and install the new without breaking them.

Hit me if you need any more info, it's a quick and easy DIY if you know what you're doing. If you don't, it gets really annoying quite fast.

Used to be SUPER easy when the grille were attached to the hood!

Originally Posted by Akshun

To get or not???

Does anyone have pics of their ride with the black kidneys they'd like to share so I can take a peek?

I did mine with plastidip. Looks nice. Cost: $6.

Where do you get the one with the gloss bezel and matte ribs? Are these only available through BMW?

I have a carbon black, anyone with pics of polished black grill or matte black with carbon? I'm thinking the polished looks better with carbon, just worried the Jerez black may stick out or clash with the carbon black....thx

Originally Posted by Gahngoo

I did mine with plastidip. Looks nice. Cost: $6.

2nd this! I did the same, plus you can always remove it if you need to sell or change your mind.