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      08-11-2015, 12:26 AM   #1
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Front Grills - Gloss black or Paint Match?

Had the X5d for two weeks now and haven't been able to tinker with it at all since the start of our house remodel becoming my 2nd job at night. Anyways I bought painted front reflectors prior to even getting the car and shortly after that I picked up OEM performance front grills in gloss black. After talking with IND about getting the front grills in the color of the vehicle I'm debating whether or not to return the gloss black versions and get a color matching set from IND

What would you guys do?
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      08-11-2015, 03:16 PM   #2
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I have the IND color matched grilles and imo it looks better than gloss black
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      08-12-2015, 04:54 AM   #3
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Color matched grille will look a lot better.
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      08-12-2015, 12:39 PM   #4
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Looks good with the color match surround and black fins
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      08-13-2015, 12:12 AM   #5
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      08-13-2015, 03:58 AM   #6
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what colour is your car?
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      08-13-2015, 09:13 AM   #7
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Really depends on the color of the car. For black/blue/white, glossy would work. SG/PG, titanium or chrome. Either way on red. I'd also consider the car as a whole in terms of the look. In my case, I have the glossy black grilles, but my side trim is also glossy black so it goes together. I also think the grilles could use something to highlight them on the edges, so I'd go with either chrome, titanium, or glossy black.
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      08-13-2015, 11:21 AM   #8
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My carbon black with performance glossy grilles

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I'm with you on this one.
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      08-13-2015, 04:01 PM   #10
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I'm with you on this one.
yep...looks the cleanest. The worst IMO is body matching color. Here, doesn't this give you a boner when you see it?

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another one:

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Color of mine is Platinum Grey Metallic. I'm anti-chrome so OEM is out. Makes me wonder though.....paint matched outer rim with OEM silver centers would look like.
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Mine is space gray and I did the IND kit in glossy black.
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I just added chrome fins to mine last week
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Color of mine is Platinum Grey Metallic. I'm anti-chrome so OEM is out. Makes me wonder though.....paint matched outer rim with OEM silver centers would look like.
Any pics of your new X35D? Platinum is an awesome color - unique because it's a non M-Sport color, and so many people here have M Sports.

IMO, if you're gonna swap out the stock grills, just do black. The color matched stuff looks wrong on these vehicles. Looks like you're trying too hard to mod the vehicle.
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Looks great keeping the grills stock. IMO black grills look the worst on black X5's - the entire front end just disappears into one big blob of black.

Of course the LED coronas complete the look
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Looks great keeping the grills stock. IMO black grills look the worst on black X5's - the entire front end just disappears into one big blob of black.

Of course the LED coronas complete the look
Are you saying mine looks terriblelol JK
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      08-14-2015, 09:44 AM   #19
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I'll see if I can get some pics up this weekend. I need to start a build thread anyways so photos are a must.
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I ended up returning the BMW performance black grills this weekend and will be ordering up a few things from IND tomorrow.
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