[Autobahn SoCal]

My friend ordered this from Amazon.
Looks like it’s OEM, no more rocks, etc.

[M2siast]

The zip ties even have the BMW logo on them...

Can you take a photo from farther, please? Does it look bad with it or is barely noticeable?

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by M2siast

The zip ties even have the BMW logo on them...

Can you take a photo from farther, please? Does it look bad with it or is barely noticeable?

Zip ties are hidden inside. It honestly looks like it’s OEM from factory, can barely see it because it’s inside. You can’t see it from farther away because it’s black.

[Autobahn SoCal]

Also he cut the zip ties so you can’t see them (unlike in the pic)

[M2siast]

Originally Posted by Autobahn SoCal

Also he cut the zip ties so you can’t see them (unlike in the pic)

Zip tie thing was a joke, a sequitur to your OEM-look affirmation. It’s easy to hide them.

I asked for a picture from farther because I’ve seen a plastic one posted here before that was very apparent. Wondering how that looks from normal view, not macro.

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by M2siast

Zip tie thing was a joke, a sequitur to your OEM-look affirmation. It’s easy to hide them.

I asked for a picture from farther because I’ve seen a plastic one posted here before that was very apparent. Wondering how that looks from normal view, not macro.

I’ll take one next time I see him.

[JoeG]

Can you post a link to the item on Amazon?

[KevM2]

Yea can we have the link to Amazon for this? I will get it and see if it passes my air flow test

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by JoeG

Can you post a link to the item on Amazon?

Here it is

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by KevM2

Yea can we have the link to Amazon for this? I will get it and see if it passes my air flow test

Here it is

[Autobahn SoCal]

Here’s a better one

https://www.radiatorgrillstore.com/p...esh-protection

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by KevM2

Yea can we have the link to Amazon for this? I will get it and see if it passes my air flow test

Here’s a better one (without adaptive cruise)

https://www.radiatorgrillstore.com/p...esh-protection

[KevM2]

Originally Posted by Autobahn SoCal

Here’s a better one (without adaptive cruise)

https://www.radiatorgrillstore.com/p...esh-protection

I actually have this one!! I was one of the first to order it and get it but I never installed it because I wasn’t too impressed by the amount of air flow restriction it created based on anemometric measures

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by KevM2

I actually have this one!! I was one of the first to order it and get it but I never installed it because I wasn’t too impressed by the amount of air flow restriction it created based on anemometric measures

Yea I’m with you on this one.
BMW clearly didn’t put something like this because they knew it would minimize airflow / cooling. I can understand why people want this though to avoid damage. Still baffles me that the engineers couldn’t come up with SOMETHING lol

[KevM2]

Originally Posted by Autobahn SoCal

Yea I’m with you on this one.
BMW clearly didn’t put something like this because they knew it would minimize airflow / cooling. I can understand why people want this though to avoid damage. Still baffles me that the engineers couldn’t come up with SOMETHING lol

Exactly. In all likelihood, most grilles won’t cause any significant cooling issues unless someone is pushing the car hard on a track but I just don’t like the idea that something can potentially be causing my cooling system to work suboptimally. I still think one of the best options to maximize cooling and prevent rocks is to go with an aftermarket rad that comes with its own steel guard… bmw could’ve easily made these in steel but they probably wanted to keep costs down…. I’m going to get the ones from Amazon too and try them out and also see what Zunsport will be putting out this week.

The ones from Amazon might be good because I see the lattice mesh is only 1mm thick

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by KevM2

Exactly. In all likelihood, most grilles won’t cause any significant cooling issues unless someone is pushing the car hard on a track but I just don’t like the idea that something can potentially be causing my cooling system to work suboptimally. I still think one of the best options to maximize cooling and prevent rocks is to go with an aftermarket rad that comes with its own steel guard… bmw could’ve easily made these in steel but they probably wanted to keep costs down…. I’m going to get the ones from Amazon too and try them out and also see what Zunsport will be putting out this week.

The ones from Amazon might be good because I see the lattice mesh is only 1mm thick

Right and they have different thicknesses too.

The zunsport one is supposed to be good once it’s out I’ve heard.

[Autobahn SoCal]

Originally Posted by KevM2

Exactly. In all likelihood, most grilles won’t cause any significant cooling issues unless someone is pushing the car hard on a track but I just don’t like the idea that something can potentially be causing my cooling system to work suboptimally. I still think one of the best options to maximize cooling and prevent rocks is to go with an aftermarket rad that comes with its own steel guard… bmw could’ve easily made these in steel but they probably wanted to keep costs down…. I’m going to get the ones from Amazon too and try them out and also see what Zunsport will be putting out this week.

The ones from Amazon might be good because I see the lattice mesh is only 1mm thick

Keep me posted on the Amazon one I’m curious how it passes airflow tests.