I love my M340 but like many people here I hate the Cerium Grey on it so when I ordered mine in Black Sapphire Metallic I knew I wanted to get rid of anything in Cerium and go for a blacked out look. I ordered painted badges, logos, wheel caps and reflectors from Ind-Distribution
IND-Distribution , and mirror caps and bumper intake accents from
PARTS@STBMW. I spent yesterday swapping everything out, then took her for a wash today.
Here are some photos (linked to higher quality versions):
xDrive Badge Before (Cerium Grey)
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xDrive Badge After (Remove)
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M340 Badge Before (Cerium Grey)
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M340 Badge After (Painted)
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Wheel Caps Before (Silver Edge)
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Wheel Caps After (Painted Edge)
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Front Reflector (Painted)
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Front Roundel Logo (Painted Edge)
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Rear Roundel Logo (Painted Edge)
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Mirror Caps Before (Cerium Grey)
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Mirror Caps After (BSM)
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Bumper Intake Accents Before (Cerium Grey)
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Bumper Intake Accents After (Gloss Black)
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Getting Her Washed
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Cleaned
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The last planned change is to have the black M340 mesh grill installed. I ended up with the black slat grill but the mesh grill was promised to me by my CA / dealer so they're working with BMW NA and BMW Canada to get it for me. The black mesh grill is being installed for me in the next couple of weeks.
I also want to get tints but NY recently basically banned all tints and will fail annual inspections if you have them on. I have a PBA card and mini badge for if I get pulled over but that doesn't help with inspections. Trying a legal way (medical exemption) around this.
Thanks to
vicfalc09 for his guide and help on removing the mirror caps and front bumper intake accents, and to Britney at
PARTS@STBMW for the painted mirror caps. Once I get the final touches applied I plan on taking some higher quality photos of my M340 around NYC.