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      09-26-2019, 08:31 PM   #1
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So after running out of patience for the "official" performance grille to come out for the M340, I replaced mine with the "sport" grille and sent the original off for painting. The outer cerium gray to be painted gloss black while leaving the diamond mesh as is.

In the interim they finally did release the grille, but it's completely gloss black, which is OK, but I wanted a little contrast to mimic the M340i I first fell in love with before I ordered the car.

She goes on this weekend, more pics to come!

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      09-27-2019, 05:08 AM   #2
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Kinda like mine. I wrapped mine though.
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      09-27-2019, 07:19 PM   #3
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Did you order the all black and just swap the mesh? I too want to go this route but wanted to confirm it would swap easily first.
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Did you order the all black and just swap the mesh? I too want to go this route but wanted to confirm it would swap easily first.
No, had the original painted. There are a couple mentions of it being two pieces, but I'm not brave enough to force it for fear of breaking it. I would think if it was meant to be two pieces, they wouldn't be providing the surround when you order the "after-market" ones... but who knows...
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      09-28-2019, 10:00 AM   #5
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No, had the original painted. There are a couple mentions of it being two pieces, but I'm not brave enough to force it for fear of breaking it. I would think if it was meant to be two pieces, they wouldn't be providing the surround when you order the "after-market" ones... but who knows...
My apologies, I see my reading comprehension failure. Thanks for the info!
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      09-28-2019, 01:08 PM   #6
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So this made me curious. Looks like it is time to order the all black grill for a frakenstein!
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      10-01-2019, 01:32 AM   #8
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Original pic... I've swapped out the grille (twice), wheels, front reflectors, and painted the cerium gray vent pieces

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Hi cabby, could you please take some moooore pictures please... from more far awey and from different lights sun outsider insides etc. This is exactly the same car what i will made with my car. Its looks more 3d more special as original one. Your car looks so sick! Thanks a lot! Do you think that car on Geneva 019 from bmw was lowered ? But your car is sick! Its sick mate... stealth monster! ;-D
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Hi cabby, could you please take some moooore pictures please... from more far awey and from different lights sun outsider insides etc. This is exactly the same car what i will made with my car. Its looks more 3d more special as original one. Your car looks so sick! Thanks a lot! Do you think that car on Geneva 019 from bmw was lowered ? But your car is sick! Its sick mate... stealth monster! ;-D


Sure thing, I can take some more pics today outside in some natural light.

The Geneva car is not lowered, my car has the exact same stance. It does need to be lowered to get rid of the gap. There's no suspension system out that works with adaptive, which I have, so still waiting on a nice coilover system so I can lower it.

I've done everything I can do at the moment, with the exception of the shadowline exhaust tips while we wait for a proper new exhaust system. I have the tips on order while I wait. This will become a bit of a project car for me while I wait for the new X5M
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Hey cabby,

I saw someone else do the same thing with their grill where they took the black surrond and kept the cerium gray mesh. Were you able to swap the mesh on your own or
Did you have the dealer install? I saw a tutorial of how to swap myself but don't wanna void the warranty on a brand new car if it's not dealer installed.

Thanks!
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      10-19-2019, 04:41 PM   #12
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Anyone that's looking to do this and keep their stock grille on the side....I'm selling my original grille and a black slats one at the thread here:


BMW M Performance Shadow Line Kidney w/ XPEL https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1652970
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Hey cabby,

I saw someone else do the same thing with their grill where they took the black surrond and kept the cerium gray mesh. Were you able to swap the mesh on your own or
Did you have the dealer install? I saw a tutorial of how to swap myself but don't wanna void the warranty on a brand new car if it's not dealer installed.

Thanks!
The first grill I put in, the dealer did it just because I was there and having a bunch of other items installed.

The second time I did it myself, it's easy and there's a nice guide in the DIY section in here.

The dealer insisted on taking off the bumper which is completely unnecessary.
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On my current F30 I have the chrome grill surround painted alpine white and left the middle slats black. I'm ordering a '20 M340i and planning to also paint the surround alpine white but leaving the diamond mesh as is.
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So after running out of patience for the "official" performance grille to come out for the M340, I replaced mine with the "sport" grille and sent the original off for painting. The outer cerium gray to be painted gloss black while leaving the diamond mesh as is.

In the interim they finally did release the grille, but it's completely gloss black, which is OK, but I wanted a little contrast to mimic the M340i I first fell in love with before I ordered the car.

She goes on this weekend, more pics to come!

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Final look (in theory):

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Current peek of my car:

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Damn!! I wish I covered those middle pieces when I painted mine!!! They look good like that!!
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This looks great - congrats!
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Here is what it looks like on a white car.
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That is the proper look on Alpine White.
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So this made me curious. Looks like it is time to order the all black grill for a frakenstein!
Is the cerium frame metal?
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Is the cerium frame metal?
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Is the cerium frame metal?
It is plastic with a metalized film on top of it.
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What front lip spoiler did you purchase?
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