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12-13-2021, 10:31 PM | #90 |
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Anyone put a M340i grill on a 330i?
When I took out the 330i slat grill I realized the air duct things would be pressed against the grill so I went back to the 330i grills. I wonder if anyone has done that swap with no downsides to the car? I don't want to choke it out to make it look better lol |
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12-13-2021, 11:55 PM | #91 |
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I bought my Mineral White M340i off the dealer lot in 2020, but before I signed up for it, I had the dealer change the all-black wheels and black grille surround for these wheels and the cerium gray surround, but retaining the blacked-out grille.
I prefer this look - less boy-racer image, more Q-car. Must be getting old ! Not too old not to enjoy the performance though !
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I'm concerned because of the bumps I feel like they might hit the grill and never open, potentially damaging the engine! |
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Black grills can be had by going to a body wrap shop. They will wrap the surround in any color you want. I did my 2021 M440i in black and it looks terrific for about 1/3rd the price of just the part from BMW. Then you have to add $3/400 for installation.
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Going to try the slanted grill with my 330. Will see if there is a way to modify that bracket, or if it looks too stupid without the bracket on there, i'll see if I can come up with maybe a small M logo or something.
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01-24-2022, 04:34 PM | #103 |
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The tabs are a pain though. I tried it on the OEM grill since I still have it lying around and thought I'd try plastidipping the chrome since it'll probably end up in the recycle bin anyway. I could pop two tabs and by the time I got to the third tab, the ones I popped out would pop back in. And the cycle repeated. Since I don't have a lot of patience, I ended up just putting it in a box in the corner of my garage.
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I like the black but when I was ordering mine I just thought the Cerium grey grill, mirror caps and wheels tied together better for me. If I went shadow line with the Cerium wheels I don't think it would have looked right. For me personally, it was all black or all cerium.
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IMO the black grill and for that matter shadow line looks good on only some light colored vehicles. On some colors it looks like the car is unfinished. And the chrome on the 22 M440i Gran Coupe is more a brushed stainless steel look. All black wheels look good only when highly polished--otherwise drab.
Reminds me when I was in high school in the 60's--we painted our wheels black after taking off the hub caps and modified the grilles anyway we could. |
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