"It's a "Porch-uh"" (ikazuchi)
01/30/2014 at 12:51 • Filed to: M5
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"It's a "Porch-uh"" (ikazuchi)
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Replaced the kidney grills on my M5 last night. That was the only chrome item on the car so I finally replaced it with some "piano black" (gloss) kidney grills. I thought the matte black option was a bit more M3-racer. Glossy is a bit more refined for the M5, right?
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 12:52 |
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#Tohrusignal
...I miss that guy.
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> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 12:53 |
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Damn it Kinja! Hopefully the image eventually shows up, as it's there in the editing window. Honestly, they need to fire all their programmers.
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It's a "Porch-uh"
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 12:54 |
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Hooray, it showed up finally!
Brian Silvestro
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 12:54 |
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I love the black grilles on the blue/red cars. Nice!
KB Garage
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 12:56 |
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Derek's kidneys look really nice.
M54B30
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 13:02 |
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How hard was it? I've been temped to do it myself but I think black kidneys and black car is too much. I'm tempted to do the slats in chrome and the frame in black though.
Blondude
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
01/30/2014 at 13:04 |
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That was my first thought. "Where's the kidney harvester when we need him?"
BKRM3
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 13:05 |
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Looks good! I have the "M3 Edition" OEM black chrome (gloss) grilles on my E90. I think the gloss always looks better than the matte, regardless of "racer" status.
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> M54B30
01/30/2014 at 13:08 |
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I hear lots of stories about people breaking the tabs pulling them out, due to the plastic getting brittle. I managed to lose one myself, but nothing catastrophic if I want to put the OE set back in.
Pretty much pop the hood and pull up all the tabs on the inside with a flathead screwdriver. There are two top and bottom, one on each side. You'll have to wiggle the slats out (towards the engine-side) while you work on each tab.
If you end up pulling your stock ones and painting the frames, do what you can to take off the chrome and paint with several layers of paint. The biggest complaint is that you'll get some chips and they'll be really noticeable with the chrome showing through. Mine (and most of the matte ones you can buy) are black plastic so chips won't be too bad.
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> BKRM3
01/30/2014 at 13:11 |
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I'd say it depends on your personal taste and what direction you're going with the car for gloss vs. matte. Matte I think of for the race car or street car you want to look like a race car. Gloss, a bit more classy.
Alex Murel
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 13:33 |
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You should do this! (in reference to the ///M Racing colors on the grille)
Bad Idea Hat
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 13:33 |
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Somewhere, there's another BMW laying in a bathtub full of ice, just waking up to read the worst note it will ever read.
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> Alex Murel
01/30/2014 at 13:38 |
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I can't see your image right now, but I know what you're talking about.
I've considered it, but I'm not sure I like how it looks on a blue (or red) car. The blue stripe just gets so lost on a blue car. I think this would be prefect on a white M3!
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> Bad Idea Hat
01/30/2014 at 13:38 |
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Especially since it's missing both kidneys.
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Bad Idea Hat
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 13:40 |
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"After reading this note, you will self-destruct in ten seconds"
Party-vi
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 14:08 |
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I did black inserts with paint-matched surrounds on my 3. Not bad.
phenotyp
> It's a "Porch-uh"
01/30/2014 at 15:03 |
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Nice. I thought about doing that when I got my E60, but the car's silver, and I think it'd just make the grilles look too damn big on that nose.