Just want to share my before and after!

bimmer_girl89 · 04-06-2016, 12:10 AM

This is probably more common but I just would like to share my experience with changing the kidney grills on my F30. I have had this car for almost a year now and always thought about changing the grills to a gloss black but never got around to it. This time I finally did and I don't know why I waited so long to do it really.

It took me about 15 minutes to do this whole install. The hardest part was taking out the first old chrome grill after that it's easy breezy. Im a girl with already small hands/arms and I still found it hard to access the clips from behind the grills! Installing the new ones literally took 10 seconds, 15max!!

But here's a before and after look, totally worth it!

F30Rez · 04-06-2016, 12:47 AM

Looks great! Where did you get your grill from? I'm still contemplating doing mine

bimmer_girl89 · 04-06-2016, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by F30Rez

Looks great! Where did you get your grill from? I'm still contemplating doing mine

I just got it off ebay. These aren'e OEM's but you won't even notice. You should do yours!

RodDT · 04-06-2016, 11:16 AM

Looks great and I agree, really easy to replaced if you got small hands. No need to pop the hood and remove any screws. Great job! :-)

bimmer_girl89 · 04-06-2016, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by RodDT

Looks great and I agree, really easy to replaced if you got small hands. No need to pop the hood and remove any screws. Great job! :-)

Thanks

ronanz · 04-06-2016, 04:55 PM

Well done!! Kudos for doing it yourself! .

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jgoens · 04-06-2016, 04:59 PM

ErkanTR16 · 04-06-2016, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by F30Rez

Looks great! Where did you get your grill from? I'm still contemplating doing mine

Check out ECS Tunning. I've got mine from there for a good price. Install took about 10 minutes.

DavidLeSCC · 04-06-2016, 07:39 PM

Is your roof wrapped black? Do you have more pictures with different angles? I'm looking to have mine wrapped but have had a hard time finding pictures. Thanks!

bimmer_girl89 · 04-06-2016, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidLeSCC

Is your roof wrapped black? Do you have more pictures with different angles? I'm looking to have mine wrapped but have had a hard time finding pictures. Thanks!

Yes I had the roof wrapped in gloss black too, here's a different angle where you can see it. Hope this helps you

bimmer_girl89 · 04-07-2016, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ronanz

Well done!! Kudos for doing it yourself! .

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Thanks

DavidLeSCC · 04-07-2016, 10:02 PM

Thank you for posting the picture!

RedKloud · 04-07-2016, 11:40 PM

I guess I'm the only one who went from black to chrome

rswitch · 05-03-2016, 06:59 PM

i wanna do the gloss black roof as well! so you can take off those grills without taking off screws ? and popping the bumper off? how do you do that?

ronanz · 05-03-2016, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by rswitch

i wanna do the gloss black roof as well! so you can take off those grills without taking off screws ? and popping the bumper off? how do you do that?

tons of DIY's in DIY/Coding 2 sections down...

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bimmer_girl89 · 05-09-2016, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by rswitch

i wanna do the gloss black roof as well! so you can take off those grills without taking off screws ? and popping the bumper off? how do you do that?

I have small hands so I was able to access the clips through the grills so I did't have to take out any screw. The first one is the hardest to take out but once you have one out you, you'll have more room to access the second grill. Goodluck!

kuuzu · 05-09-2016, 03:58 PM

Just picked up my f30 the other day, and changed my grills; thought I'd share a picture!

bimmer_girl89 · 05-09-2016, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kuuzu

Just picked up my f30 the other day, and changed my grills; thought I'd share a picture!

Congrats! Nice looking car

rswitch · 05-10-2016, 07:40 PM

was able to do it! thank you! had to make a makeshift hook though lol took me longer than you for sure haha

etinifni · 05-12-2016, 10:50 AM

I'd like to swap out Modern line grills with either matte black or CF so it matches if I get the CF mirror caps. Has anyone done this? Pics?

Doyvidlah · 05-29-2016, 10:37 PM

I did the same mod today!

Here's my before/after (sorry for the pic being so big):

bimmer_girl89 · 05-31-2016, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Doyvidlah

I did the same mod today!

Here's my before/after (sorry for the pic being so big):

Looking good!

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bimmer_girl89 Private First Class 88 Rep 174 Posts Drives: 2020 F39 X2 xDrive28i Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Canada iTrader: (0) Garage List 2017 BMW 230i XDrive [0.00]	Just want to share my before and after! This is probably more common but I just would like to share my experience with changing the kidney grills on my F30. I have had this car for almost a year now and always thought about changing the grills to a gloss black but never got around to it. This time I finally did and I don't know why I waited so long to do it really. It took me about 15 minutes to do this whole install. The hardest part was taking out the first old chrome grill after that it's easy breezy. Im a girl with already small hands/arms and I still found it hard to access the clips from behind the grills! Installing the new ones literally took 10 seconds, 15max!! But here's a before and after look, totally worth it! Attached Images
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DavidLeSCC Private 15 Rep 71 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW 328i Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Memphis iTrader: (0)	Is your roof wrapped black? Do you have more pictures with different angles? I'm looking to have mine wrapped but have had a hard time finding pictures. Thanks!
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rswitch Private First Class 40 Rep 168 Posts Drives: 13' Alpine White 328i msport Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Las Vegas iTrader: (0)	i wanna do the gloss black roof as well! so you can take off those grills without taking off screws ? and popping the bumper off? how do you do that?
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kuuzu New Member 3 Rep 19 Posts Drives: E82 125i MSport Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Leicester UK iTrader: (0)	Changed grills! Just picked up my f30 the other day, and changed my grills; thought I'd share a picture! Attached Images Last edited by kuuzu; 05-09-2016 at 04:07 PM..
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rswitch Private First Class 40 Rep 168 Posts Drives: 13' Alpine White 328i msport Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Las Vegas iTrader: (0)	was able to do it! thank you! had to make a makeshift hook though lol took me longer than you for sure haha
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etinifni Captain 203 Rep 943 Posts Drives: 2012 328i Modern Line Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: NC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2012 BMW 328i Moder ... [0.00]	I'd like to swap out Modern line grills with either matte black or CF so it matches if I get the CF mirror caps. Has anyone done this? Pics? __________________ :wave:
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05-29-2016, 10:37 PM	#21
Doyvidlah Private 15 Rep 50 Posts Drives: 2014 BMW 328i Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Winnipeg iTrader: (0)	I did the same mod today! Here's my before/after (sorry for the pic being so big): Attached Images
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