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      12-01-2013, 09:16 PM   #1
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Hey guys, picking up my car tomorrow morning and first things first, new grilles.

I'm trying to decide between a matte or gloss black. I searched through endless pics on here, but it's almost impossible to tell if it's gloss or matte on their black f30's (and almost never a mention of which is on their car)

It would be great if some of you guys could post a pic of your black f30's with a mention of whether it's matte or gloss black grilles!
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      12-01-2013, 09:32 PM   #2
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I just switched out my grill from stock to gloss black but if I knew matte black was available I probably would've gotten that. I've never even seen a pic of a matte black grill.
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      12-02-2013, 08:15 AM   #3
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Hey guys, picking up my car tomorrow morning and first things first, new grilles.

I'm trying to decide between a matte or gloss black. I searched through endless pics on here, but it's almost impossible to tell if it's gloss or matte on their black f30's (and almost never a mention of which is on their car)

It would be great if some of you guys could post a pic of your black f30's with a mention of whether it's matte or gloss black grilles!
Hey bro, I went with the gloss black m-perf grill. From a styling standpoint, remember that it doesn't make sense to have a matte black grill if it's the only part on the car that is matte. If you do the front lip or something like that which is matte, then it makes sense. I've seen matte black in pics on this forum, and it looks awesome if you have or will have the front lip done or even the rear diffuser...but I've also seen the gloss black with matte parts and it looks great.

My two cents is the gloss grill works with anything, this the matte you need to match it to something for it to look right. Again just my thoughts and opinion, others may disagree.
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      12-02-2013, 08:36 AM   #4
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Related to this, has anyone purchased the matte black or gloss black grills from Bimmian? They are a bit cheaper than the BMW performance ones so I am considering them, but I was wondering how the quality and fitment was on them?
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I've got the matte black grilles. In my opinion they look way better than gloss on a black car. I got ine from ebay.. The quallity is OK.
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I'm going for the gloss grills to match the window trims of the m sports package.
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So has anyone bought the bimmian ones?
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So has anyone bought the bimmian ones?
I got the gloss ones from them and I am 100% satisfied.
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So has anyone bought the bimmian ones?
I got the gloss ones from them and I am 100% satisfied.
That's good to know thanks 2blu.
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