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      11-03-2018, 09:12 AM   #1
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Changing colour of air vent(?) on front wings

Hi, has anyone changed the colour of the air vents (at least I'm guessing that's what they are) on the front wings?
I'm looking at buying a silver F34 however IMHO I don't think the black vents suit the silver, I was wondering whether anyone had already changed the colour of these on a silver F34 and what the results look like.
I''m thinking either silver to match the wings or possibly chrome, but I'm not very good with colours / artistic so am curious as to what that could end up looking like.
I'd love to see what others have done.
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I have a black sapphire f34 and thinking of changing the kidney grille to all black for the stealth look. Grille available on eBay for £70 odd. YouTube has instructions for changing grille but not for f34.
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      11-04-2018, 07:02 AM   #3
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I'm increasingly of the opinion that I'd rather go for a Silver F34 Luxury - shame they seem to be as rare as hens teeth. I've seen one 330d Lux pre-facelift but not one facelifted silver 330d Lux. Tempted to go for a facelifted 330d M Sport (which is what they all seem to be) and do some mods myself.
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Hi, has anyone changed the colour of the air vents (at least I'm guessing that's what they are) on the front wings?
I'm looking at buying a silver F34 however IMHO I don't think the black vents suit the silver, I was wondering whether anyone had already changed the colour of these on a silver F34 and what the results look like.
I''m thinking either silver to match the wings or possibly chrome, but I'm not very good with colours / artistic so am curious as to what that could end up looking like.
I'd love to see what others have done.
Thanks,
Jeddy
If you're talking about the "bimmerangs," then yes, it's an easy mod. I was able to purchase pre-painted (EB2) parts from IND Distribution, or you can buy the unpainted parts from BMW and have them painted.
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      11-04-2018, 08:21 AM   #5
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If you're talking about the "bimmerangs," then yes, it's an easy mod. I was able to purchase pre-painted (EB2) parts from IND Distribution, or you can buy the unpainted parts from BMW and have them painted.
LOL "bimmerangs' love it. That's them. Given I like the look of the Lux F34 I'd probably be able to get the chrome bimmerangs ready painted. Possibly even the chrome around the window frames.
Nice one. Thanks!
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I always thought they look good in black.
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I've never thought them to be attractive, even less so when the color contrasts with the body color, making them even more obvious. Mine are black on Midnight Blue, which isn't too bad to my eye. I'd rather they matched the body color, just not to the extent to bother to paint them...yet.
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I've never thought them to be attractive, even less so when the color contrasts with the body color, making them even more obvious. Mine are black on Midnight Blue, which isn't too bad to my eye. I'd rather they matched the body color, just not to the extent to bother to paint them...yet.
Nice. I too have a midnight blue f34
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Funny, I have Mineral Gray Metallic with the chrome bimmerangs and would like to replace with black but I can't seem to find them (o they than Alibaba for a hefty price). I can find them primed and stickers but really want oem black. Anyone have the part number for black (I assume shadowline)?
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http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=51_8929

The available colors are either chrome or primer.
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Amazon

You can find them. Example:
at Amazon, use search terms "F34 GT Car Side Air Vent Cover"

There are even "carbon" and red styles.
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I blacked mine out... used the same material to black out with vinyl my chrome window molding... looks amazing
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