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      08-29-2014, 04:02 PM   #1
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Black kidney grill in Ottawa

Hello fellow bimmer owners in Ottawa, anyone know where I can get a black replacement kidney grill, the original chrome grill has too much wind resistance ..LoL...........
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      08-29-2014, 04:29 PM   #2
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Hello fellow bimmer owners in Ottawa, anyone know where I can get a black replacement kidney grill, the original chrome grill has too much wind resistance ..LoL...........
Nice to see a fellow member in Ottawa. Sorry - no idea where to get a black grill except perhaps at the dealer. I am one of the few who like the chrome grill and in fact the silver wheels. I wouldn't black out anything more.

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      09-02-2014, 03:59 PM   #3
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... I am one of the few who like the chrome grill and in fact the silver wheels. I wouldn't black out anything more.

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Same here, I find chrome just looks good on these cars.

There were bunch of them for sale by other members on the forum, under "owner's marketplace" area http://f10.5post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=315, none local though, might be wrong but I think I might've seen some in GTA area. No idea where in Ottawa you can get them other than dealership, sorry.
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      09-02-2014, 08:00 PM   #4
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Yes, the chrome does look good, but this car has the shadow line trim therefore all of the trim is black, I feel the black grill would match the rest of the car, it works for me...........thank you for taking the time to reply, I will call the dealer, it might be easier....
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      09-05-2014, 06:42 AM   #5
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Hey lv42day,

i am in ottawa too!! i got a black 550i. I got my black grill from bimmian dot com

Super fast delivery, i got all my parts from them. Great company and they are located in Ajax.
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      09-05-2014, 06:49 AM   #6
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      09-25-2014, 08:16 AM   #7
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I have a matte black one which I am willing to part with but I live in the Toronto area.
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      09-28-2014, 08:59 AM   #8
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Fellow Ottawa residents - I had my car in for service a few weeks ago (had to have one tire replaced due to the dreaded sidewall bubble after whacking a pothole on the 417) and my car ended up being parked at Elite beside a dark grey 550xi with the silver & chrome front grill - this car too was an MSport like mine but mine is a 535xi (carbon black). What I noticed for the first time is that the 550 front grill is all chrome / silver and the 535 front grill is chrome with some black on the slats. The look is quite different, and I can now see why those with a 550i would want to darken the front.

If y'all see a carbon black 535i in Ottawa with bagpipe decals on the rear door windows, that's me. Cheers.
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Morning all! I removed my grills and painted them myself with black plasti-dip (4 coats). Came out with a nice matte finish
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