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      08-27-2020, 03:36 PM   #1
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X3 Grills & Lip Update

Hi All,

Haven't posted in a while, thought i'd show a little update.

I decided originally to go the route of a matte black plasti dipped grill that i did myself, and then i decided to also do my lip flat black myself as well (i didn't do a good job with the lip) but overall I did like it if you didn't look up too close to the lip.

The grill started to show wear and show chrome again after washes, so i changed the look...


This is when I originally got the car...


This is when i did the grill and lip myself in matte...you can see the lip is not done well at all



You can see how they started to look crappy here



Where i make the change to gloss grills



And as she sits today after getting gloss lip wrap!




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      10-23-2020, 04:23 PM   #2
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no one likes it ? :P
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      11-02-2020, 03:38 PM   #3
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Looks killer...love the gloss black.
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      06-23-2021, 03:32 AM   #4
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looks great!
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      07-06-2021, 12:48 PM   #5
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Hi All,

Haven't posted in a while, thought i'd show a little update.

I decided originally to go the route of a matte black plasti dipped grill that i did myself, and then i decided to also do my lip flat black myself as well (i didn't do a good job with the lip) but overall I did like it if you didn't look up too close to the lip.

The grill started to show wear and show chrome again after washes, so i changed the look...


This is when I originally got the car...


This is when i did the grill and lip myself in matte...you can see the lip is not done well at all



You can see how they started to look crappy here



Where i make the change to gloss grills



And as she sits today after getting gloss lip wrap!




vs
Where's you find the headlight eyelid / side marker cover trim? Looking for a black or carbon fiber one myself. Thanks! Lip looks nice
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      07-15-2021, 04:14 PM   #6
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Hey - it was off ebay from Greece lol... It comes unpainted.
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      08-22-2021, 09:33 AM   #7
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Nice !!!
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      09-15-2021, 06:09 PM   #8
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Cool car makeup. Kinda like human makeup.
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      09-17-2021, 03:22 AM   #9
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Love the look!
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      09-21-2021, 06:53 AM   #10
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Very nice.
Maybe i will do the same
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Clean, simple, elegant.
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Jealous. It looks so clean and stunning.
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Looks great, looking to do the same on mine.
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      10-31-2023, 11:32 AM   #15
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Thanks all appreciate the comments!
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