Anyone have gloss black grills on?

I just placed an order for gloss to see how it looks on my car vs matte black.

Here is my vehicle when i first got it:



Current with matte black grill:

Much better!

I have the gloss black with the M stripes on it. I think it looks great.

Awesome photo!
Time to get rid of the orange

I went with black. The Wife’s are stock with plastic overlays

alpwhite46 wrote

Awesome photo!
Time to get rid of the orange

The orange in my headlights? I dont know if Im brave enough to crack them open to take it out. Partly because if I ever open the headlights, I would likely try and make the inner lenses actually functional.

where did you all get the black grill? Looks great. Easy to install?

alpwhite46 wrote

Awesome photo!
Time to get rid of the orange

was that done by opening up head lights?

or something that goes over / covers up the orange?

gloss black grilles - diamond style grille organ donation from G01 X3, reshaped and glued to fit inside some F25 carbon fiber grille frames....
i do miss my dual slat m-sport tricolor accent tho

Merlin82 wrote

The orange in my headlights? I dont know if Im brave enough to crack them open to take it out. Partly because if I ever open the headlights, I would likely try and make the inner lenses actually functional.

evilchargerfan wrote

was that done by opening up head lights?

or something that goes over / covers up the orange?

No - do what i did and get the eyelids, no opening up.

You can see the difference it has done for me and i upgraded to the LED bulbs which removes the orange bulb as well.

This is the usual North American Stock when i got it:


Both pics showing eyelids
Pic with eye lids and stock bulb:

Pick with eye lids and LED bulb:

reillyrocks wrote

gloss black grilles - diamond style grille organ donation from G01 X3, reshaped and glued to fit inside some F25 carbon fiber grille frames....
i do miss my dual slat m-sport tricolor accent tho

Looks awesome and unique!

RyanC883 wrote

where did you all get the black grill? Looks great. Easy to install?

It was stock - i took it out and plasti dipped it flat back. Over time however it peels, and its also very rugged and hard to clean so i ordered gloss black grills online and just replaced them...

You can see the roughness of them here:


Before - with flat black stock grills:


After - with aftermarket gloss black:

reillyrocks wrote

gloss black grilles - diamond style grille organ donation from G01 X3, reshaped and glued to fit inside some F25 carbon fiber grille frames....
i do miss my dual slat m-sport tricolor accent tho

Dude! I like your car! Where did you get the CF slats for the bumper inserts under fog light?

A definite upgrade to the Glossy!

Gloss Black Grills, Tinted Fogs.

Love that look!


Spring/Summer read

rcsummers wrote

Gloss Black Grills, Tinted Fogs.

Nice! Which license relocation system are you using?

x3sm wrote

Nice! Which license relocation system are you using?

us millworks, have it on all 3 cars.

hi, sorry for the delay, i found those CF pieces on ebay sold as Mercedes Benz trim and then i cut and sanded and shaped them and glued them on.

I think im done with my car, maybe in a year or two get a diff set of rims