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    Blacked Out Kidneys: Why?

    I know questioning ascetics is ridiculous, especially in the car world, but there is one change I commonly see on E30's that I can't accept.

    Why do people black out the kidneys?

    I feel as if this single act ruins some of the otherwise best looking E30s. Color-matched kidneys aren't all that bad, but blacking them feels like it's taking away a necessary part of the BMW character.

    Am I insane or does this bother others?
    Different strokes for different folks.

    #2
    It looks like this when they are blacked out

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      #3
      You should very well be right. Mine are blacked out but only because mine were severely discolored and pitted. However, I often ponder buying new chrome kidney's.
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        #4
        the kidneys are the one piece of chrome that looks good on every e30 no matter what
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          #5
          I dunno I like it on my car, I flip flop though sometimes I run the black ones sometimes the chrome. Mostly the black.

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            #6
            I think it makes sence on a black car but i generally don't like black kidneys on e30s I do like them e36s though
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              #7
              fuh











              raze

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                #8
                I did mine because I like how it looks.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Herr Faust Schinken View Post
                  I think it makes sence on a black car but i generally don't like black kidneys on e30s I do like them e36s though
                  I did the same flip flopping routine on my old red e30 too though. I would agree that it looks better on the e36s.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Threehz View Post
                    I know questioning ascetics is ridiculous, especially in the car world, but there is one change I commonly see on E30's that I can't accept.

                    Why do people black out the kidneys?

                    I feel as if this single act ruins some of the otherwise best looking E30s. Color-matched kidneys aren't all that bad, but blacking them feels like it's taking away a necessary part of the BMW character.

                    Am I insane or does this bother others?
                    I completely agree. It ruins the look of an e30 when they are blacked out.
                    I think it's one of those things people do just because they want to modify more things for the sake of modifying, not because it actually looks good.
                    Zinno '89 <24v swap in progress>

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                      #11
                      Because how else can you have a car that looks like shit, that's why.

                      I'm trying to buy an E36 ATM and the number of blacked out kidneys are astounding.
                      paint sucks

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                        #12
                        Whenever I was looking at E30's for me or my girl, the second I saw black kidneys I just thought of it being owned by some 16 year old who treated it like shit.
                        Different strokes for different folks.

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                          #13
                          Pretty much. Bugs the shit out of me when I see an otherwise clean car with blacked out kidneys and stupid lights.
                          paint sucks

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                            #14
                            imo, if done correctly and tastefully it can make for a more aggressive look.
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                              #15
                              I do it

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