Blacked Out Kidneys: Why?

[rikaro]

I personally like the black kidneys. Not a fan of the chrome they look weird to me.

this car is just about perfect. imo it would look better with the chrome grill but hey, everyone's preference is different.

[Stephen]

To people who say chrome is blingy and ostentatious, your solution is rattlecanning over it? Now that's class BMW couldn't touch from the factory.

Its an insanely tiny amount of chrome, that actually allows the kidneys to pop off the grill, and not look like a junkyard heap with the kidneys missing. It's not like putting 20" floaters on your shit.

[archie]

I might be going back to chrome on my red M3, just sayin...

[LowR3V'in]

So is the next step to spraying the kidneys black
taking off the bmw logos?

[Wild Ride]

Personal preference and color motif will dictate. I can't make up my mind so I have both and just switch bavk and forth. One is a more classic bmw look and the other is more modern and aggressive. Here's two cars that eveyone can agree look great.

[nando]

To people who say chrome is blingy and ostentatious, your solution is rattlecanning over it? Now that's class BMW couldn't touch from the factory.

Its an insanely tiny amount of chrome, that actually allows the kidneys to pop off the grill, and not look like a junkyard heap with the kidneys missing. It's not like putting 20" floaters on your shit.

spray painting the kidneys is a bad idea. the paint won't stick. it WILL chip off.

you can buy a really nice molded black kidney for about $40 on ebay. Made in hong kong or something - the quality is actually excellent. and it won't ever chip.

I still can't believe how much some of you guys flail around over somebody running a black kidney on their car. we wouldn't be having this discussion 10 years ago..

[rev3030]

why? because they look great

[BMWE34M5]

I agree.
BTW, we have the Euro Grills+Shadowline Kidneys on sale for $109 shipped for the package.

why? because they look great

[coldweatherblue]

My kidney's were painted black by PO a while ago and the paint looked like shit and was starting to chip.

so I just used some paint stripper to take my kidneys back to chrome and I'm very happy with the result.

I have an AWII '89. The prior paint scheme was white/black (ie, black side mirrors, black kidney, shadowline trim, black air intakes on the valance) but I think I'm gonna go back to white/chrome for the most part. Classier imo.

I love a nicely done shadowline grill on a black/black E30 for sure but on most other colours the chrome kidneys look better. jmo.

[LowR3V'in]

ALLOT of people first thing they do is spray paint the bottle caps black.
Sorta like "I did something. Modded.... Yeah..." :P

[rev3030]

those look awesome

[mr2peak]

It looks good on lighter colored e30's. Colored kidney grills look like ass. Don't color match, it looks super tacky

[estoguy]

I agree with a lot of the other posters - it is iconic on the E30. However, on some cars, like some of the black/dark grey ones posted, the black out kidneys can look bad ass. Mine is white, and I like the chrome.

[TimKninja]

Their are few cars that can pull off black Kidneys.

Its a disgrace to the E30. All these blacked out kidney grills look stupid.

[EuroE30ic]

i like the blacked out front personally. However i HATE the aftermarket roundels