Blacked Out Kidneys: Why?

[Solarian]

Do you have any more pics/details of your car? It's my new favorite E30 of all time. It really exemplifies the clean look that I'm striving for with mine.

[theTBLACK]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-3-Series-E30-325i-335i-Very-Clean-1991-BMW-325i-E30-OEM-M30B35-Swap-335i-Calypsorot-Metallic-/151062771750?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item232c0af826&vxp=mtr

[Pdxseth]

Not reading the whole thread, but I say it comes down to the bumpers. If you have euro bumpers or db's chrome looks good late/M black looks better

[Kozworth]

I havent seen many color matched kidneys.. anyone link me up with a thread?

[Hellspeaker]

I really just don't like chrome rofl. It's hideous to me at least.

[Pdxseth]

I havent seen many color matched kidneys.. anyone link me up with a thread?

I've seen them, they look like crap.

[itskingsteelo]

Do people paint the chrome kidneys to black or would you not recommend it?

[nando]

no. it won't stick to the chrome. you can get them already made in black, the ebay ones are actually nice quality (or at least they were last time I bought a set like 4 years ago).

[Vivek]

Ehh it's not that bad. It's not like it peels off. The clips on my grill broke (or were broken when i got the car which is more likely) and someone gave me a set for free a bit over a year ago. I just rattle canned them black and they have no chips in about 10k of driving, just a few small nicks from tools and working on my engine with the hood off.

[Dakotademon7]

I do like the Blacked out look on some E30's BUT I wouldn't do it to mine. I see the chrome on the kidney grill being the same as a brand name badge. You see that shape and KNOW its a BMW. It makes my heart beat a little faster just seeing that shape.

[papa_geza]

i like black or chrome, why i make it black "because i want it" my car - my rule, dont care anyone think about my car

[itskingsteelo]

Yesterday i had some free time on my hands and i thought why not paint my grill (it was faded gray pretty bad) so i decided to paint them. Took like 3 minutes to take off my grill and kidneys and to the paint shop (my patio) it went. I think it looks pretty cool. Feedback would be nice. Thanks!

[Andy.B]

Yesterday i had some free time on my hands and i thought why not paint my grill (it was faded gray pretty bad) so i decided to paint them. Took like 3 minutes to take off my grill and kidneys and to the paint shop (my patio) it went. I think it looks pretty cool. Feedback would be nice. Thanks!

Your car is on its side. I think it would look a lot better if it was right side up.

[itskingsteelo]

It was sleeping that's why I decided to sneak in and take the pic
It's all up awake now. Hahaha nice one brah

[2mAn]

both of my E30s had rattle canned black kidneys. the zinno car got some nice chrome ones, on my alpine car, I just sanded down the kidneys so it has more of a machined look. I like it. it all comes down to personal preference