Blacked Out Kidneys: Why?

[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.

[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.

[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).

[itskingsteelo]

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

[Pdxseth]

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

I've seen them, they look like crap.

[Hellspeaker]

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

[Kozworth]

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

[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

[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

[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.

[EuroE30ic]

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

[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.

[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.

[mr2peak]

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

[rev3030]

those look awesome