Blacked Out Kidneys: Why?

[Threehz]

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?

[10Toes]

It looks like this when they are blacked out

[Gregs///M]

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.

[e30jake]

the kidneys are the one piece of chrome that looks good on every e30 no matter what

[Brezzi]

I dunno I like it on my car, I flip flop though sometimes I run the black ones sometimes the chrome. Mostly the black.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

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

[evandael]

fuh











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[Nick_S]

I did mine because I like how it looks.

[Brezzi]

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.

[VinniE30]

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.

[Wh33lhop]

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.

[Threehz]

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.

[Wh33lhop]

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

[sector6]

imo, if done correctly and tastefully it can make for a more aggressive look.

[Pl3wA]

I do it