Blacked Out Kidneys: Why?

[illest318i]

Body color kidneys are more rice than 688477896 blacked out kidneys combined.

This is very true

[EyExR]

meh - who the hell really gives a shit? It looks good both ways in my opinion. clean is clean

[VinniE30]

blacking out kidneys is like taking tits off a women. A women with no tits is not a women, an e30 with blacked out kidneys is not an e30.

+111111111111111111

[camip]

Blacking out kidneys is like taking tits off a women. A women with no tits is not a women, an e30 with blacked out kidneys is not an e30.

[squidmaster]

it can look good. I painted mine but regret it.

[VinniE30]

Looks like the trend here is people will say it looks "OK" if the rest if the car looks really good.
But the thing is it will always look better if they're chrome. The only reason to say it looks "OK" is that the rest of the car makes up for it. It looks like it's missing something without it.
Compare any car chrome kidneys to black kidneys all else equal and the chrome looks better.

[frankenbeemer]

Can't help it, I am apparently in troll mode tonight. Very nice set, by the way!

[burkey001]

smart-arse :)

318 "it came with it, dealer fitted option per spec sheet"
325 "it has an M motor, so quit breakin' my balls"

[frankenbeemer]

How do you know when to put an M badge on?

[burkey001]

I think blacked out only works when:
a) smoked hella lights; and
b) car generally bad-ass.

example of this.
My bone stock 318is. Has black Hella's but also has chrome kidneys because stock ride height and 14in eurowaves.


My 'not bone stock' 325is. Also has black Hella's but also has a dry-sumped euro S50, AST coils, rediculous brakes, custom Forgeline wheels etc etc etc SO has to have black kidneys.



I tried black kidneys on the 318is... just doesn't look right.
Chrome kidneys on the 325is makes it look a little too friendly. It's not. It will eat small children & dogs :)

[glucklich21]

Chrome always

[dougie30]

Looks like shit :D

i litterally lol'd

but anyway, i swear it depend on many different things, like if the car is low, wheels, tint, early or late model imo.

a dumped zino with polished wheels and late model bumpers looks so nice with black kidneys.

[jaywood]

I like mine because I have no other chrome on the car! If I kept the chrome window trim I would keep the chrome kidneys.

[Wh33lhop]

Cause I like how it looks?

I had blacked out kidneys before every single one of you even knew what an e30 was.



I actually have a chrome one right now, suits the I lip better.

Looks like shit :D

[rickycricketts]

Painted grilles are much worse!