To paint the kidneys, or not?

[monoaural]

I normally know exactly what I want to do to my cars, but this has me stumped. Right now my eta has all the chrome trim intact. I kinda want to black out the kidneys, but I am worried, since I have metallic paint, lots of chrome and light colored wheels, its going to look off. I am curious what you all have to say. (If there is one thing the internet is not going to run out of, is opinions.)

[DCColegrove]

Don't straddle the fence.

All Black Out...or OE Chrome...

[e30/e46 FTW]

paint em, also the window trims. IMHO the chromed window trims ONLY looks good if you have polished lip.

[E30 Wagen]

don't straddle the fence.

All black out...or oe chrome...

+1

[OrganicMechanic]

do whatcha like

[ethree]

Tuck the dbs. Use the force Luke!

[monoaural]

I think i am gonna go blacked out, slowly but surely. I just realized I also have plans to paint the roof black temporarily (do to badly pealing paint).

[monoaural]

Tuck the dbs. Use the force Luke!

The rear is, but the front wouldn't go in.

[george graves]

And you drilled it?

[monoaural]

And you drilled it?

Yep, tons of pressure released, no oil. I was using a dead blow hammer to push it in. It acted like a see-saw more than anything.

[dashboardmonkey]

black em out

[ethree]

You may need to use a Safeway/Von's/PigglyWiggly to get them more tucked.

[Nicademus]

It wouldn't go in? Do you have that problem a lot? It's usually harder to get it to go in the back than the front from my experience.

What did you try?

[PhillyG]

If just air came out you need to pick a new spot to drill and keep digging till you hit oil. Then drive it into a tree.

And paint the entire front end black well just the kidneys and grilles. But I keep a chrome kidney and a black and change em out depending on my mood.

[monoaural]

If just air came out you need to pick a new spot to drill and keep digging till you hit oil. Then drive it into a tree.

And paint the entire front end black well just the kidneys and grilles. But I keep a chrome kidney and a black and change em out depending on my mood.

Now thats an idea. I just went to see how easy it is to change. That is amazing.