Black grilles on Imola Red (gloss or matte)?

[BRGcoopahS]

I'd say go gloss black. I also happen to be a big fan of painting the outer grille the body color. This especially looks good on imola red and blue.

IMO:
Matte-E36
Gloss-E46

[Go Horns!]

I have Kkoalty gloss grills and love them. The car should have come with black gloss from the factory. But I also think it should have come with an S54.

[Mike V]

Does anyone still use a BRA? I have one upper and lower....I don't use it though

I quit using them in 1989, like most everyone else. My ZHP had the Clear Bra on it.

It also had the matte Khoalty grills and I liked how they looked.

[Vas]

I have bought my zhp and the previous owner had installed matte black grills. However to me they look faded for some reason so I was planning on getting gloss black grills.

Now the question is should I get BMW performance grills or the ones from khoalty?

[johnrando]

Pics or bullshit.

thar she blows on the garage floor, just for you DW!

[Terry]

LOL John & Dane. Well played, Mr. Rando. Glad to be back btw.

Thanks for the responses, everybody. Really appreciate the insight. I suppose the 'ultimate' would be a SATIN finish grille

I'm going to have our local dealer drop off a couple of the Performance Grilles so i can touch/feel/see. The problem is, once something becomes tangible I will just buy it, haha. Here's another thought on matte, if you've neglected the bumper trim strips (considering you've got a sedan), then the matte grills will match better. However, if you're on top of them (ie, using back to black, black wow, etc.) then the Performance black gloss grilles may be the better option. So from the standpoint of building motivation to detail the car more often, the BMW Perf gloss grilles may be the way to go, haha.

-Terry

[GSEN820]

Go with Gloss Black.....The gloss is already the trim around your windows.....Matte wont match up well other than color....Matte great on M3's as it matches window trim

[johnrando]

Another blast from the past. Hey Gary!

[zhp43867]

If you have black splitters get the matte.

I actually prefer chrome grills on most colors now- but I think the gloss will look better on Imola if you're set on black.

[Crickett]

Here's another thought on matte, if you've neglected the bumper trim strips (considering you've got a sedan), then the matte grills will match better. However, if you're on top of them (ie, using back to black, black wow, etc.) then the Performance black gloss grilles may be the better option. So from the standpoint of building motivation to detail the car more often, the BMW Perf gloss grilles may be the way to go, haha.

Good point, but I think most guys here don't need any more OCD detailing motivation!!