Black grilles on Imola Red (gloss or matte)?

[Terry]

Hi Folks,

Sorry to beat a dead horse here, but I'm thinking of freshening up the look of my 03' ZHP Imola Red sedan and am strongly considering getting black grilles. I know of the BMW Performance grilles which are gloss black, but how does matte black look? I thought the latter might clash with your gloss shadowline window trim. Any thoughts? I'm sure a number of you have had to make this decision already. Your advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys,

-T

[danewilson77]

Get the performance. I have matte.

Though I like the matte...the performance looks better imho.

[JupiterBMW]

I had the matte on my car when I bought it, but to me they always looked faded/dirty. I repainted them gloss black and much happier with the look.

That being said, Devlin has the matte black on his Imola sedan and they do look very good. I still prefer the gloss.

Good luck.

[nike001]

I have the matte and it kinda dies down in color if you accidentally hit it with wax or something. I plan on getting the glossy ones soon.

I prefer Imola cars with the chrome grilles. I think the chrome contrast look is much better than the black contrast. But that's me..

[328ioc]

Boom.....Matte FTW



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[cakM3]

BMW Performance "Glossy" black grills

FTW

[Hermes]

I agree with Charlie

[johnrando]

I'm not totally qualified to judge as I don't have the red, but I really like the gloss. I have gloss on mine.

[Hornung418]

BMW Performance Grilles.

From a GS3, this was sent.

[JupiterBMW]

JP, have any close ups of the colored stripes on your grilles? I've always entertained doing the 3 motorsport stripes on mine, in that same area you did...