My grills! - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

Hunter51092 · 12-08-2011, 03:39 AM

On my pre lci e90 i had bought matte black grills a while back they started fading so i tried to paint them Semi gloss black and used too much paint

lol..then i tried sanding down and re painting so yeah that didn't work out..

should i take them to a paint shop to have them sanded or w.e and re painted or throw them away and get new ones?!

THANKS FOR READING! PLEASE SOME FEED BACK!

aykim2188 · 12-08-2011, 04:22 AM

People sell used ones all the time on here. Should look around if your interested.

qclik · 12-08-2011, 04:24 AM

Use some Paint stripper first and then repaint. Take it to shop would be more costly than buying a new one.

Timothy J · 12-08-2011, 04:51 AM

Throw them away and get new ones.

Hunter51092 · 12-08-2011, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by aykim2188

People sell used ones all the time on here. Should look around if your interested.

yeah i was gone look into that if i can't fix my grills lol

Hunter51092 · 12-08-2011, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by qclik

Use some Paint stripper first and then repaint. Take it to shop would be more costly than buying a new one.

u think this would work i might have scratched grills with sand paper? >.<

Hunter51092 · 12-08-2011, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Timothy J

Throw them away and get new ones.

I thought so :/

qclik · 12-08-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Hunter51092

u think this would work i might have scratched grills with sand paper? >.<

yeap but after paint stipper you need to sand it down again to take out the scratch which may take a while.

Verbatim · 12-08-2011, 07:13 PM

jlevi has black pre lci grills for like $45 or something. easiest solution!

bulldog x6 · 12-08-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Hunter51092

On my pre lci e90 i had bought matte black grills a while back they started fading so i tried to paint them Semi gloss black and used too much paint

lol..then i tried sanding down and re painting so yeah that didn't work out..

should i take them to a paint shop to have them sanded or w.e and re painted or throw them away and get new ones?!

THANKS FOR READING! PLEASE SOME FEED BACK!

try to dig up $100 and buy the bmw performance set

Hunter51092 · 12-09-2011, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by qclik

yeap but after paint stipper you need to sand it down again to take out the scratch which may take a while.

I will attempt this once again!

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Originally Posted by davidkneiber

jlevi has black pre lci grills for like $45 or something. easiest solution!

will take this if this does not work ^

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Originally Posted by turkish335

try to dig up $100 and buy the bmw performance set

would buy this..but when i get a new lci mtec..dont wanna waste on the ugly grills of the pre lci

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12-08-2011, 04:24 AM	#3
qclik Captain Drives: e92 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: seattle Posts: 704 iTrader: (20)	Use some Paint stripper first and then repaint. Take it to shop would be more costly than buying a new one.