Bmw M grille stripes or not !

Sun18 · 06-18-2018, 06:49 AM

Hey Guys,

Got a 330i M Sport, got the blacked out kidneys , badges etc. Can't decide about the M stripes on kidney grille. I know it's a marmite thing but are they a cool ? Or not mod ? . Cheers guys

Dann · 06-18-2018, 07:05 AM

No

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DriverLDN · 06-18-2018, 07:07 AM

No for sure.

Everyone I know who has done that has removed it after a short while.

Sun18 · 06-18-2018, 07:21 AM

Cheers guys thanks ! Nuff said !

therealdb1 · 06-18-2018, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sun18

are they a cool ? Or not mod ?

That depends on whether or not you are a teenager driving a Vauxhall Corsa

or worse still some French tin box!

9krpmrx8 · 06-18-2018, 10:19 AM

Nope.

AD18 · 06-18-2018, 02:40 PM

Leave them off. Gloss black grills on their own will lift the look of the car greatly just on their own.

Digitalize · 06-18-2018, 03:18 PM

Chav mod, even on an actual M car it's terrible.

PhilipUK · 06-18-2018, 03:46 PM

Don't do it - chav and tacky.

Andy198712 · 06-18-2018, 03:55 PM

agree'd i hate it

but if you like it do it

FlaPatsFan · 06-18-2018, 05:17 PM

Less is more

Sun18 · 06-19-2018, 06:33 AM

Thanks guys . It's a no ! LOL

Alpina 91 · 06-19-2018, 02:56 PM

No No

9krpmrx8 · 06-19-2018, 04:25 PM

"The Oxford English Dictionary defines chav as an informal British derogatory, meaning "a young lower-class person who displays brash and loutish behaviour and wears real or imitation designer clothes"."

MattOz · 06-19-2018, 04:30 PM

No. Just no. End of story.

Chappers 71 · 06-19-2018, 04:58 PM

It seems that as the e9 & e6 gets older such 'tastefull' additions become more common, I often see 3 & 5 series enhanced by m stripe grills now.
A couple of streets from where I live someone has recently bought a black 2007 335i msport, nice car I thought when I first saw it a couple of weeks ago. Drove past it on Sunday and it now has m stripes in the grill & a m badge on the boot lid.

AD18 · 06-20-2018, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Chappers 71

It seems that as the e9 & e6 gets older such 'tastefull' additions become more common, I often see 3 & 5 series enhanced by m stripe grills now.
A couple of streets from where I live someone has recently bought a black 2007 335i msport, nice car I thought when I first saw it a couple of weeks ago. Drove past it on Sunday and it now has m stripes in the grill & a m badge on the boot lid.

Oh those ///M badges are the absolute worst!!!

When I was filling my car up at Costco the other week I saw a matte grey F10 "M5" though something didn't quite look right about it. Inside was the guy looking all cool and smug with his modified wheels etc. I got out my car and when he started it up to drive away there was a lovely tractor diesel sound...

What amazed me was the extent to which this guy had made his 520/530d look like an M5. M5 front bumper, side gills, bodykit, rear section, 4 exhausts. Crazy if you ask me.

hazkirby · 06-22-2018, 10:08 AM

Been there, eventually decided they looked whack and sprayed the three colours gloss black

Now looks superb

lanyun · 07-05-2018, 03:31 AM

I think you can buy a m stripes insert Instead of the blacked kidneys.

06-18-2018, 06:49 AM	#1
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DriverLDN First Lieutenant 50 Rep 302 Posts Drives: BMW 330i M Sport E90 2006 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Croydon iTrader: (0)	No for sure. Everyone I know who has done that has removed it after a short while. __________________
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06-18-2018, 10:19 AM	#6
9krpmrx8 Clean is the new cool, keep it that way. 808 Rep 1,684 Posts Drives: 11' Alpine White 335i Sedan Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: San Antonio, Texas iTrader: (0)	Nope. __________________ 2011 335i, FBO, N55+ Turbo, full E85, S55 intercooler, etc. 2015 X5 35i Xdrive
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AD18 Lieutenant 351 Rep 521 Posts Drives: Azurite Black E92 335i DCT Join Date: May 2015 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Leave them off. Gloss black grills on their own will lift the look of the car greatly just on their own.
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Digitalize Photographer 409 Rep 2,643 Posts Drives: 320D Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Chav mod, even on an actual M car it's terrible.
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Sun18 Private 16 Rep 67 Posts Drives: 330i M Sport E90 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Thanks guys . It's a no ! LOL
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Alpina 91 Enlisted Member 22 Rep 48 Posts Drives: Alpina D4 F32 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Kent iTrader: (0)	No No
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Chappers 71 Major General 5455 Rep 5,419 Posts Drives: Beige G31 40ix m sport Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Kent, The Garden of England iTrader: (0) Garage List 2018 G31 xdrive 40i ... [4.00] 2006 E92 335i SE [9.50]	It seems that as the e9 & e6 gets older such 'tastefull' additions become more common, I often see 3 & 5 series enhanced by m stripe grills now. A couple of streets from where I live someone has recently bought a black 2007 335i msport, nice car I thought when I first saw it a couple of weeks ago. Drove past it on Sunday and it now has m stripes in the grill & a m badge on the boot lid. __________________ G31 40ix M Sport E92 335i. E36 328is coupe E39 540i V8 6SP manual E34 3.6 M5. E34 525i sport. VW Jetta Mk2 GTI 16v. 1679cc 1967 resto-cal beetle Last edited by Chappers 71; 06-19-2018 at 05:08 PM..
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06-22-2018, 10:08 AM	#18
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07-05-2018, 03:31 AM	#19
lanyun Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: G30 new bmw Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: hongkong iTrader: (0)	I think you can buy a m stripes insert Instead of the blacked kidneys.
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