[grotto]

What after market glossy black kidney grills are folks using for 2011 BMW 335? OEM M spec are no longer available as a pair and I had one grill from Amazon fly off due to poor loose fitment. Any advise would be appreciated.

[KKevin]

Originally Posted by grotto

What after market glossy black kidney grills are folks using for 2011 BMW 335? OEM M spec are no longer available as a pair and I had one grill from Amazon fly off due to poor loose fitment. Any advise would be appreciated.

Amazon was my go-to, its hard to track cause they're all made in CN nowadays

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

I've always used eBay for body parts like that. Or like carbon fiber lips, spoilers, diffusers, etc. If you have it on Amazon could be worth buying from there first. Like KKevin says it seems most E9X generation visual mods are all china made so doesn't really matter.

But yeah I also have poor fitment with the ebay grille for the securing tabs, that said it's an easy fix, use a ligther or heatgun to heat the tab notches and push them out a bit. My grilles are perfectly secure this way.

[grotto]

Thanks, seems like heat gun is the way to go other than spending $113 at Auto tecknic which apparently has a factory fit.

[lnxguy]

Cheapies are fine if you heat the tabs up and bend them a bit. If not, they'll come flying ff at speed (Ask me how I know this lol)

[grotto]

I just installed a set of matte black grill from ebay and used a hair dryer to pull back the tabs, don't know if the tabs really moved back or not but after they installed nice and tight unlike last set in which one fell off. Thx for the advice.