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Originally Posted by bmwloverm2
Is it dynamic open/close like the kidneys?
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I did take a good look at that yesterday, because I have a very similar - idiotic - design on my car.
The black horizontal plastic blades are fixed. It's just how the light falls on them in different shots that makes you think they are closed sometimes.
I can positively confirm that.
Not sure why BMW (and Porsche, among others) think this is a "cool design" (pun intended).
The opening is very large and on my car there is a "somewhat fragile" (and very expensive) radiator exposed in there.
There are numerous threads on 911/718 forums of broken radiators caused by rocks thrown into them.
Now - I'm not sure what is in there on the G42. Is it a proper radiator, or just some other, less expensive, cooling "thing" for brakes? or whatever.
I recently installed one of these, as extra protection:
https://www.radiatorgrillstore.com/p...adiator-grills
Hope they will come out with a version for the G42 as well if what is behind it is worth protecting.
Not sure if this is abetter shot, but here's my version, with exposure increased a bit in an attempt to show the black piece better...