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      07-03-2008, 10:16 AM   #1
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Painting "eyebrows" black grill

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My m-tech bodykit is getting painted at the bodyshop. Now they said it maybe would me nice to paint the "eye brows" part of the grill in saffire black same as the car. What do you guys think?

This is the car now:


This is what i want:


What do you think???

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      07-04-2008, 04:12 AM   #2
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      07-05-2008, 03:45 AM   #3
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i think it'd look good
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nice car btw, all black looks damn good
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      07-05-2008, 06:29 AM   #6
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Thanks..

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      07-05-2008, 12:31 PM   #7
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Get the Matte black grille and have them paint it body color. The paint sticks better that way. Did it on my E90 and it came out awesome.
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i think the body color black is a very good idea...

...matte black with a saphire black or any glossy/clearcoated black looks awkward
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