[Quisp]

Carbon fiber grills are glossy and unless you are pretty close they look black. In most of the pics I have seen the carbon fiber loooks black until you get close enough to see the weave. Find a pic of a TiAg E90 with a carbon fiber grill.

[shragon]

Originally Posted by Jlevi SW

It's your preference that matters most, and it sounds like you've already made up your mind, but just a word to the wise? Glossy is much more likely to chip from rocks on the freeway. I speak from experience!
JL

agree it's all personal preference and that either route will look good.

however, it won't chip if it's black glossy plastic (not painted). i also speak from experience, from my current e90 and my past e34.

that said, glossy black pre-lci e90 grills are hard to come by. glossy black lci e90 grills are not a problem as the ones offered by bmw are glossy.

[Tallest]

that was good one about cf grilles... found these two, especially last one looks like it's glossy. not bad at all i must say... but matching window trim to grill still seems like most correct way to go design wise. I also notice that the lower grilles are matte.

[Quisp]

I agree with matching the window trim. Matte to matte or gloss to gloss. Gives more continuity and more together look rather than the "wow I just started adding shit" look.
A little off topic but I thought about doing my trim in black but since my wheels have a brished lip I left it silver. Wonder if I should try black

[Tallest]

yup, ive settled on matte after all. Just can't bloody order them from jspeed since the paypal is being so damn stupid!!

[c_jeong89]

I am thinking about buying a matte black grill for my TiAg e90 also. I just bought the car a couple months ago so I am sort of new to the modding. Just got some blacklines so far. I was wondering how can you tell if your finish is matte or glossy? I think mine is matte but I'm not sure if its just because the car is a little dirty right now.

[koreez88]

Originally Posted by cbad335

Matte will look better if you have matte black window trim and finishing rods (see my sig--except I have M-tech).

+1 if you have other glossy parts around the car, then do it. Otherwise, go with matte.

[TigerDejan]

so what do u think , matte black or glossy if u have black metallic ... ?

[Tallest]

honestly there is tons of black cars here with black grills both flat and glossy - search!

[didyoufeelit]

just painted my tiag e90 grill matte black today w/ plasti-dip. works great and i think it turned out pretty good