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      03-23-2013, 03:27 PM   #1
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Homemade M5 Grille

I replaced the stock 550 grilles in my car shortly after I purchased it as all the top retaining clips that hold the grilles in were broken, that's why they kept sticking out at the inside corners. I wanted M5 grilles, but they weren't available yet so I purchased the 528/535 grilles since they look a little sportier than the chrome/silver 550 grilles.

There was a thread on here awhile back on how to make M5 grilles by scraping the chrome off the fins. I purchased a pair of grilles off a member here on the boards and gave it a shot. Instead of scraping, I just sanded the chrome off with some fine emery cloth I had laying in the garage. Then I gave them a couple of quick shots of satin black Krylon for plastic, let them dry and snapped the grilles back into the chrome trim rings.

I installed them today and found that when I took my car back to the dealer to have them repaint the front fascia as it was blistering by the headlight corners, they didn't even pull the grilles, there was a paint mark on the edges of the trim rings and there was all sorts of prep slop in openings.

....enough bitching, here are the final results:

Before (don't mind the mess in the garage)


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Here's a pic of mess in the grill opening



This is just a taste, I hope in the next couple of weeks my Morrs will be in so I can get my car lowered. When that happens I'll post more pics.
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      03-23-2013, 06:41 PM   #2
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I like the grill, looks very classy. What Morr's did you get? I'm waiting for mine too and it's killing me haha. You should definitely change the orange reflectors to body color.
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      03-23-2013, 07:21 PM   #3
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I like the grill, looks very classy. What Morr's did you get? I'm waiting for mine too and it's killing me haha. You should definitely change the orange reflectors to body color.
I've got VS8.2's on order along with ACS springs. The springs are in so we're just waiting for the wheels. I know what you mean by the wait's killing you...
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      04-23-2013, 10:13 PM   #4
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This is just how I want my grille to look. Thanks for the tip. I was about to fork out $100 for the M grille.
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good job !
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      04-24-2013, 08:16 AM   #7
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I made another pair with the set I pulled out. I need to take pics and throw them in the marketplace section.
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