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07-24-2015, 03:22 PM | #1 |
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99 Problems and a grill is one (Night Vision LCI Look)
Night Vision owners rejoice! I found a way to get that LCI look for.. well not exactly cheap, but not bad considering it's OEM parts.
Here was my first blind attempt purchasing non OEM double slat grills and trying to retro fit. The night vision vanity plate is molded into the OEM grill therefore even if I made this fit it would've looked awful. You can see the slats have a vanity plate that extends from top to bottom and is molded in. I stumbled upon a few photos showing M5's with night vision so I decided to try the OEM route. You'll want to look at 2014+ M5's for the option as the older cars use the grills shown above. My local dealer was kind enough to order the driver's side so I could mess around and see if I could make it work. First off it's not a direct swap. The night vision module is different (narrower) on the newer cars therefore it took a tiny tiny bit of work. The three torx bits holding the housing on easily remove and you can still use two of them correctly on the new grill. The bottom screw lines up after you remove a little piece of plastic from the night vision housing. Once its installed and completely flush you can self tap the top screw in a crevice that lines up pretty well. It's a tad ghetto but very solid and can be removed easily. See, looks factory! Another issue is the grill has an M5 badge which we all know has to go. Sadly the mount is molded into the housing and slats...so easily solution. Pop off the 5 haha... Doesn't look terrible.... not a fan of the badge but I think it's better than the whole thing removed. On the car... The next obvious is the chrome surround... and unfortunately it's the only color it comes in. I'll make short work of it and just have them painted factory black. So there ya have it.. just shy of $200 for the pair minus paint and you're sportin' double slats! |
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Nice work. Now just center the //M and you are golden!
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07-25-2015, 02:44 PM | #9 |
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I think the ///M should be centralised. As you've removed the 5, you need to move the ///M along a bit.
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12-07-2015, 11:54 PM | #10 |
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awesome. Mine parked until April for the winter. I want to do this as one of my next mods.
I'm a little confused... First of all, where did you get the LCI grills, and second, what part did you get OEM from the Dealer. Was is the support? I'm on Realoem and i don't see the front piece as a separate part. forgive me if i'm confused! |
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What model is this on? I'm trying like hell to get dual slats on my 2014 535d with night vision. Everyone keeps telling me you can't use m5 kidney because brackets are different
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i just bought these looking to do the same thing. just wondering why you didnt just remove the 4 screws in the back of the housing for the original camera and install it in the new housing?
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Hi, I am waiting for your confirmation that this works out. I have F11 M550xd, LCI 2014 with night vision and also got information that M5 grills have different tabs on brackets and that it wont work. Can you tell me part number for M5 grills with NV? |
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Hey man ! I hope u are doing great !
I just saw ur post modding the m5 f10 grill to fit the night vision into the grill and i wonder how can i do it . I want to have the carbon fiber grill with the night vision hole. here is a picture of the grill i want but i did not find it as oem part. https://f10.m5post.com/forums/attach...1&d=1571053104 I wonder if i can mod the m5 grill to fit the night vision into it because i searched a lot about the m5 f10 carbon fiber grill with the night vision but i could not find any oem carbon fiber grill. I have a f11 m550dx with night vision and i like to swap the grill with the carbon fiber m5 f10 grill with the m5 badge. thanks in advance |
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