1 series black grille

[weigl]

I've owned my black 66 plate 1 series M Sport for about a year, and I'm quite taken by the black kidney grille on the 2017 onwards M Sport 'Shadow Edition' cars. Obviously not looking to change my car after only a year, because I love it but mainly for financial reasons.

Does anyone know if/how I can get a BMW dealer/bodyshop to fit an OEM black grille on my car? Will they even do it?

Thanks!

[Scrump]

Many years ago I changed the kidney grilles on my e39 to black ones.
I bought some aftermarket ones and they fitted really easily as the old one just unclipped from behind and the new ones clipped in.
A quick look on eBay shows black grilles for your car and the fitting looks remarkably similar to my old BMW.

[va1o]

It's an easy retrofit and I think they're available officially from main dealers too. My old White M135i had them, definitely improved the looks!

[Mr Tidy]

I think you might find some on Amazon or Ebay.

I bought some black ones for my Z4 Coupe - just had to pull the original ones up at the top and outwards at the bottom then job done!

[Chestrockwell]

You’ll find dozens on eBay, all very cheap, I got a set for my 4 series for 20 quid, changed then myself, a bit of a faff and half way through, I gave up, said this isn’t a 1500 pound E46, you’re going to break something!

Anyways in the end I found about 10 videos on YouTube all showing you how so I done it in the end.

[rfn]

I spent £45 on some grills off eBay and £15 on a roll of black gloss 3M wrap. Wrapped the mirrors, fins and installed the grills myself... result below. You should definitely go for it if you want!

[LocoBlade]

The official BMW parts are called M Performance black grilles and cost about £100 undiscounted from a dealer, although you can usually find dealers like this that will discount them, for example here for £75...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Genuine-BMW-M-Perfo...

Ebay cheap copies are an option but make sure you get ones that come recommended by others as the quality of unbranded Chinese stuff can vary wildly

[Zarco]

va1o said:

It's an easy retrofit and I think they're available officially from main dealers too. My old White M135i had them, definitely improved the looks!

Looks like a white pig to me.

[va1o]

Zarco said:

Looks like a white pig to me.

Well it’s not mine anymore so I couldn’t care less what you think