Should I change my lower grille?

Muffin` · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:25

Lose it, photoshop the sig.

OllyM · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:28

paradigm said:
How rare :/

Can you "unblock" them?

Yes, with a drill bit

danza · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:30

So without actually trying to achieve the M5 'look', you will be acheiving it?

Looks better without.

[TW]Fox;12019542 said:
Actually you get less airflow becuase for reasons known only to themselves the Sport grille with Tbar has vents which lead to brake cooling ducts for the front brakes yet the M5 grille without Tbar has these blocked off

You know far too much about the E39.

Tom|Nbk · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:33

The focus has a T Bar and I changed it for the ST170 honeycomb grill. Made a lot of difference I thought. May as well do it Fox.

EDIT : It did only cost me 15 quid though not sure how much this would cost you..

MrSix · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:35

Get rid.

InvaderGIR · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:36

Is it not possible to just remove the T-bar from the current grill, without having to faff about and buy a new front grill?

InvG

OllyM · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:37

InvaderGIR said:
Is it not possible to just remove the T-bar from the current grill, without having to faff about and buy a new front grill?

InvG

Nope.

[TW]Fox · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:37

InvaderGIR said:
Is it not possible to just remove the T-bar from the current grill, without having to faff about and buy a new front grill?

I dont think so - the black grille is solid behind where the Tbar is but meshed where it isnt if that makes sense.

PardonTheWait · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:38

If it's going to cost a lot, no, if it's cheapish, yes. It looks better, but not hundreds of pounds better if you ask me

[TW]Fox · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:39

The part is about 50 quid I think.

InvaderGIR · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:39

Aww, so no hacksawing is possible.

If it costs a lot, is it really worth it then? No point in spending a lump of cash on something that does very little other than slightly improve looks. Having said that I'm bound to spend loads of small improvements on my next car...as that's what I'll be getting it for.

£50...not too bad, still quite steep to me (but then I do stuff on the cheap

).

InvG

Solari · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:39

T bar looks better to me - the car looks like a gawping cod otherwise IMO.

PardonTheWait · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:43

[TW]Fox;12019710 said:
The part is about 50 quid I think.

Painted? Yeah, do it

Mark A · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:46

Looks better without the T bar imo.

Jez · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:48

Looks better without. But seriously man, dont bother

Tom|Nbk · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:49

Mohinder said:
Painted? Yeah, do it

It doesn't need painting?

Also that's not a bad price. My grille was second hand but were 30 new so 50 seems fair for a BMW part.

PardonTheWait · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:53

Tom|Nbk said:
It doesn't need painting?

Also that's not a bad price. My grille was second hand but were 30 new so 50 seems fair for a BMW part.

of the t-bar is actually attached to the grille? I thought the surround was included... but that would be stupid for £50... and I suppose by surround I really mean 'bumper' which is even more stupid

So yeah, do it

Tom|Nbk · 3 Jul 2008 at 23:56

Mohinder said:
of the t-bar is actually attached to the grille? I thought the surround was included... but that would be stupid for £50... and I suppose by surround I really mean 'bumper' which is even more stupid

So yeah, do it

O.o

Noni Juice · 4 Jul 2008 at 00:01

Get rid of it!

Kreeeee · 4 Jul 2008 at 00:02

needmorespeed said:
No Tbar looks better