Shadowline E21?

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TopCat
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Re: Shadowline E21?

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Reck wrote:I think I'll go the plastidip route.

Very nice, TopCat! Looks even better on a blue car. Did you paint the bumpstrips and bumpers black too?
The bumpers are original mat and look OK- but the bumpstrips have been painted a horrid black spangly paint (same as the window frames) which is why we did them again in satin black

will probabaly replace the bumpstrips with std black unpainted ones IDC
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currently debating whether we should put a std grill back in?


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Re: Shadowline E21?

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Stick with the black imo. There's no other chrome for a std grill to match to? (Appreciate we sound a bit like women here.. 'Oooh that doesn't match!' - ' That looks lovely!')
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Re: Shadowline E21?

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I dislike de-chromed kidney grills. They're an iconic part of all BMW's and dechroming them looks a bit too ''late 80's e30'' to me, but what do I know? It's all personal choice.
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Re: Shadowline E21?

Post by Manitoba »

e21-Mark wrote:I dislike de-chromed kidney grills. They're an iconic part of all BMW's and dechroming them looks a bit too ''late 80's e30'' to me, but what do I know? It's all personal choice.
Amen, Mark! But your right as well in saying it's a matter of personal choice..

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