To carbon or not for lip, if you like your window chrome

andrey_gta · 07-23-2012, 01:50 PM

Aesthetically, does carbon look good if you have chrome trim & kidneys???

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Garduna · 07-23-2012, 08:33 PM

Heh finch station parking lot eh :P

Well it depends really. What carbon bits are you looking at besides the lip? hood, roof, trunk, interior, mirrors, diffuser?

If it's just the lip, it would seem a bit off. However, if say you had carbon grills and lip BUT also kept the chrome window trim and had rims with a chrome/silver dish finish, that could work pretty well I think.

Here's an example of chrome window trim with the rims I'm referring to.

andrey_gta · 07-23-2012, 08:38 PM

yes @ finch, where abouts are you?

As far as carbon I am not sure because I dont plan on changing rims yet, love the 135i chrome grilles and im not happy with replica BMP spoilers. i just know if I go dark/carbon grilles it will be down hill from there and my trim will be next. So for now I aim to be different then the usual black and blue.

The decision is related to my other thread on e87 spliters and lips on 128i. Trying to innovate.

Greenkirby21 · 07-23-2012, 10:10 PM

what lip are you looking at?

andrey_gta · 07-24-2012, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Greenkirby21

what lip are you looking at?

w.e eBay has that's cheap lol, cuz I dont wanna put down alot if I need to use a dremmel or w.e

07-23-2012, 01:50 PM	#1
andrey_gta Brigadier General 298 Rep 4,040 Posts Drives: 130i coupé ;) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bimmerpost iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW 128i [10.00]	To carbon or not for lip, if you like your window chrome Aesthetically, does carbon look good if you have chrome trim & kidneys??? Share your photo My ride: Attached Images __________________ 128i Sport 6MT converted to Euro 130i spec, 3.73 diff, tuned by evolve ~220 whp 207 wtq(ft-lb) SAE In-progress: //M front arm, M3 rack, e36M lip Wishlist: Coils, n55 mnts, headers, LSD, e60 finn diff "The 1-series is the last car that BMW engineered before the Germans, as a car-making culture, fell out of love with driving." - R&T 2013 135is
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Garduna Brigadier General 160 Rep 4,013 Posts Drives: Sedona 1er\|Yellow S3\|NardoTTRS Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto iTrader: (5)	Heh finch station parking lot eh :P Well it depends really. What carbon bits are you looking at besides the lip? hood, roof, trunk, interior, mirrors, diffuser? If it's just the lip, it would seem a bit off. However, if say you had carbon grills and lip BUT also kept the chrome window trim and had rims with a chrome/silver dish finish, that could work pretty well I think. Here's an example of chrome window trim with the rims I'm referring to.
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andrey_gta Brigadier General 298 Rep 4,040 Posts Drives: 130i coupé ;) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bimmerpost iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW 128i [10.00]	yes @ finch, where abouts are you? As far as carbon I am not sure because I dont plan on changing rims yet, love the 135i chrome grilles and im not happy with replica BMP spoilers. i just know if I go dark/carbon grilles it will be down hill from there and my trim will be next. So for now I aim to be different then the usual black and blue. The decision is related to my other thread on e87 spliters and lips on 128i. Trying to innovate. __________________ 128i Sport 6MT converted to Euro 130i spec, 3.73 diff, tuned by evolve ~220 whp 207 wtq(ft-lb) SAE In-progress: //M front arm, M3 rack, e36M lip Wishlist: Coils, n55 mnts, headers, LSD, e60 finn diff "The 1-series is the last car that BMW engineered before the Germans, as a car-making culture, fell out of love with driving." - R&T 2013 135is
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