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      06-26-2012, 05:29 PM   #1
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Red whiskers... Cool or cheesey?

Seen a couple of photos of black whiskers, and wondered what colour-coded ones might look like? Can't decide...

(Apologies for my rubbish photoshop skills, but hopefully you get the idea!)

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      06-26-2012, 05:32 PM   #2
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Looks good imo, never thought to do that. Try it out in person and see!
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Cant make that front end look any worst
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Looks good with the red!
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Cute. A subtle difference few would notice.
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Somewhat cheesy, IMO. But not nearly as bad a mod as throwing on a set of all-black alloy wheels !!!
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Looks good and bad to me, but I'm pretty sure I'll start to like it more on different colored cars. Wonder what mineral gray would look like
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It seems like people only want what is opposite. If the car came like this out of the factory, people would paint it black. Just like how if a headlight enclosure was chrome, people would black it out or the other way around. Do what you want, its your car. I think it looks slick.
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Absolutely, gone are the days of manufacturers deciding what colours you can and can't have plus I guess people get a certain amount of pleasure from tinkering

I need to start by getting the Sport Line intakes & whiskers as I had to order the 328i Luxury because for some reason best known to BMW they don't sell the 328i Sport Line in the UK I'm hoping the parts will be a straight swap but am going to check with the dealer.
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Seen a couple of photos of black whiskers, and wondered what colour-coded ones might look like? Can't decide...

(Apologies for my rubbish photoshop skills, but hopefully you get the idea!)
I like it- before I switched my order from Sport to M Sport, I was planning to install match-painted alpine white whiskers.
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I never would have thought of it, but it really doesn't look that bad =)


edit: but wait, it says you have a Luxury Line on order? Kinda not so sure about that one in that case, the picture you showed was the Sport Line... hmm... lol
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Yes, I have the 328i Luxury on order as BMW don't offer the 328i Sport Line in the UK, but I'm hoping I can then order the Sports Line parts and do a straight swap.

Then I will investigate the LED indicators from you're other thread
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Seen a couple of photos of black whiskers, and wondered what colour-coded ones might look like? Can't decide...

(Apologies for my rubbish photoshop skills, but hopefully you get the idea!)

Looks very nice, check my car in this address
http://www.f30post.com/forums/showth...=715697&page=2
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Just got a set of arctic white whiskers sent to me by accident. Now I have both white and black whiskers. Not sure which would look better. Will take some pick tomorrow.
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