Just in time for the weather breaking - M8 Convertible in

MBBM5COMP · 03-26-2021, 08:37 AM

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Just got my M8 convertible w/carbon, merino, bw, and some other goodies.

Chrome gill needs to go asap. I have the shadow-line grill from IND.. is this hard to install? Any detailed installation instructions?

Thanks in advance.

nynd · 03-26-2021, 02:12 PM

Congrats. Not hard at all... refer:

unfoundnemo · 03-29-2021, 09:09 AM

A few notes:

In 1, there are quite a few clips and you'll need a body pry tool to remove them. Make sure you have something to put them in, and be prepared to lose or break one or two. The parts shop had one of the types on hand for me, they had to order the second.

In step 2, it doesn't mention 2 additional clips on each far corner of the grill that are a pain to release when removing the old grille. I somehow got one of them out fairly easily, a few videos/tutorials just said "pull hard" after releasing the clips up top, doing so broke the other clip. Granted, this was the old grille I was getting rid of, so not a big deal. The new grill goes back into place easily.

moonM8 · 03-29-2021, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MBBM5COMP

Just got my M8 convertible w/carbon, merino, bw, and some other goodies.

Chrome gill needs to go asap. I have the shadow-line grill from IND.. is this hard to install? Any detailed installation instructions?

Thanks in advance.

Congrats on the new ride!

Resjudicata · 03-29-2021, 09:29 PM

Congratulations, welcome to the club!

MELLOWYELLOW06 · 04-14-2021, 03:58 PM

Great visual for when I do the swap.

The chrome is killing me.

PappadocM8 · 04-14-2021, 07:03 PM

I got rid of the chrome grill within a few days. It was brutal. The shadow like grill looks a million times better!

Resjudicata · 04-14-2021, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Pappadoc33

I got rid of the chrome grill within a few days. It was brutal. The shadow like grill looks a million times better!

They have carbon fiber side trim, if you want that m8 side to dechrome too.

PappadocM8 · 04-15-2021, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Resjudicata

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pappadoc33

I got rid of the chrome grill within a few days. It was brutal. The shadow like grill looks a million times better!

They have carbon fiber side trim, if you want that m8 side to dechrome too.

Yeah I don't mind the little bit of chrome on the side. I did add a CF spoiler and had CF mirror caps put on. However I hated the way the caps looked (cheap IMO) and painted the cover black to match the side grill instead. Looks great now.

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