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Old 10-20-20, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Kense
You must not be familiar with Prior Design. They do High end body kits and tuning. Their body kits start at $6000.
You are right I am not familiar. Seems like consensus in the community is that the bumper itself would cost around $2k. So my original thought was correct, just didn't include paint and installation. That's still only a couple hundred bucks though.
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That third-party grille won't work any new 4 Series that has the ACC radar sensor mounted right in the nostril, or the parking sensors and front cameras. Messing with those electronics by retrofitting a new grille is the perfect way to void the warranty.



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Originally Posted by UDel
Is it really that expensive/hard to make one giant ugly grill just for the Chinese market and do something different/much more subtle for other markets to spare the rest of the world these monstrosities?
I have a sneaking suspicion that Mainland China also considers that grille hideous lol.
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Originally Posted by geko29
German design studio/aftermarket parts manufacturer Prior Design is prototyping some replacement front facias, and a couple of them look pretty awesome:



https://youtu.be/Y0Z7rbEcrLo

Soooooo much better.
Top 10 Anime Twist : BMW has a secret deal with Prior Design to receive a kickback for every 4 series that Prior Design is paid to modify.
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Old 10-21-20, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Motorola
That third-party grille won't work any new 4 Series that has the ACC radar sensor mounted right in the nostril, or the parking sensors and front cameras. Messing with those electronics by retrofitting a new grille is the perfect way to void the warranty.

Depending on the dealer.
Changing a bumper is not a big deal.

its like denying warranty for aftermarket exhaust.
There are ton of BMWs running tunes, dealers are not denying warranty unless they have serious issues.
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Originally Posted by RNM GS3
Depending on the dealer.
Changing a bumper is not a big deal.
It's not the bumper itself, but the electronics built onto it. I see no accommodations whatsoever on the Prior Design bumper for the electronics.
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Originally Posted by Motorola
It's not the bumper itself, but the electronics built onto it. I see no accommodations whatsoever on the Prior Design bumper for the electronics.
What electronics - camera and parking sensors?
I’m sure they will make them fit. We are not talking about engine swap.

This pic is just design study. Nothing is finalized yet for production...
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Old 10-21-20, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Motorola
It's not the bumper itself, but the electronics built onto it. I see no accommodations whatsoever on the Prior Design bumper for the electronics.
if you look close you will see the round cutouts for the parking sensors.
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Originally Posted by sdls
if you look close you will see the round cutouts for the parking sensors.
I see something for the parking sensors now, but nothing for the radar cruise.
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Old 10-22-20, 09:55 AM
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So just took my car for service and finally saw the 4series base non-Msport coupe.
It is VERY bad in real life! I feel bad for the sales ppl there - they were trying to say that BMW is going back to its roots with the huge grill. 😂





Rear looks like Lexus IS with RC tails...


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Yeah that does not look good. The one in the showroom I saw had the M Sport Package and was a darker color which helped.

In other news I see a white 7 next to it
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Originally Posted by RNM GS3
So just took my car for service and finally saw the 4series base non-Msport coupe.
It is VERY bad in real life! I feel bad for the sales ppl there - they were trying to say that BMW is going back to its roots with the huge grill. 😂


Rear looks like Lexus IS with RC tails...
Yeah it may take me a while to get on board with that grille. At least the base model's bumper doesn't have that smile effect of the M-Sport front bumper.

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Originally Posted by RNM GS3
So just took my car for service and finally saw the 4series base non-Msport coupe.
It is VERY bad in real life! I feel bad for the sales ppl there - they were trying to say that BMW is going back to its roots with the huge grill. 😂





Rear looks like Lexus IS with RC tails...
Looks like an angry chipmunk...lol.
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Old 10-22-20, 09:25 PM
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it's hard to imagine anyone would ever think that grille looks good...
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Need a dark color to blend in with the rest of the car
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