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For the longest time I convinced myself that I liked the cerium grey parts. I finally made the decision to change everything to the "extended black package" which includes the black diamond grill, lower fog light bits, the mirror caps, and the exhaust tips. Granted mine is mineral white but still now that I see it done I wish I had just checked the box from the beginning (I know this package isn't available in the US but you can still order all the parts like I did).
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I vote gloss black, and color-matched mirror caps. The cerium mirror caps are the worst, its impossible for them to actually appear clean.
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I swapped to black mirror caps (on my mineral white). I actually didn't mind the cerium caps but once I switched everything else to black, they stuck out so much. As for keeping them clean, they are terrible. However, get them ceramic coated and they stay perfect all the time (couldn't believe the difference). Plus it keeps the silver cerium color vs many of these mirror caps that start to turn bronze(ish) in color.
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Go for the black mesh diamond grill, black air slats. Meaner look imo
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Thinking about these rims in either satin bronze or black. Personally I feel like black is overplayed but would look great on dravit (just like white and other colors look great with the black). I've also never had something very different like satin bronze... Thoughts on black vs satin bronze on dravit grey? (which has a gold metallic to it on some angles in the sun. Attached a pic below that shows the color change in strong sunlight) |
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Here's mine with the black grille and black lower intake things. This was before I bought the gloss black mirror caps and put my cerium 792m rims (these black ones are winter rims). You can see how much the cerium mirror caps stick out once everything else is black. It contrasts too much in my opinion which is why I changed it.
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You can see how the black parts look on Dravit Grey here:
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You know the more I think about it the more I think you are correct. Kinda dig the Dravit with the cerium grille. Not even sure if I want to do the air intake at this point but for only $45 a side i might try it. Think I am just going to color match the front reflectors as well. Feel like the cerium accents give it an aggressive stance that seems to not be as noticeable with black (unless you have a black car or white car in which case I really think black compliments it nicely). If I decide to do wheels then I will consider going black grille, intake, and add in a CF front lip, CF side skirts, CF spoiler. Probably going to do the CF spoiler sooner rather than later. Think I'll hold off for now on the rest and start with some performance mods (air intake, Dinan exhaust).
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