BMW has proved that looks mean very little these days after achieving their best-ever year with 2,21 million sales in 2021 but that hasn’t stopped aftermarket agencies like Vorsteiner from attempting to fix the controversial grille on the G8x generation M3 and M4.
Vorsteiner has developed bolt-on aero kits for owners that seek to make the obtrusive grilles more tolerable to everyone that has the misfortune of coming across them.
Credit where it is due, both the M3 and M4 proved to be monumental driver’s cars despite BMW’s departure from a dual-clutch transmission in favour of a ZF torque-converter gearbox but the polarising looks have yielded two opposing factions; those that have grown to tolerate the snout and those that simply can’t stand it. What Vorsteiner has done is ameliorate the existing design for those of the latter faction.
While there are other aftermarket body kits that can replace the whole bumper, Vorsteiner has instead opted to use the existing bumper as a base and replace the shrouds in which the normal grilles insert with a much more appealing solution. What it now does, is better divide the top and bottom portions of the grille by using a horizontal section which lines up more appropriately to the rest of the bumper.
The grille inserts are available in either ABS plastic, for $899.99 or carbon fibre, which pushes the fee up to $1499. A small price to pay on a car that costs over R2 million. While you are at it, Vorsteiner even has a carbon fibre front splitter, which is worth another $2,395.
Vorsteiners work has not been limited to the front either, they offer an entire carbon fibre body kit which also consists of a rear diffuser, side skirts and a spoiler. All can be had for 10% of the cars total value at $8,684.
Words: Alex Shahini
