Photo: Matt Schaeffer
Around the time of this year's St. Valentine's Day, there was a joke circling the Internet that went like this: "How can a guy with two kidneys claim he has no money to buy his girl a present?"
Based on this very hard to deny fact, we'd say that if you're a male, you can never have too many kidneys. And, apparently, the same goes for BMW's kidney grilles. The standard BMW vehicle comes equipped with just one set, but that isn't enough for some of the brand's most devoted fans. And since the car only has one big radiator in the front, finding new ways of placing kidney-shaped grilles on the car can be a bit laborious.
Who said anything about "on" the car? Matt Schaeffer is the proud owner of a BMW 5 Series - not the good kind, but the one devised under Chris Bangle's rule at the helm of the BMW design department. The car's looks were a little debatable at the time, but it seems to have aged well and now provides a welcome departure from the clean, classic lines that the current 5 Series (a beautiful car, no question about it) possesses.
Like so many of us, Matt has plenty on his hands. A quick stalker-like browse through his Facebook account reveals he is a happily married man and father of one lovely little girl. He's also working, so let's just say that free time is clearly a premium. However, he does love his car, so he managed to find the time for a little project. No idea whether it was a case of DIY, but if it was, he deserves a nice pat on the back and a cold beer, because the quality of execution would put to shame a lot of the so-called tuning companies.
We're not going to question the aesthetic value of his modification - to quote a colleague of mine, "it looks like a BMW is giving birth to another BMW." He went on with the comparisons, but for the sake of decency, I'm going to stop here. Seeing that BMW snout in the trunk does messes with your head a little. If Salvador Dali had a 5 Series, this would probably be it.
That's because this BMW kidney grille double-subwoofer isn't exactly what you would expect to see when opening a trunk, and it might even make some unaware folks jump back, thinking there's a car headed towards them.
Who said anything about "on" the car? Matt Schaeffer is the proud owner of a BMW 5 Series - not the good kind, but the one devised under Chris Bangle's rule at the helm of the BMW design department. The car's looks were a little debatable at the time, but it seems to have aged well and now provides a welcome departure from the clean, classic lines that the current 5 Series (a beautiful car, no question about it) possesses.
Like so many of us, Matt has plenty on his hands. A quick stalker-like browse through his Facebook account reveals he is a happily married man and father of one lovely little girl. He's also working, so let's just say that free time is clearly a premium. However, he does love his car, so he managed to find the time for a little project. No idea whether it was a case of DIY, but if it was, he deserves a nice pat on the back and a cold beer, because the quality of execution would put to shame a lot of the so-called tuning companies.
We're not going to question the aesthetic value of his modification - to quote a colleague of mine, "it looks like a BMW is giving birth to another BMW." He went on with the comparisons, but for the sake of decency, I'm going to stop here. Seeing that BMW snout in the trunk does messes with your head a little. If Salvador Dali had a 5 Series, this would probably be it.
That's because this BMW kidney grille double-subwoofer isn't exactly what you would expect to see when opening a trunk, and it might even make some unaware folks jump back, thinking there's a car headed towards them.
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