Shadowline trim is the piece that borders your doors. Normally it would be chrome, but when you get the sport package that piece becomes black to give it a more sportier look.

“High-gloss Shadowline includes front and rear side window trim, mirror base and mirror frame in High-gloss Black.”

The extended shadowline trim is black exhaust tips and black front kidney grill. Air suspension is a nice upgrade but not really necessary for a comfortable ride.

M Sport Package for X3 sDrive30i and X3 xDrive30i If the Shadowline Package is selected, the window frames and roof rails, as well as the BMW kidney grille frame and bars are finished in high-gloss black.

1 : the edge of the shadow of the gnomon of a sundial. 2 : a thickened line in a linear drawing of an object supposed to be illuminated by parallel rays of light indicating the edges farthest from the source of light.

Yep, soft touch dashboard is pretty much a textured rubber covering a foam layer over a rigid structure. SenaTec is BMW’s branding for vinyl seats. Pretty much you’re getting vinyl with either way. You’re getting the soft-touch dashboard covered with stitched SensaTec xD.

According to BMW, the Individual Shadow Line lights feature black inlays on the upper edge of the headlights, “ensuring a particularly expressive front view.” Unfortunately, at the time of writing, no official photos of the new headlamps had been provided by the Bavarians.

The BMW Individual High-gloss Shadowline exterior trim with extended contents includes the Kidney grille frame and struts in High-gloss Black and tailpipe finishers in Black Chrome. The Comfort package combines convenient and innovative functionality with pure comfort.

All M Sport models will have a small ‘M’ on the sides of the cars to show that it is the coveted M sport trim. A high gloss shadowline exterior trim which adds two tones to the colour which makes the overall car stand out much more than the SE/Sport trims.

July 31, 2019 at 5:04 PM · Checkout the new Extended Shadowline Trim now available on the X5/X7 M50i or 40i. This trim makes everything gloss black(replacing the cerium grey) and changes the side mirrors to the body color👏🏽

Shadowline cornice helps to create a clean streamlined effect in a room. With the use of shadowline cornice, the ceiling and cornice are joined together, however the cornice is slightly recessed from the wall.

Shadowline trim gives a unique look to the exterior of your vehicle without sacrificing fit and finish with a sloppy DIY kit. Simply remove your existing trim and replace it with the shadowline trim that came as an option from BMW. This kit includes all the pieces to convert the outside to pure shadowline.

There are companies that sell a vinyl wrap that you can put on your chrome or matte black trim, to emulate the high-gloss Shadowline trim. UNLESS they’re a 330 ZHP, in which case they have Shadowline trim. Presumably, the cars with Shadowline trim had matching glossy mirror hardware, and everyone else had matte black mirror hardware.

Shadowline is the high-gloss black color used on the exterior trim of only a handful of cars; 330s with the performance package (aka ZHP), and perhaps M3s. There are companies that sell a vinyl wrap that you can put on your chrome or matte black trim, to emulate the high-gloss Shadowline trim. As a general rule: 323/325 sedans had matte black trim

The Shadowline trim on the sport package is glossy. It’s not readily apparent unless you’re up close. Almost as silly ($ paid vs result seen) as the privacy glass. “I never understood the dread term “terminal illness” until I saw Heathrow for myself.”