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Old Aug 12, 2007 | 02:31 AM
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I want to replace my fugly stock grille and although I like the billet look I think I want aluminum honeycomb mesh or punched hole mesh instead. Has anyone seen any available for the XB2 or have any experience making one? TIA.
Old Aug 12, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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http://www.trexbillet.com/index.php?...=101&dealer=no call these guys up they make a mess grill
Old Aug 13, 2007 | 03:53 AM
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Thanks. Their billet grille looks great. Too bad their mesh grille doesn't. I guess I'll keep looking/waiting/planning.

http://www.trexbillet.com/index.php?...=101&dealer=no

This is what I'm considering using to make my own grilles. I'd fab some mounting brackets and use thin black rubber edge guard around the perimeter. What do you think?

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looks good im sure FIT grill will be producing something soon there mesh grills for the tcs look mass nice
Old Aug 17, 2007 | 05:31 AM
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looks a lot like the pattern on the stock grille
Old Aug 18, 2007 | 06:12 AM
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I haven't heard of FIT grilles. Do you have a link? I googled them and came up empty.

One of the reasons I like the punched hole look is because it 's similar to the stock grille. Of course the holes on this are much smaller, closer and uniform in size.

I plan on starting with a brushed finish and if I don't like that, I'll polish it. If I don't like that, I'll paint it.
Old Aug 18, 2007 | 12:29 PM
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http://item.express.ebay.com/_Car-Tr...mdZExpressItem they havent started producing the 08 yet but im sure its only a matter of time
Old Aug 19, 2007 | 05:19 AM
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Thanks. Their prices are very reasonable. I hope that if and when they make a mesh grille for the XB2 it looks like their XB1 grille and not the bling-bling T-Rex XB2 mesh grille. I'm going for a subtle look, not shiny bling-bling.
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i like both those trex grills. they look clean IMO
Old Aug 20, 2007 | 05:07 AM
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To each his own. I like their billet grille but their mesh grille just isn't my cup of tea.
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anyone seen any more on gen2 grills?

looking for a mesh similar to this tC's



the T-rex billet is nice, but the mesh' border is just too... old guy trying to make a 300 look cool by throwing all the chrome on it he can
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 10:13 AM
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Wait for SEMA to happen after that Lots of stuff should be coming out!!
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