I thought I'd throw these up because I haven't seen anyone set up their grill like this, although I'm sure there has been quite a few who have. Some people may think the billet grills look mini truck style but I think it looks fairly clean. Just had the grill powder coated black and had the chrome trim from the original grill painted black at the local body shop. Let me know what you think...

http://sevenonefour.com/photos/jesse...icture331.aspx

http://sevenonefour.com/photos/jesse...icture332.aspx

 

Lookin good man. Debadge your trunk lid and move the emblem up front, bet that would look pretty sweet (if that's your cup of tea, of course). Either way, nice work

 

Moved to DC...

 

I actually cut the OEM grille out, and mounted the billet in it's place. (bottom grille is also billet, but no cutting of the OEM was required) No powdercoat for me, though. Just good old fashioned low-gloss black.

 

Moving the emblem up front has crossed my mind. When I debadge I'll definitely slap on the front to see if I like it.
Dr Isotope, I like how your grill looks. How did you set it up like that? I hate the fact that mine just hangs on the OEM grill.

 

Lots and lots of cutting. For the upper grille, I cut the honeycomb out completely, then had to cut the billet down to fit inside the opening, then structural epoxy the parts together. Then sand, prime, paint.

 

Yeah, that's way too much work for me. Nice job though, your effort paid off.

 

wow, that looks good. Very clean now.

 

looks good, and would look 10x better without the OEM grill behind it.

you should atleast take the scion badge off the OEM grill, or paint it black so it dont stick out soo much

 

The badge has been removed. You couldn't see it when it was silver. Everything just shows up more behind it now that it's black. That was my one disappointment. I didn't realize it would do that.

 

that looks really good. i should try that on my friends tc.

 

Looks nice. I like Isotope's grill a lot.

 

Isotope's grill came out very nice... want to do almost the same thing to my tC, just not black.

 

I have the black powdercoated billet grilles on mine also...Looks sharp if you ask me.

 

grill looks good.. something funny happened when i clicked on your link too.. i happen to find a pic of my car up on the banner!! hahaha im next to the 350z

 

i would like this very much if you kept the chrome border around the grill

 

For me, getting rid of the chrome trim was a big part of the reason I did the grille at all. Aside from the inner door handles, we have no other chrome. I personally feel that the nose on the IIP looks much better with the chrome obscured.

 

Hey Hawk, that's classic that your car showed up in that picture. I'll have to tell my friend who owns the site and took the pic.

 

looooks great!

 

system operator, where did you get your grill from?