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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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I had a friend of mine laser cut me a grille. Its brushed stainless. Wasn't exactly a snap in fit, I had to use some goop glue to make it work. Overall I really like it, I am getting the same design made for the lower grill except there will be no words on the lower grille.







Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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Thats pretty cool.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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Looks pretty cool... I might have gone with a different font maybe, but definitely different.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:49 PM
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The font is a little harder to manipulate than you would think, anything too complex and it won't work or it'll look funky. I had to keep it simple.
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:52 PM
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It looks good and..... i applaud being unique!
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 02:11 AM
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sorry dude just not feeling it maybe its the size of the holes i dont know but other then that if you like it then that is all the matters.
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 02:32 AM
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hmm.. good concept, though i might have to agree.. the size of the holes in the grille look freakishly too large.

no offense of course
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 02:38 AM
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Any plans on making that available to others?
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by SquallLHeart
hmm.. good concept, though i might have to agree.. the size of the holes in the grille look freakishly too large.

no offense of course
Agreed, there should be a little smaller, and a lower grill should be made too same design w/o the scion text
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 04:13 AM
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yeah, holes are too big, needs a bottom grill to match. very unique though
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 04:38 AM
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Yeah the holes are too big. You can throw golf ***** through them.
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 04:52 AM
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Not my cup of tea.. but they sure look original.. once the lower grille goes on I'm sure it will look better..



One thing tho.. at first glance.. all I could think of was..

















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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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Honeycomb big!
Yeah yeah yeah!
It's not small!
No no no!
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 05:53 PM
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lol, thx for the comments guys. Hmm i guess it looks bigger on pictures than it really is. You guys are just used to seeing mesh grills on the tc But yea a lower grille is being made, same design just no writing.
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 05:57 PM
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I really like that.. Very unique
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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thats different, but i like it a lot
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 02:00 AM
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veyr different and i applaud the uniqueness, just not my style. You like it that's all that matters tho.
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 02:15 AM
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If you could perfect that, and make different styles available, you could really make some money off of it.
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 02:26 AM
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hideous if you ask me....
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 02:55 AM
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^ To each his own



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