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Old Jan 19, 2008 | 11:53 PM
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Ok so plenty of you know that i have my share in upper badgeless grills. Ever since the idea came up to put a lower grill to the top grill has been i great mod of mine. So i started and made my own lower grill to upper grill mod and it turned out lovely!



Then i got bored of it and made a never version... Version 2 badgeless upper grill. I love the way it looks sinc it utilizes oem bumper latches and took alot of time to making the molds fit.




And now my final version that will not be going into my car but did it for a local friend. Probably the hardest and most time consuming badgeless grill i've done. Hard!?! Because its 3 parts. the OEM upper (clips onto the bumper) trim, an oem lower grill, and oem Chrome trim upper painted matte black. Enjoy!




OEM upper compared to my badgeless upper

Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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one word........Perfection ^^
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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wow good job! any DIY pics in the future? cheers!
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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four words puddle. this is ur grill!
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:04 AM
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thats hot. did you cut out the logo and replaced it with a grill piece of the bottem grill?
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:04 AM
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I'll be sure to post pics once it's installed ^^
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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how the hell did you do it?

did you just use the stock upper grille frame?but how is it attached?
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by a_german_named_hans
thats hot. did you cut out the logo and replaced it with a grill piece of the bottem grill?
which version? if u mean the 2nd then yes i cut the logo and replaced it with another piece from another upper grill

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how the hell did you do it?

did you just use the stock upper grille frame?but how is it attached?
which version again? haha

FUTURE REF: If u got any ques pls lemme know which ur looking at.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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version 2
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:15 AM
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ok i got it now... just cut out the piece from lower grille to fill in for where the badge is, right?
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:16 AM
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for version 2, everything is original. i just cut out the emblem portion and welded on some honeycomb piece to it. attachs just like oem.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:18 AM
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where did you cut it at? the corners ? and what did you use to glue them together
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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wow this is brilliant!... u can use one lower grille and make like 7 of these..
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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looks like you took a hot knife and cut out a piece from a bottom grill and melted it unto the top grill and filed down the melted area?

looks clean.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:32 AM
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yeah, the 2nd version 2nd pic isnt the one on my car and its pretty noticeable. but the one on my car was great to me.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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bravo
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 01:05 AM
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i still dont see how you got that honeycomb plastic to stick together so cleanly.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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zip ties and screws
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 01:13 AM
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i wish i had one of these
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 02:59 AM
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LED Headz FTW!



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