Wow, that was a hell of a find!

 

had to be a coporate demo. IF the car is supposed to have a different grill, I find it interesting it's mathced to the car.

 

The RS1 did originally have the sport grille.

 

I heard back from Scion about the grill. They said ALL RS1's came with the sport grill. Regardless of where this grill came from, I'm now on the lookout for an original red sport grill, mint condition of course.

 

Right, only the RS1's came in red. Why would a standard grill come in red ? and it's definitly not a repaint.

 

It's not cheap, and it would need to be painted... but here it is.
http://www.newscionparts.com/product/?id=1068

 

Perhaps something happened with the original grille and they did a paint and swap with a stock grille.

 

With all this out in the open, the question is: are you gonna make it a daily, or are you gonna turn it into a garage queen?

 

Probably a little of both. It'll be a while (6-8 months) before I can afford to find another decent daily for the wife. Then there's the issue of telling her she can't drive the xA all the time, Hmmmmm, any suggestions with that one ?

 

I like it. That is super clean.

 

I heard back from Scion about the grill. Only speed grills were installed, anything else was after the factory. They were nice enough to give me the correct part # so all I had to do was stop by my local Toyota dealer and they gave me a price quote. Super good guy price of $379.00 and it comes painted.

 

I would strongly consider getting the correct factory grill for that collector's item while they are still available, but that's maybe just me.

Thing is, that car is rare to start with, and having in your hands such a perfect, low mileage unit, it would be nice to keep it as "original" as possible.

Tom

 

Definitly at the top of my "to do" list. And any mods will be simple bolt on's (tire's, wheels, etc) with me keeping all the original parts.
She's in good hands.....