so i just messed up my stock grill.. (i get frustrated quite easily) so i got on ebay and purchased this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-06...ht_3520wt_1591

do you think it is gonna work out?

 

it most likely will be "ok" as you put it. i'm sure you know... you just bought the cheapest of the cheap. so i wouldn't keep my hopes high. cheap crap costs less for a reason.

can i have your OEM grill as long as it's not cracked or broken? i repaint and use them.

 

yea i know its cheap.. as long as it fits idc.. it seems pretty cool if it fits right. but i am not giving away the stock one.. i am gonna do something with it.

 

Yeah tell me how that $20 one works out!

I need to repaint my stock grille...but I'm too lazy to spray a million layers over the course of a day.

 

the reason i picked this one is the fact that i have the perrin intake..and the piping and filter is bright red like my wheels.. so with this grill you will be able to see it through the mesh.. i know it isnt actually "JDM" but i mean really.. who cares.. it kinda looks cool. and im not putting it on and being like omg my car is jdm now. i think it will be nice looking.. atleast that is what i hope for.

 

I think it is rather cool looking IMO. As long as you like it, it should not matter what other people think.

 

I hope yours fits better than mine did. I bought the same one, and it came with the emblem busted, and a big gouge in it. It didnt' sit straight, when bolted up, it was 1/8" higher on one side. I took it off and put my stock back on.

 

aftermarket stuff never realy fits as well as OEM.
cheep aftermarket stuff (most of the time) fits .............well, like crap.

 

I know a few people running that grille who haven't had any problems.

 

Shawn that will work just fine.....also the ABS Dynamics one work well I have 3 of them....and an extra one now

 

I thought I remember reading that having the filter exposed in the front like that forces to much air down it and makes it stall. I could be wrong, but you also have to worry about the filter getting wet if it rains.

 

Ooh, yea. I wouldn't run an open grille with the Perrin intake.

 

well what i am going to do is block off the grill were the filter is at.. maybe with a piece of plexi glass.

 

That'd be fine, then. No filter should be that exposed to the elements.

 

yea it would have to be cleaned non stop

 

so i got the grill in the mail the other day. it fits pretty darn good. and i found some black gorilla tape for the area where the filter is exposed.. it just rained the other day real hard.. the tape held up perfect and the filter did not get wet.. so im pretty happy with it all.

 

Pictures are worth a thousand words!

 

pic's

 

Should work out ok, take pics when installed was curious to see the outcome/ fitment.

 

it will be a day or two before i can get pics up. i just moved back out of my moms house so i do not have internet set up.. and right now im at my moms but my camera is at my place. next time im over here there will be pictures.