Outstanding. The wheels and grille are a great contrast with the body color.

 

That is a great lookin' grill, are they hard to take out and do the aftermarket ones fit right in?

 

I just got done doin' the chrome luggage rack rails on my '07. I did everything just as they told me, all the measurements were right on the money and the template was aligned exactly along the body lines per instructions. Well, when I tried to do the rear rivets abd screw the crimper it missed the opening in the under skin by a few centimeters on both sides. I ha to use another nut as a spacer to get the rivets to install and the installer bolt not to bottom out. Personally, I don't think the manufacturer cuts the inside part of the templane straight so things are just a tad off. Has anyone else had this problem? They look great it's just that little snaffu that bothered me.

 

Originally Posted by Sheverlay:
How did you go about filling in the areas where the cross bars of the grille were cut out? Fiberglass/Bondo?

I, too, would like to know how ya did that...

Lookin' good!!!

Mo

 

I like it. Just as soon as I figure out how or you tell how to fill in where the old pieces are removed I may do something very similar. The lower opening is more of a concern to me.

 

I PM'ed him and he told me this:

"I cut apart the grill and plastic welded the cutouts back in, then a little bondo and filler, sand sand sand then high coat primer, sand sand sand then paint....you can see pics in my gallery... good luck with it!"


I have little experience with plastic welding, so I decided to use PlastiFix. It's kind of expensive, but it seems to be doing a great job on my grille so far.

It's available here: http://www.urethanesupply.com/plastifixhowto.php


Harbor Freight has several plastic welders, if you wanna go that route. They are available here: http://search.harborfreight.com/cpis...plastic+welder

 

I just made an old school 'Gutter-Guard grill' for my lower, & powdercoated it black. Which didn't take me long..

Lower does catch lots of crap, I pulled out a plastic coffee cup last time on the super-slab.. Glad it wasn't some damaging debris...

Even tho starting in 2008 the HHRs' came with some oem plastic condenser & lower rad proctection.. I still feel better with the Gutter-Guard Grill added..& in black gloss it's almost totally invisible.

& if one day I go Billet, I'm only out less than $10 clams..