i would have removed the stock grill. it looks weird with a double grill in there.

 

You cannot see it too well bc/of the color and the sun is to bright, but it looks pretty fresh.

 

When i took off the stock grill the bumper got all flimsy, so i decided to just keep it and put the grill over it. It seems that the front OEM grills adds rigidity to the bumper. Installation was pretty strait forward, took only 3 hours, including a lunch brake.

 

I like it, looks good

 

Thanks! Glad you like it, i had to make a few extra holes in the bumper assembly, the instructions that are provided leave the grills kind of floppy so i made a couple of extra holes and added some extra screws ect.ect. Its on pretty tight now.

 

did you just put the front grille over the oem one??
looks great

 

Yes, I was going to take the OEM one off but once i did i noticed the bumper got like jello, and the aluminum grill that was going to replace the front OEM grill was just not thick enough to support the front bumper assembly. And also if you take the front OEM grill you can see the Styrofoam piece that goes behind the bumper looks real ugly.

 

Some more pics

 

the front bumper wont be flimsy once installed on the car.

spray paint the styrofoam black.

but i know you have it all done and arent keen on taking everything off again. its a bitch i know.

 

I seriously thought about doing that, and i would not mind taking off the front bumper to do all that, the problem is having time to do it! lol Thanks for the idea kersh4w, it was also raining on the day i was doing this so painting would have been out of the question. I guess when i get ready to put my CAI in ill do all of that. And another thing you'll be surprised of how dirty it is behind your front bumper, i had spider eggs growing in there and spider webs every were, i guess since bc/i keep my car outside all the little bug and critters crawl in and call it home.

 

This is what I put on mine. Blk powder coat. You can get it from custom car grills. I tried to get it in every opening. If you zoom in on the hood pic you can see it in there too and in the fender.

http://www.customcargrills.com/products.asp?id=44

 

Very good thread, but I am worried about air flow.

 

I have the racing beat gauges installed on the car, and i have not noticed any difference in water temp, oil temp, or oil pressure for that matter. Anyways since i last posted, I took my front bumper off again and put back on my Oil cooler air diverters, I cant say i notice a difference but i guess it helps. Soon I will be taking off the Mid front OEM grill and making a custom grill similar to the ones in the pics to replace the whole front OEM grill.

 

Okay so today i removed the front bumper, and put the mid front grill one, here are some pics, they look bad bc/ they were taken with my phone. I painted the Styrofoam piece a flat black color. I also had to cut off some the the plastic on the bumper to make way for the grill, thank god for a DREMEL!!

 

Some more pics

 

ANd some more

 

Thats all of them

 

Cant really see any details in your pic's

 

Need bigger pics. Hard to say, but it looks better without the other grille behind it.

 

THe 1st 2 that I took are the largest, i dont have a good camera so sry guys =(

 

more pics

 

more

 

I'd been dragging my feet on adding mesh, had read this thread before, and the last round of pictures had me make up my mind.

I went with the powder coated razr side and lower grills from grilleguy. Came out to like $75. I can't bring myself to pull my main grille although jonathan's looks nice with the foam backing painted black.

 

that looks really good man....how did you attach it?

 

Let me tell you the mid grill is a pain in the ***. It involves cutting and drilling into the bumper, and you need a dremel no if ands or buts. 05 it is attached my small wire ties. you cant really see them b/c they are really small and close to the grill. If you look hard enough tho you can see them. Shell if you have any questions about mounting your grills let me know. Also you might want to keep the air diverters for your oil coolers. I know that the grill guy manual says to take them off but i suggest other wise. They were put there for a reason! And if any of you are wondering the paint i used is Duplicolor for priming the bumpers. I'm not sure but i believe it is safe for Styrofoam.