What to do about the front end. ???????

grocerygetter · Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:43 pm

Toying with grill Ideas, which will probably include cutting out all the horizontal and vertical bars from the lower grill area giving the front end a "big mouth" appearance. I have been looking at mesh, Billet, and expanded metal as well as machining my own from aluminum just don't know if I want to do all the reverse engineering of the grill perimeter and mounting surfaces at this time. What ever it is it has to look good and not ricey. Below is a photochopped Vertical Billet that I haven't found yet but could make, of course it would be going on my IR ZX3. What do you think of the vertical billet?

Comments?
Brian

Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:52 am

Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:11 pm

No offense, but thats ugly as shit!!

grocerygetter · Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:01 pm

o2designs wrote:No offense, but thats ugly as shit!!

None taken, its out of a GMC Yukon Denali or...

B

Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:15 pm

Looks like a lincoln front end. Not at home on a Focus.

If I were you, paint the housing of the grille, and get black center section. You'll be ready to rock.

grocerygetter · Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:37 pm

Okay so this is what I am going to do with my front end for now.
It's a combination of ST grill outer trim ring in Black with the stock Black insert. I still have the chrome stock trim ring which has now had a glass bead treatment and is a matte finish and the silver insert that came with the ST grill. I plan on painting both of those pcs Red and then trying the 4 different possible color combinations. Sorry no Lincoln Billet grille.

I think a little niteshade on the Blue oval up front is in order to make it blend in a bit. (

I need to put the Radiator cover back in, forgot to do that, things will be darker no Red showing through the grill.

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B

Redlineracer12 · Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:28 am

Looks nice. I think its better that you didn't go with the Lincoln style grill

Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:19 am

I'm still thinking Red with the black center

mars · Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:48 am

yea the blackout front loooks way better than the funky Lincoln front bling...

Flea · Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:38 pm

i'd take the vinyl eyelids off though... looks kinda tacky imo.
everything else looks set though.

SVT-swap · Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:55 pm

I kinda like the eye lids.

zurno · Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:51 pm

Flea wrote:i'd take the vinyl eyelids off though... looks kinda tacky imo.
everything else looks set though.

they look kinda funky in the pic, not bad in person

and they are not vinyl, those are painted inside the housing

Sucka612 · Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:51 pm

zurno wrote:
Flea wrote:i'd take the vinyl eyelids off though... looks kinda tacky imo.
everything else looks set though.
and they are not vinyl, those are painted inside the housing

Yup, they look good in person. I agree with Kyle, red grill with black insert. It doesn't look bad as it is now tho..

KRYPTO · Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:10 pm

You coulda went with the Bling and been pimpin

JK, looks good.

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- Josh