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What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:43 pm
by grocerygetter
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
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:52 am
by Pappy
No.
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:11 pm
by o2designs
No offense, but thats ugly as shit!!
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:01 pm
by grocerygetter
o2designs wrote:No offense, but thats ugly as shit!!
None taken, its out of a GMC Yukon Denali or...
B
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:15 pm
by o2designs
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.
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:37 pm
by grocerygetter
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.
)
B
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:28 am
by Redlineracer12
Looks nice. I think its better that you didn't go with the Lincoln style grill
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:19 am
by o2designs
I'm still thinking Red with the black center
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:48 am
by mars
yea the blackout front loooks way better than the funky Lincoln front bling...
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:38 pm
by Flea
i'd take the vinyl eyelids off though... looks kinda tacky imo.
everything else looks set though.
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:55 pm
by SVT-swap
I kinda like the eye lids.
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:51 pm
by zurno
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
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:51 pm
by Sucka612
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..
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:10 pm
by KRYPTO
You coulda went with the Bling and been pimpin
JK, looks good.
Re: What to do about the front end. ???????
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:28 pm
by umdivx