hey i have a 97 2.2 and saw somewhere that somebody made a custom grill from stuff they bought at home depot. Does anyone know hot to do this i think it would imporve the look of the car alot.

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The faster you go the smaller they get. Heed my advise.

 

I did it awhile ago for the top grill. All you have to do is buy a roll of gutter guard and unscrew 4 black nut type things that hold the front grill in. Then you will find little plastic pieces that hold it in and you just pop them out and out it comes. Then take out all the screws around the crome trim piece that holds it on and the two screws behind the "A" and then 2 on each side of the "A" holding the horizontal crome bar on. Then you just but the gutter stuff across the grill and cut it some so all the screw holes and little plastic slot things will still fit in. Screw the grill in between the crome trim ring and the back piece (leave the "A" center piece out) securely not to tight so it wont break. Then trim the edges and get a new "A" if you want to put back in the middle and put the grill back in.


Anyone know how to make the bottom piece fit and stay in?

 

Can someone please post pictures?

 

yeah i did the bottom here is a pic. i just folded the grill over the bumper on the bottom then secured the top with black zip ties around those pastic pieces in the bumper.


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1997 Black Acura 2.2 CL
Currently-
PIAAs Everywhere, PIAA 1700X, Custom Grill, Clear Corners, OE Spoiler,
5% Tints (Limo), HKS Super Dragger Exhaust, AEM CAI, Venom 400
Comming Soon-
Headers or Ignition, Front Lip

 

sorry if this is a stupid question but what do you mean you just folded it over the bottom of the bumper? Like under the black plastic trim piece on the bottom of the bumper? Can you see where you folded it over when looking at the car or when looking underneath it?

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'97 CL with custom scratches thanks to my mom's "wonderful" cats

 

So the horizontal crome bar and stock A badge has to be removed in order to do the top grill? There is no way to cut a circle around the A and leave the stock one there?
Did you buy a new badge for the front? Do you have pics?

I'm looking to do this this weekend.
Peace
N

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'97 2.2CL
White
Cleared bumpers
Clean trunk look
Mods to come...need $$$!

 

Mine is here... I dunno how to post pictures... Hope it works! http://www.zing.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4270950012&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zing. com%2Fpicture%2Fpeb277a196e8871abf4968a404d7feaad% 2Ffe91867c.jpg&caption=im0000351

 

NYCE!

Did the old emblem get in the way? Or did you just take it out completely?

I think If I put an A on the ne grill someone is just going to rip it off

I'm not sure how secure I could get it.

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'97 2.2CL
White
Cleared bumpers
Clean trunk look
Mods to come...need $$$!

 

Your car looks good. Thats just like mine except i have an A from the TL for the front. Whomever said it could be ripped off is right it easily could be.



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'97 CL with custom scratches thanks to my mom's "wonderful" cats

 

your car lookz pretty dope yo, except
one thing, gotta take off the front
license plate, will look soo much better
i used to have the same car, but ive
moved on too bigger & better thingz ~!!

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2001 CL TYPE-$
Black on Black
TV/DVD/VCR Installed
Fully Equipped System
Eibach Springs
Lo-Jack
Dark Tint All Around

 

keke, so it did work! Well, I was thinking about adding an emblem, but I knew it would either get snatched off(like my first rear one) or it would fall off after it would rain because it didn't have a large surface to stick to. So I just decided not to.

 

that looks real nice 2.2 just like mine except w/out the grille. did you use the stuff from home depot?

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The faster you go the smaller they get. Heed my advise.

 

your car looks just awesome!!
would you please give me a hint of how to do the front? is it just the work like civic and accord? i want to fix it bymyself if its not too hard. thanks~



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97 2.2 CL
dropped and black out window.
PIAAs everywhere except the CATZ headlights.
PIAA 1900X fog light kit hidden by custom grill.
RAZO shift konb, RAZO pedal set and MOMO leather cover.
5 Zigen 5ZR 17" rims with Yokohama Parada tires.
H&R springs and Tokico shocks.
5 stage interglow dashboard, aqua light scanner connected to Viper.

 

Well, to do the grille...
1. take the grille out and seperate the chrome from the black backing. (There are four large black rubber screw thingys that are holding the grille onto the hood. And about 6? regular small screws that are holding the chrome to the black.)
2. you will then place the chrome part over the material you are making your grille with to create the outline of the grille.
3. cut out the material
4. place it between the black backing and chrome cover and replace all the screws.
That's it.
But I also cut out the black plastic part(pain in the @ss) because the place where the emblem was at was a "pig snout" that looked fruity. But beware, if you do cut it out, it'll expose a part of the hood latch that is clearly visible on lighter cars!

 

thanks a lot bud~
i`ll take your advices and discuss with my buddies, i wanted to do that ever since, but i`ve never seen one in seattle, so i wasnt sure if i should do it~ i`ll try to work on it~~

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97 2.2 CL
dropped and blacked out window.
CL clear lenz.
PIAAs everywhere except the CATZ headlights.
PIAA 1900X fog light kit hidden by custom grill.
RAZO shift konb, RAZO pedal set and MOMO leather cover.
5 Zigen 5ZR 17" rims with Yokohama Parada tires.
H&R springs and Tokico shocks.
5 stage Indiglo gauges dashboard, aqua light scanner connected to Viper.

 

No prob. Also, I had mine painted the same color as my car... just in case you wanted to know...

 

no u cant see where i folded it over. its inside the bumper. u can't even see the zip ties unless u bend over and shove ur face in my grill.

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1997 Black Acura 2.2 CL
Currently-
PIAAs Everywhere, PIAA 1700X, Custom Grill, Clear Corners, OE Spoiler,
5% Tints (Limo), HKS Super Dragger Exhaust, AEM CAI, Venom 400
Comming Soon-
Headers or Ignition, Front Lip

 

thats a nice car you got there.. was it hard to do? how long did it take you to do that?
let me try it out on my buddy's car...

[This message has been edited by B16A (edited 05-08-2001).]

 

and also VXCL:
how do u take out the bumper? cause i tried to take it out, and there is a bolt on each side its too hard to take it out..
any info would help, thanx!

 

i didnt take off the bumper! u r makin it way too hard for ur self. just cut the lengthu need first. measure by the top length cuz the bottom is much smaller. i used the scrap that i cut off when doin the lenght to get the shape on the side perfectly. just hold it up to the bumper and bend it perfect ly with the contoutr of the bumper hole.. then just trace that shape onto the grill peice starting at the top then to the bottom. where that cut ends just bend the bottom og the grill pe9iec back instead of cutting it. then u got to line it up with the car and see where u got to cut out for the plastic posts.. then slide the grill into the hole and bend it over and inside th ebumper in the bottom then secure the top with zip ties to the posts in the bumper. this is prob very confusing, but its hard to explain. the actuall process is extremely easy though. soon ill put it up on my website with pics and diagrams so u knwo wtf im talkin about.

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1997 Black Acura 2.2 CL
Currently-
PIAAs Everywhere, PIAA 1700X, Custom Grill, Clear Corners, OE Spoiler,
5% Tints (Limo), HKS Super Dragger Exhaust, AEM CAI, Venom 400
Comming Soon-
Headers or Ignition, Front Lip