09 Polished Metal painted grill-before and after.

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Old 02-27-2009, 02:37 PM
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09 Polished Metal painted grill-before and after.

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Old 02-27-2009, 02:58 PM
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woohooO! Painty painty! As Borat would say, "sexy time". Looks like you are going to update your avatar now
Old 02-27-2009, 03:24 PM
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Looks so much cleaner
Old 02-27-2009, 03:31 PM
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How much?

BTW, looks good!!
Old 02-27-2009, 03:40 PM
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looks good lou! props man on a good mod
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you forgot to mark out your lisence plate on the second picture... great job btw
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Originally Posted by Tigmd99
How much?

BTW, looks good!!
$150 CAD

Originally Posted by bukxanger
you forgot to mark out your lisence plate on the second picture... great job btw
I wondered if anyone was going to realize I hadn't marked out my licence plate. No biggy, not worried. Good eye though.
Old 02-27-2009, 07:41 PM
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To me, the car looks greyish blue in the picture. But congrats!
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You know I love it of course.
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nice!
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Looks great, does the sport bumper allow you to put the front plate down in the lower intake? This looks alot better than on the bumper as well! If I did not already have the holes, I would move the plate down.
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Originally Posted by 09TSXMN
Looks great, does the sport bumper allow you to put the front plate down in the lower intake? This looks alot better than on the bumper as well! If I did not already have the holes, I would move the plate down.
Yes the licence plate fits perfectrly under the bumper. I basically lined it up where I wanted it using a cross section of the honey comb on the grill. I then marked two dots, one above and one below. I did this three times on each side of the plate so six dots in all. I then drilled holes where the dots were and I used computer zap straps (very small) to loop through the plate and around the grill. So in through to top hole, loop around the back of the grill and then back out through the bottom hole. Getting your fingers in the grill is a little tight but not frustratingly so.

I'm not sure I know what hole(s) you are talking about. The only hole in your bumper should be where they fastened the bottom fo you plate frame to the bottom of the bumper. And yes they did do this to my car but you can't see the hole in the bottom of the bumper so it didn't bother me. I say didn't because I had them remove the bumper and it was dropped. So they ordered me whole new bumper. Under warranty so I no longer have a hole in the bumper.

Long winded. Hope this helps.
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This looks good...any more pics from a different angle.
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Looks good! As the previous poster asked, do you have pics from different angles and lighting situations?
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is it possible to get this done at the dealership? or would it be cheaper somewhere else?
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Originally Posted by LBTSX09
is it possible to get this done at the dealership? or would it be cheaper somewhere else?
If they have their own body shop then yes. Otherwise they'll send it to wherever they send their cars to and charge you more than that body shop would directly. You'd be better off taking it to a body shop yourself.

I paid $150 FWIW.
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MAN!! with the front OEM aspec kit? it looked amazing already!!!

But this mod...still makes it look amazing. Just different. Great clean mod.
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