defconskylude

It's about 75% done. I still have to fill in the gap with something. Probably with some abs plastic or some weather stripping. I still have to sand down the edges. Everything is held with zip ties sinces it's hard to create brackets with bolts and nuts.

Also I'm not liking the chrome and silver. I think it clashes with my color scheme. I'm likely to plasti dip the chrome. Maybe even tint it like black chrome. Also I plan to plasti dip or cf vinyl wrap the upper and lower grill. I'm pretty sure I'll figure out a good color scheme to match the car. There's so many color combinations I can do with this.

Took me about 5 hours. It was mostly dremeling and figuring out how to mount it. I ran out of time this evening so I'll get back to cleaning it up sometime next week.

I have a lot more pics but this teaser will do for now

rockstar143

iTrader: (6)

MDX grill?!
Nice, look forward to the end result.

ed_423

in for final pic. chrome def. clash a lotttttt!

tobwac

actually it looks interesting and promising but Im also in to see the final result

demetrius82

pretty sick, black out the top and bottom , leave the acura sign and the middle part

defconskylude

yea thats one of the color combination that im thinking. maybe i might paint it silver to match my fog light housing

demetrius82

that would be awesome, but defintly black out the top and bottom part , leave the middle and the acura sign, or carbon fiber the top and botom leave the middle and acura or black out the middle and acura with the caron top and bottom, 3 diffrent options right there

TSXKid2010

Ehhh....i was really looking forward to this but that grille seems WAY too big for the car. Will wait for final product

Mr. NC

Defcon I hate it...wtf is that man, it's not proportional to the car at all. It's like the shield grille on steroids...but the bad kind lol

ed_423

defcon is building it for the up coming movie "the avengers"

s.h.i.e.l.d. tsx.

TSXKid2010

Should hide this pic from Acura before they decide they needz moar grille.

KillerG

quickly colored over -



though i couldnt do much about the shitty car in the pic

defconskylude

^ bingo! yep that makes it look smaller now

mrstak

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I like KG's photopoop of it more than the original...but it still looks off to me. need to see more pics from different angles. curse you for giving only a teaser pic.

ssjoeboe9

Looks just like the MDX grille. Seems too big, but CF,or plastidip,or paintmatch the upper and lower will prolly make it look much better. Does the grille have texture?

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defconskylude

i know what you mean. i can always take out the top and bottom and create an outer frame just like c-mod and ron jon. i just went with this because its way totally different.

it looks big because of all the chrome and silver which makes it stand out. also the acura logo is hella huge compared the original logo on the TSX.

ill be working with the color scheme to bring it down. ill even try the double murder look by blacking out all 3 grills with cf vinyl and plasti dip.

TSXKid2010

The A bar is just too big.

defconskylude

another version is to position this higher and create a frame around it and call it a day. my only issue is the background where it shows the horn and wirings. i need to find a good honeycomb grill.

defconskylude

yes it is. i want to black it out so its not big. hehe

TSXKid2010

Also the bar rests too low. it needs to be higher.

defconskylude

i need more suggestions. throw them out there

defconskylude

yep. i mentioned that 2 posts above

its low because i wanted to see the MDX look. ron jon look will have to move up higher

defconskylude

its kinda flat. it needs a beveled frame. ill cut some abs plastic and weld it on there

mrstak

iTrader: (1)

That's what I was thinking too. Looks huge compared to our normal emblem.

Ahh okay I see what you did...the leftmost and rightmost parts of the middle piece are on the outside part of the bumper. Is there anyway for you to mess with the angle of the pieces? They're too angled. Might look/fit better if they weren't so acute angled.

+1 on plastidip or cf'ing the upper/lower parts.

defconskylude

i agree.

yea the upper and lower grill have these textured indents.

defconskylude

yep i had to cut inside so it just slides over the bumper.

the upper grill is fitted perfectly with the middle grill.
im having issues fitting the bottom grill. its actually hanging over the bumper. also its bolted in the center. i used an L-bracket and it made the center part of the bottom grill a bit flat. i still need to figure out a way to fit the bottom grill. it probably needs more dremeling. i didnt do any real measurements. i just eyeballed it and shaved little at a time

ya plasti dip and cf vinyl will likely make a huge difference. i have plasti dip in the garage but i need to order some more cf vinyl.

defconskylude

this MDX grill is not that bad for a $100 investment.

imagine if i bought a C-mod grill and used this center grill over it.

ill just buy his grills, slap on my conversion and sell it for $500 over ebay. hehehehe

then i can buy more gunzzzzzzzzzzzz

swarlos

Nice. I like the full shield look with the giant emblem. Looks Benz-ish. Only thing that looks a bit off is the fact that the A is too low. No real way to fix that though. =/

defconskylude

yea thats totally the first thing i thought of. it reminded me of the benz grill

ya i cant do anything about it. not much room to work with on the 11' models. maybe on the 09/10 bumper since the grill actually touches the headlights

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

in for the end result....right now its looking a little

sorry defcon, I love the mods you do and the skills u posses....eagerly waiting for this to turn around....

defconskylude

i have the DIY pics. i just need to modify them in photoshop with my notes. ill post them later on after i finish this grill

defconskylude

its cool man. i still have my OEM grill that i can always slap back on.

stay tuned buddy. like i said its only 75% done. plenty of room for improvements.

im also curious to take these upper and lower grill off and do a ronjon version. ill tackle on this version later on after im done with this MDX look.

that would be awesome if i can just toggle the look every month. zip ties are a wonderful invention

thanks again for the feedback guys. ill be listening

crazyasiantl

iTrader: (7)

idk..kinda reminds me of a Chevy Volt


in for final result though

ssjoeboe9

Lol guns are always a good investmment. They don't really lose value either. Anyways I like the bar without the upper and lower parts. When u started this project I actually thought u were going to just do the bar and add mesh to fill in the space. In my opinion I think that would be clean. Get either black or paint matched mesh and leave the bar chrome. It'll look awesome. That's my two cents. I know you will figure it out and make it look good.

defconskylude

ill be doing both versions.

i didnt want to just scrap the MDX upper/lower grills. i wanted to see if i can make them work. i can see it working so i definitely wont scrap them.

defconskylude

yep i agree. i thought of the chevy volt just as i was mounting the grills

defconskylude

for the 2nd version with just the chrome middle grill, im thinking of buying a large aluminum sheetmetal from lowes/home depot and just drilling holes in them and using that as my back grill. then spray it flat black or semi gloss black.

i think that would look better than a honeycomb grill and it would be easier to manipulate

ssjoeboe9

Good luck drilling singular holes in sheet metal. You need a CNC machine for it to come out right. The reason the MDX grille looks good is cause of the dimples. I would make the two shields out of aluminum plot your dots with a marker and pound out dimples using a rod and hammer. It will be less noticeable if you mess up and easier than drilling every single hole like you were thinking of doing for the mesh. There are a lot of mesh styles out there that would look good why make a custom one? I would focus on manipulating the MDX shield.

defconskylude

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