Hit by a tire on interstate today, dislodged the lower grille....

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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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Hit by a tire on interstate today, dislodged the lower grille....

So should I just pop it back in or what?
It looks like the connections on the top are broken as well as the actualy part being deformed....
THIS SUCKS.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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very minimal damage!!!!
at the most, just buy a new grill with the clips.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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You are definitely lucky if the paint didnt spider web.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 07:33 PM
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Damn....nasty hit...very lucky it didn't hit the actual body....
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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I just wiped off the black stuff from the tire...minor scratches :/
ARGH STUPID 18 WHEELERS.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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What happened, was the tire rolling away from an crash? How do you get hit by a tire?
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Where I live we're undergoing lots of construction, so there are always these 18 wheeler dump trucks driving around.
One on the tires blew on one and direct hit on me, then proceded to tip over into the median....
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TSXKid2010
Where I live we're undergoing lots of construction, so there are always these 18 wheeler dump trucks driving around.
One on the tires blew on one and direct hit on me, then proceded to tip over into the median....
Sounds like you could have stuck around and got on the accident report and have his insurance take care of it.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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I was actually hoping that nothing happened....
But sounds like that was what I shoulda done!
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:56 AM
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lol the grille cost around70 bucks. i checked.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 07:17 AM
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Take a other grille! This grille is looking deformed from when I buy this car, I never like the Underspoiler Grille. Your chance to make a mod
I have a plastik grille now inside, for me looks much better
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by HondoGermany
Your chance to make a mod
I have a plastik grille now inside, for me looks much better
Hondo, that is a nice bottom grille you have. In North America, the license plate holder clips are mounted on the bottom grille so there will be further work for us to adapt.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by HondoGermany
Take a other grille! This grille is looking deformed from when I buy this car, I never like the Underspoiler Grille. Your chance to make a mod
I have a plastik grille now inside, for me looks much better
I'll actually have to look into that lower grill. It's lookin' real nice too!
Do you have a link or something to where I can order it?

Originally Posted by 09TSXTech
Hondo, that is a nice bottom grille you have. In North America, the license plate holder clips are mounted on the bottom grille so there will be further work for us to adapt.
In my state, they gave us the front mount license plate holder as an option if we wanted to install it ourselves.
Fron license plates aren't required, or allowed, here.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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sorry to hear about that.

And in your other thread you were asking what your first mod should be! I say you file your accident report and use the insurance claim to get the sport front bumper
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 09TSXTech
Hondo, that is a nice bottom grille you have. In North America, the license plate holder clips are mounted on the bottom grille so there will be further work for us to adapt.
Thanks
Your licenceplate dont look like mounted on the bottom grille? and if thenn it should not be a great problem to modify, but thats only what I see on your Picture!
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TSXKid2010
I'll actually have to look into that lower grill. It's lookin' real nice too!
Do you have a link or something to where I can order it?
Thank you!

I get it on Ebay, so I have only an Ebay Europe Link! Dont know how much it cost on Ebay.com. This dealer ships worldwide but you have to ask for shipping to USA
http://cgi.ebay.de/Wabengitter-Renng...item483c079196
Looks much better then Aluminium Mesh grille for me
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