I'm pretty sure I can confirm that the grill is indeed real aluminum as a rock has made a decent cavity on the outside of the passenger's side 'wing' abreast of the "A" logo.

Can barely see it, but it's there.....looks like what an aluminum plate might look like if hit by a stone at 90 mph.

Anyone try a rubber mallet to correct it?

BJ

 

 

its plastic

 

Yeah, some plastic can be dented as well. You know how if you bend plastic a certain way you get that white-ish look to it (a result of the materials flexing?) That's probably what happened. If you tried to bang it out you'd probably need to soften it up with heat first.