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Old Sep 5, 2014 | 04:05 PM
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2012 Grille Modification

Slowly but surely all chrome will be black....
Decided to cut the front grille up, paint it all black.
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Old Sep 5, 2014 | 04:20 PM
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Looks great! I was planning on doing the same thing except leave the Acura emblem on the grille chrome.

Nonetheless came out nice
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 09:41 AM
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Looks ricey now. Put a Mugen badge on it now.
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 10:22 AM
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pretty good job cutting it. did you put anything behind it or is it just open?
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 12:27 PM
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It would look better without the tinted headlights.
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 01:45 PM
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i liked it when it was a stock grill too much black going on in the front
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 02:45 PM
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Could go either way on this one. I love the black on white look when it's followed up all the way around the vehicle. ie; black wheels, door handles (or other trim) and trunk. See Jeep:

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Old Sep 8, 2014 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by jdm_fanatix
pretty good job cutting it. did you put anything behind it or is it just open?
Open behind it...painted everything inside flat black (ac condenser,lines some other things)

Originally Posted by HeartTLs
It would look better without the tinted headlights.
Headlights aren't tinted, just the corner marker lights. I think the black grilles helped bring out the fact the TL has black housings

Originally Posted by Mr Marco
Could go either way on this one. I love the black on white look when it's followed up all the way around the vehicle. ie; black wheels, door handles (or other trim) and trunk. See Jeep:

Funny you post a jeep, had a GC before this and blacked out all the chrome. I don't think certain modern cars look good with chrome..
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Old Sep 9, 2014 | 12:40 PM
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I really like the way this looks. A guy took the top of 2012 grill and combined it with the bottom of the 2009 grill. This is what it should have looked like all along. If someone wants to start mass producing I need one in white.
http://www.autobody101.com/forums/vi...p?f=12&t=17385


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Old Sep 9, 2014 | 08:26 PM
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I like it-lookin' good.
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 12:41 AM
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Is that Brian'sTL?

He does a great job on grills.
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 09:14 AM
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^^^Yes it is. KarKraze now has that grille and it looks just as good on his WDP.
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ucf_bronco
^^^Yes it is. KarKraze now has that grille and it looks just as good on his WDP.
i thought KK had done an MDX retrofit?
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 10:56 AM
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You're right, but he did away with it when Brian sold his one-of-a-kind grille.

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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 12:18 PM
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oh no way! I must have missed that, it looks way nicer than the MDX one did

thanks bronco
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 09:11 PM
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Thanks Fellas!
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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 06:58 PM
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You're right, but he did away with it when Brian sold his one-of-a-kind grille.
Nexson has made only one such grille ?
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Old Sep 12, 2014 | 04:22 PM
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I made one from the oem parts of a 09 and 12 and then I made one from a c-mod grille and 12 parts.
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