davidspalding

"Bring a towel, 'cause we're laid out like that."

CGTSX07

guys i modded my grill too. what do you all think?

davidspalding

Woot, widemouth CAI!

Bennnnn

a bit too empty for my taste.

janob05

well you had the right idea by trying to change ur grill but half assed is no way to go about it. i did the same thing but finished it.
1. disassembled the grill
2. sanded it down. coarse and fine sandpaper. cleaned it up.
3. couple coats of flat black spray paint( prefered flat)
4. nice lil touch i added. ( taped off around where the background of the A in the middle is and painted the background blue. my tsx is abp so it matches pretty well. so grill is all black but blue behind the A logo. looks nice) will post pics if neone is interested.
5. clearcoat if u feel necessary. wll prolly last a lil longer. i like a matte finish myself. not so keen on the glossy look.
6. just reassemble and reinstall. pretty simple. put back in place, pop center of clip out, put back in hole n press center pin back into clip.
oh and clean everything up before you reinstall the grill. its already out might as well clean under it.

mdkxtreme

why dont you mod the front bumper by taking it off too

thrty8street

failure

PWAiN

yeah...this thread is getting out of hand already...

wackura

mmmm, sweet redundant criticism, so fun to roll around in!

SimpleWhite

lets see a pic

davidspalding

Yeah, that does sound nice. Using the factory paint would be the ideal way to go, but of course, it's behind the A, so.... Picture, please. Save this thread from the doldrums.

jfive

janob05

ok well im going to post a picture as soon as i can find the damn plug for my camera. makes me sick im so unorganized.

janob05

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janob05

oh and i also blacked out my emblems on the back and the chrome door trim





let me know how ya like it

davidspalding

You lost me with the blacked out badges, until I grokked that you mostly de-chromed it. I get it. Not for me, but definitely a nice, interesting, distinctive look.

janob05

appreciate it. i was def looking for distinctive.

kennungesser

That looks good. did a neat job of it, janob05

silkk8482

I love what you did to the grill. Nice matching color.

wackura

Do you have any pics of the whole car?

Steam7369

that blue fade inside the emblem is sweet, dunno about the blacked out back...

Audioserf

You did a good job. Keep an eye on the grille, I have a feeling you're going to get a lot of rock chipping through that flat black paint.

Civic2TSX

+1 for both of these.

davidspalding

And +1 for rescuing the thread.

wackura

Are you tempted to paint your emblems and glue them back on?

kdUbz

unique and nice work man..

DVS-TSXER

ok ya we are getting too creative up in here

janob05

i wasnt too sure about the emlems in back but wen i was done and stepped back and looked i started to like it more. and no one else has done so tht was my main motivation. ill get some more pix here in a lil bit. thanx for all the feedback everyone

janob05

dark outside n dont have ne pix right now. ill get some on here tomorrow

wong05tsx

iTrader: (6)

Paint matched
(the buttom smudge is just some wax that needs to be buffed out)

davidspalding

!!!

janob05

looks good.

DJ2000

nice try. But its undone. It does look like your grill fell off.

Audioserf

Looks great. I like how you did the middle "wing" the A sits on too. I only had my top and bottom chrome bits matched.

davidspalding

Yeah ... giving me ideas for my car. i think my grill would look niiiiice with ASM instead of the chrome, with the only chrome being the emblem.

tuoncan

So here is the update.

wackura

The TSX is too nice of a car for hack saw improvisation. You should realy just order the Mugen grill and put this episode behind you.

davidspalding

Hmm ... interesting.

LukeaTron

I'm not trying to be mean but it just looks lame to me. I don't think those Mugen grills look very good and that looks like a half assed Mugen grill.

Mugenpwp

tuoncan, do us a favor and slam the oem grill back on.

Dont quit your day job trying to sell one of these. The big gaping hole doesnt look very nice.

I know its good t be unqiue but it doesnt work, are you the one that has all those stickers all over the back of the car?