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F sport grille, paint...or no paint?

Old 07-27-14, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Sffd103
Looks better but that license plate has to go the way you have it. I had the hide away plate if you NEED it.
Unfortunately, for BC, we need front plates.

Where I have it, I actually much prefer it over the standard bumper installation.

It also protect my bumper if I pull to close to the end of a parking stall, which is really nice.

Maybe I could take a look at the hide away plate.
Old 07-28-14, 06:58 AM
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I'll throw my hat into the ring:

fsport grille with matching grille surround and newly installed front lip spoliers. Also this was my first post, I'm really looking forward to contributing more!
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Old 07-28-14, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by getafewliv
Picked up my grille yesterday. I love how it looks, but now I am unsure if I should paint match the bottom mesh part, or if that would be a bit much...




Looks good! It looks like you painted the grill. As for the bottom, don't paint it because the mesh pattern is different from the top grill so it will look off. I don't have a picture of my grill installed as I just took it off and plan to use a clear plasti dip for the chrome surround to give it a smoke look. Not sure how it will turn out.

Paint I used was Dupli color Phantom gray pearl and dupli color clear coat.
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Any easy/quick way to remove just the chrome surround
Old 07-28-14, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by getafewliv
Unfortunately, for BC, we need front plates.

Where I have it, I actually much prefer it over the standard bumper installation.

It also protect my bumper if I pull to close to the end of a parking stall, which is really nice.

Maybe I could take a look at the hide away plate.
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