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Old 01-21-13, 07:48 PM
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My two cents: The silver grill gives it a classier look to me - it appears polished chrome.

The OEM version has a micro-annealed silver grill, which I prefer.
Old 01-22-13, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ChrisEco
Where did you find the Black & Chrome open grill? The dealer or third party? I had not seen these post-sale options.
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the black grill you see in the picture was just a photoshop i did lol
Old 01-22-13, 09:32 AM
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I was trying to figure out how you swapped it and kept the car in the same place as well as the reflection of the clouds in the hood! Nice work!! If only install was as easy as Photoshop :-p
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I would like to see the lower match the top grill. so Black, only because its matching.

can you change the lower to silver also?
Old 03-27-13, 10:56 PM
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With the color of your car, I would say you have options.

Do you want that clean classy rich look of a CEO. Keep the silver grill and get some nice Chrome rims. But stay away from rims that look like they belong to a rapper (huge chrome rims that move even when stationary etc)

Do you want a nice stealth, classy look that makes heads turn? Get machined grey or black rims (matte or gloss), keep the black grill and try and get your Lexus logo to have a matte grey look. I have seen people do it for their IS's.

Personally I would prefer the second one any day and hence would go with the black grill.
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The black looks better.
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Originally Posted by bigblack06
The black looks better.
At least on that color car. Probably not so much on my red car.
Old 03-29-13, 10:39 PM
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im planning to dump my car on some ordens. never ever would do donk on my car
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I would do black
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going to try plastidip for the front grill. bmw enthusiats swear by it.
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Has anyone found additional grille pics besides he OEM and the Black Ice mesh? It would be interesting to see what the F Sport pattern would look like on the ES. Would a third party even be ale to duplicate it legally? I also believe I saw something about a chrome billet grille, but didn't see any images.

Basically, just looking for some variety and options. Are there more out there?

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