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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 05:17 PM
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I found a picture of this grille on Hiro's website. It looks kinda good, anybody seen it in person? How about in white?
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 05:29 PM
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Isnt that just the L-tuned grill?
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 06:18 PM
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Nope, definitely not the L-Tuned grill. The L-tuned grill has a horizontal bar going down the middle of it.

I can't identify the grill either though.
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 07:05 PM
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that's the TRD/JDM grill
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 07:05 PM
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It is a TRD grill painted with silver paint.
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 07:33 PM
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GlobeCLK is right. Its the JDM grill. I just finish surfing the HIRO's website and saw the exact same picture.
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 07:44 PM
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It's JDM and I saw it in person before. It fits like my TTE front grill. Stock fittment.
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 07:47 PM
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Originally posted by Shinchan
GlobeCLK is right. Its the JDM grill. I just finish surfing the HIRO's website and saw the exact same picture.
Yep, and it comes prepainted in factory silver, black and white. I have it. It looks and fits great.
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 08:43 PM
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definitely a must-have for all GS = )
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 10:25 PM
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I have that front grill in white and it is painted flawlessly. It matched my car almost perfectly. If you look closely, I did change the grill mesh to a hexagon type instead of the "expanded metal" type that it originally comes with. The fit is perfect
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Old Jan 20, 2002 | 10:33 PM
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Originally posted by gsintensive
definitely a must-have for all GS = )

haha yah.

They should use this grill as the OE grill for all GSs...... a sport sedan MUST have a sporty grill

The IS has a pretty nice stock grill.
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Old Jan 21, 2002 | 03:02 AM
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HI98:

Can you post a picture that shows the whole front end of your car? It looks awesome!
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Old Jan 21, 2002 | 03:49 AM
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I too have that grille (although with the Carbon Fiberish finish) and I'm getting rid of it...I don't like how you can look through the grille and see all the crap under there...

The other option, for me anyways, is that I'm going to change out the mesh to the same grille as my body kit...

But for now, I think I'm going to put my stock grille back on...that TRD/JDM grille is a PERFECT fit though...
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Old Jan 21, 2002 | 03:56 AM
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Manaray, tried to PM you about some stuff but your box is full. Please send me a PM back when its open. Thanks!
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Old Jan 21, 2002 | 04:32 AM
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Are the TRD/JDM grills that come unpainted/silver/black/white CONTOURED exactly the same as the TRD Carbon Fiber-look grills?
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