hi guys, today i put a new front number plate on my 2003 wrx when i noticed below the plate where the front bumper covers the radiator there is quite a gap leaving the front of the rad exposed? so im not sure if mine has some kind of grill missing or not? i had a good look round the area and there seems to be no fixings where a grill should be? have i got a grill missing ? it seems strange to have the radiator slightly exposed? ive been looking for a front close up of a wrx to compare but cant seem to find one....does anyone have a front close up of there blobeye wrx so i can compare? many thanks in advance

 

like this ? i know its not the same model but same gap behind the numberplate ,
if so there is nothing missing

 

yeah mate my number plate is higher fixed to the bumper, so where ur number plate is mine is just a gap with an exposed radiator? yours appears to have horizontal grill mine has nothing?

 

this is the said exposed rad? seems like a grill missing to me but i cant see any fixing points etc? any ideas? thanks

 

Hi
My bugeye is the same so it must be how they left the factory.

 

Totally std - you can get grilles to protect the rad, Zunsport being one of the main suppliers.

 

thanks guys

 

Go to B&Q and get a sheet of ali. mesh and make your own (and enough mesh left over to make another for someone else!) Spray it satin black Hammerite. Mines been on my Blobeye for 5 years!

JohnD

 

you wont believe this john, ive had a roll of black plastic coated ali mesh in my shed since i had a g reg escort must be 15 years....everytime ive cleaned the shed ive looked and thought il use it one day....until you guessed it about 3 weeks ago i did a major shed clean and skipped it......