Abx

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Had a few minutes spare a couple of weeks ago so thought I'd go ahead with the grill mod, now I've had a mixed reaction to it, a fellow scobbynetter reckons it looks good but friends and the missus think its very Halfords.

What do you think, keep it or rip it off, for £2.99 it was worth a go either way!!




Thanks
Arron

Daft Lad

I like it mate, sod what the missus thinks!

n one

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Different, keep it, but my first thought was Golf Gti

SC008Y_MAD

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I like this mod a lot and it would work even better with some supertones

RB5-Black

I like it

can you run through what's needed to bo it ? My Hawkeye wagon might look good with this on

frayz

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Love it,

Abx

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Cheers Guys, I may have to keep it for a while then.

Scoobymad, there is a pair a PIAA horns behind the grill and Its looks quite good with them as they have a bit or red on them.

RB5, its quite a simple mod, first off you need to pull out the 2 sections of grill either side of the center, this will make it easier to remove the center section, once removed then strip it down by removing the 20+ screws at the rear, once you have the piece of black plastic on its own, run round it with a piece of red pinstripe (£2.99 from halfords) and tuck any overlap round the back. The straights are simple enough but the corners take a few attempts to get looking perfect, once done reassemble and your good to go.

Be brave when removing the grills as first time you take them off they are really stiff, I found a blunt flat screwdriver helped to remove some of the clips.

Hope that helps.
Arron

nash_wrx

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Mega nice leave it

Rill

Looks good Arronb!

Can I just ask which size Pinstripe did you use....6mm or 12mm?

Abx

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I went for the larger stuff from Halfrauds, think it was nearer 12mm as I tucked quite a bit behind.

The Trooper 1815

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Why not the side vents too?

Rill

Thanks matey!

Abx

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The side vents IIRC vary in size top to bottom and left to right and would be a lot harder to do, and someone else I sure will be able to confirm but I think the JDM model that has this as standard only has the center grill in red.

rb5 286

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Aaron,

slight change of subject, your PIAA's

I have just bought some, how did you mount them so they are behind the grill?

Abx

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Behind the centre grill IIRC is where one of the original horns is mounted as standard, so I just used this pre tapped hole with the original bolt and mounted them both facing down at a 45 degree angle, I had to extend one of the wires as it did not quite reach this far.

Works pretty well but not as well as when I had them as per the below, used to scare the life out of people until I went through a big puddle and drowned them, had to drain stale water from each one which stank and took ages!!!

V4JDMSTi

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i like it. keep it on.

The Dogs B******s

Keep it

filfy

Looks good to me

Rill

Reading this thread spurred me into action and I did mine last night....

Abx

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Not to hard is it, It took me 2 attempts with the tape but got there in the end, may have another go as one corner is not perfect but that's just me being picky.

Elmer Fudpucker

love it



I can't believe the pin stripe has stayed on so long.My original intention was to see how it looked and eventually get around to spraying the trim bit red.The trick is to apply the tape with a hairdryer to help it not wrinkle up around the corners

Novtec1

like this....