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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 02:39 AM
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Got new grille! what you think?

Here are the pics of my new grille. Yeah it's an older style but my current grille got really busted and some parts are broken. I picked these up from one of our members here. Does anyone know how to get rid of those annoying water marks?
I'm also planning to paint it black when i got free time =/
Tell me what you guys think!







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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 02:46 AM
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Looks great! I actually like that grille better than the CL style ones. I'm putting my old one back in, I sprayed the center matte black and left the outer part silver. It looks pretty good.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 02:53 AM
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Not bad, I'm taking the lighting is making it look like its got glitter on it?

I personally think it would look great with the actual MB star on the hood.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by anonymousmoose
Not bad, I'm taking the lighting is making it look like its got glitter on it?

I personally think it would look great with the actual MB star on the hood.
+1 for the lighting..

But it does look good. If you do decide to paint it, clear bra would definitely be a good investment on it.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 03:04 AM
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beautiful!! is your name chad by any chance? i'm painting my front grill this week, very long process as i want it done right
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by sb.legacy
+1 for the lighting..

But it does look good. If you do decide to paint it, clear bra would definitely be a good investment on it.
I was looking into clear bra if i paint it. I always here a lot about paint chippings.

Originally Posted by michael kuzni
beautiful!! is your name chad by any chance? i'm painting my front grill this week, very long process as i want it done right
thanks! my name is alex by the way
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 06:22 AM
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I think it looks great, I'd probably put my stock grille back one day, but I'm still bored with it at the moment.. Will probably paint the inside silver to match my body colour instead of matte black..
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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Love that you went back to the stocker. I cant stand the grill mods some people do. Simply keep the flat badge and the original grille and the car already looks 10X better
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Nice, I like my stock grill too...

You should consider a build thread alex, that way you can keep everything in one thread that you can post on. Makes the forum cleaner and easier to look at your progress.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 03:58 PM
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grille looks nice alex!

i just put a black cl grille on with chrome star and can't decide if i want to keep it. i was going for the matching with the wheels, lip, and black depos but i also kind of like just painting the OEM black...decisions...
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