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Old 05-28-2009, 05:08 AM
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Per the Godfather requested, We made this carbon grill ~

Forum member The Godfather made this request about 3 months ago and we send 2 grills back to our factory and made this carbon grill! We already have the mold so we can produce whatever Qty needed! We are thinking put a honeycomb mesh behind since it looks kind of hollow from the front! let us know what you think and we are taking order right now for $249 + shipping for first 10 sets!
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looks funky as is
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cool grill.....
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have been fangin for a carbon grill for ages - good stuff. agree re mesh behind though, although I cant work out if it is just the angle / lighting of the photo that makes behind the grill so visible.
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mesh would cut down on air flow, but the spacing in the grill does not seem to be the same as the stock grill. stock grill has 5 bars between the outline vs. your grill of 3 bars.

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Looks a bit wider than OEM grill... Other than that looks pretty good.
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That will look sick on a silver or white car...

You don't really even notice it on that car, because of the dark paint.
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looks funky as is
I think I see what you are saying... the gaps are too great between slats but I like the company's idea:

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I think it looks that way because the factory grille has two pieces, making the slats thicker. With this grille though, I could envision a couple of cone air filters behind it.

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Air flow will be much higher with this grille and you can fabricate the air intake to catch more air = more hp.
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i think it would compliment a 07+ W211 front end more than the one displayed and Vic is spot on about the gaping it seems a lil weird. sick nontheless.

to the OP make the 3 slat CF grille for the W204 and youll make sum CHEESE here on the forum.
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If the slats where thicker like the carbon BS grill on the TTmotorsports one I would have already ordered one
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DEf headed in the right direction.. Just needs to be a little tighter.. Too open
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I think I see what you are saying... the gaps are too great between slats but I like the company's idea:

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DEf headed in the right direction.. Just needs to be a little tighter.. Too open
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So it's pure CF and not an overlay correct?
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Spacing on the slats are a bit much. Maybe, a black mesh grill behind it would make it look better?
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Originally Posted by DCTMOTORSPORTS
Forum member The Godfather made this request about 3 months ago and we send 2 grills back to our factory and made this carbon grill! We already have the mold so we can produce whatever Qty needed! We are thinking put a honeycomb mesh behind since it looks kind of hollow from the front! let us know what you think and we are taking order right now for $249 + shipping for first 10 sets!
Looks gr8! def throw some mesh (same as lower bumper mesh would be the sh_it) Some other Co. Sponsor on here quoted me bet $900-$1k for exact same grill on my SL R230 you should offer 1 w/Flat Carbon Fiber too

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Originally Posted by Vic55
I think I see what you are saying... the gaps are too great between slats but I like the company's idea:


yup.....also could be the angle of the pics but just looks off for some reason......maybe with the mesh it'll look better
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Hey, I think I see what you're talking about above? the top slat & outline look wavy/crooked? Maybe shadows in pic but yeah does look goofy?
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Would probably look good on my pewter car also.
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should ask for opinion first~

If I know there will be so many different opinions on this grill design, I should have asked before making it! We made this based on this picture Godfather sent us...
Will look for honeycomb mesh to complete the back first then see what it looks like
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Originally Posted by DCTMOTORSPORTS
If I know there will be so many different opinions on this grill design, I should have asked before making it! We made this based on this picture Godfather sent us...
Will look for honeycomb mesh to complete the back first then see what it looks like
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Can we see the grill on a silver car or light colored car?
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Originally Posted by DCTMOTORSPORTS
If I know there will be so many different opinions on this grill design, I should have asked before making it! We made this based on this picture Godfather sent us...
Will look for honeycomb mesh to complete the back first then see what it looks like

Take it as constructive suggestions I reckon if you got the slats a bit tighter or with mesh behind you would have orders coming out of your ears from here - me included...


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