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Old 10-26-2012, 02:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I love my car overall, but aesthetically, the only thing I'm not really a fan of is the grill. It flows with the car, but just doesn't look appealing to me. Has anyone done anything to the grill or changed it out?
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The car is still so new, I'm imagining aftermarket grilles aren't sold in abundance yet, but as time goes on, I am sure you would be able to have a decent selection of replacements.

I have not seen any members of the GT subforum change their grilles yet.
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Old 10-26-2012, 09:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yep, I've kept an eye out and the only other grill I've seen is the one that comes on the Canadian version (or some of the over seas models). I did see a sweet photochop of a mesh grill on a GT though.
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There are two different grills depending on the trim model you have. Are you asking about the large bass mouth grill or the more traditional upper and lower two piece one? Alex, what Canadian version are you talking about? There's only the two different ones up here.
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All the US ones have the large bass mouth grill like this:



The Canadian version I was referencing as being different is this:
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Interesting, not sure at what trim level they differentiate the 2 here though.
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Interesting, not sure at what trim level they differentiate the 2 here though.
SE has the black grille, everything else has the body colour
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SE has the black grille, everything else has the body colour
If you look at WillL's blue GLS in the first thread here, his seems to be 1/2 and 1/2, the centre beam is black but the upper grill is a single chrome piece like the coloured front grills on Canadian models.
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^^^ I wonder if he plastidipped his entire grill? His most recent pic, the entire grill and emblem are black. Maybe he'll see this and let us know?
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^^^ I wonder if he plastidipped his entire grill? His most recent pic, the entire grill and emblem are black. Maybe he'll see this and let us know?
That must be it. He's got a GLS, not an SE...
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