can someone with an after market grill please tell me where they got it?

 

VE grill owns

 

custom maxima .com has 1 bought it but was a little dissappointed not bad but not as good as i thought it would be.if i modified my grille a little but not gonna do that yt

 

The only "legitimate" aftermarket grill for 3rd gen's that I know of is from Stillen. Otherwise, GrilleTech makes a grill insert. And any number of .org members have modified their grills. Off the top of my head, Kaleb, Brandon, Matt (I think) have done it. A search under "grills" might yield better results.

 

DIY, buddy. Good luck... if you take your time you can make it look good, just take your time!!!

 

See sig.

And are you sure Stillen makes one?

 

i modded mine took out all the suports and badge

 

I know Stillen makes one for the bubble butts, (err, uh, 4th gens ), but I didn't think they made one for the 3rd gens. If they do, it's new to me...

 

yea if you DIY and dont take your time your grille will end up looking like mine..
I HATE MY GRILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- im thinking of putting it in a oven and heating it up so i can remold it! but i did my grille in 2hours.... if you want your so look good , spend like 8 hours on it, take your time do every thing right and use all the right tools

*pics of my bad grille are on my homepage*

 

hey nismo i want to do one myself,what did u use for the insert and where did you get it

 

hey James12345, the reason why i posted this thread was because i saw YOUR grille and i loved it , i was wondering where you got yours but you said you did it yourself? how?

 

you can do it yourself by cutting all of the supports and cross bar things out. then sanding it down, paint it and insert whatever you want. you can order mesh inserts online, some steel manufactuers have mesh steel available, or you could go to home depot and get an 87 cent gutter guard and put that in there. i actually did one like that and it turned out really good.

 

About $50 and a weeks work (couple hours each day, no joke). 89-91 grilles dont take to customization too good. 92-94 is really needed.

People say you can do a mesh grille 'cheap' and 'easy' and blah blah, but you really cant. I use primer, sealer, color coat, clear coat, mesh, JB weld, red putty, filler, other miscelaneous stuff and a week of cut up hands.

I dont just cut out the bars and slap mesh on it. There's actually quite a bit of shaping/forming to be done. Then I actually add in plastic to the grille frame. Those of you with mesh grilles will know about those 4 spaces cut-out in the top of the grille frame. It's not pretty.

I fill all that in using plastic from the cut-out bars. Cut it to fit, plastic weld it, fill the imperfections, sand, fill, sand, fill etc etc.

I use no 'insert'. Mine is pretty much one piece. You probably couldnt even tell it's non-factory if you were looking at it up close in person. Pictures dont do it justice.

Then it's sand and paint over and over till it's flawless. Not near as easy and quick as people say to get it done good. I think this is quite evident by the abundance of crap 'mesh grilles' you see.

 

I agree with the taking your time thing James, that is the most important thing that i left out. The time that you put into it will pay off when you are finished.---- don't rush through it at all. by the way James, yours does look really good.

 

i busted the hell out of my grill clips and found the zip ties work awsome (my 2 cents)

 

Agreed.

But, James' grille owns all. Good work James, the patience pays off.

 

It's not really that hard, it doesn't take a genius by any means... you just have to take your time that's all. Anybody with any sort of artistic inclination could do it no problem. But yeah, cut up hands are a given.

 

Stillen made a grille at one time for 3rd Gen's. I'm 90% positive I saw it as part of the ground effects kit a while back. I'll see if I can find a pic or link.

Or if anyone knows what I'm talking about, you can post it.

 

Just to follow up on what I said about Stillen making a 3rd Gen grille, go look on their website, under the ground effects. If it's at all possible to blow up the pic, you can see the grille that they used to offer but now don't.

 

well now that i have a basic idea of how to make a custom grille, i guess i can try and figure it out. i just hope that i dont screw it up and then have to drive around with a ****ty looking grille oh well. thanks everyone for the help!

 

How do you get the friggin grill off without breaking the tabs? I have had the stuff to do my grill for a few months now, but I haven't messed with it.

 

If it's a 94 grill, you should stick a screw driver in to the front of it through the fins. There is a plastic screw. Turn it 45 degrees in any direction. That should release the tabs on the other side. You have to turn them so that the tabs are square with the slot they stick through. That probably doesn't make sense, but if you go out and look at it, it will. I tried just squeezing the tabs from the other side so that they would go through, and ended up breaking the grill . Don't do that .

 

I still give props to Brandon. His looks nice!


Thanks. I will try it this weekend. Finally get a friggin whole weekend off. I work 60 hours weekly. Five 11 hour days during the week, and usually 5 hours on Saturday. Since they finally hired someone to help me out, I will now cut back to 40-45 hours or so. I can definitely use the break.

 

one word for finding grills: EBAY!!!!!!

 

I'd be interested to see close up pics of everyones grilles...

 

His really compliments the bimmer lights. Good work there too, didn't mean to leave him out.

 

Ive noticed that a lot of people are complimenting Brandon's grille, i was just wondering if someone could tell me where to see a pic of it.

 

i have the grill from my 94 gxe that was rearended its the chrome one with the chrome fins 50.00 shipped by 2nd day air mail looks really sweet email for pic b2cute69@aol.com

 

 

http://images.cardomain.com/installs...57_23_full.jpg

 

That pic show exactly why I like his grill. It sets the front of his car off. It is different that factory and at the same time, it is different than most of the other DIY grills. I have seen quite a few on here that look good, but I tend to like the ones that are chrome better than the ones that are body-colored. Just my opinion.