I made this grille from a boneyard gold '96 grille. Had the paint mixed at a local custom paint shop. Had to cut it to fit some and then it snapped right in. Might make some filler pieces to fill the gaps but I like it anyway.


This is the stock grille that I painted the logo letters the body color. Not a big change, but now I have two grilles that I can snap in and out in minutes and give the car a little different look.

Whachall think? Comments positive or negative welcome!!

 

First one looks better, but its been done before by JSutter.

 

I like the stock '97-99 style one better but since you like both, and have both swap whenever you please. how many of your 3rd gens do you still have?

 

I like the 97+ a lot better, but thats just my .02

 

Still have a Black 92 SE and a Black Emerald 93 SE. My two daughters drive them.

 

i like em both. nice job.

 

Both look good, but i would go with the second option

 

Both lo0k nyce, hard 2 pick my favorite of the 2

 

I like the first one. however both look nice, switch them up as seasons change.

 

i like the stock 97-99

 

I like the stock 97-99 as well

 

I myself like the 97+ grill but if you do the right things to the 95-96 it sometimes looks better. Just depends on your tastes. Who cares if anyone else likes it or not.

 

Stock rox.

 

I perfer the stock one over the 96 grill. I dont like how you can see that gap from the bottom of the grill to the bumper.

 

Yeah, the size of that gap caught me a little off guard at first as I didn't think there was going to be any difference in the years. Got used to it pretty quick though as I think the eyes are drawn to the MAXIMA in the grille more. Have plans to make some spacers but not sure how that will look. Keep the comments coming.

 

95/96 grill will always look better to me (with grill mesh and maybe paint on it).

Your 96 grill on your 97+ looks a little odd, bring the grill down a bit to get rid of the gap, and it should look pretty damn nice.

 

i like the 97 grill better. Although I think i'd like the first one a lot more if there was no gap

 

i like the first one a bit better. not really feeling the red letters on the emblem in the second pic.