Finally got to putting the new bumper and grill on. Man what a difference, the 5.5 has so much more style to it. Now I am just waiting on a stillen lip!
Before:

After:

 

It definitely looks much better. That lip is gonna look great on there.

 

Looks good. What kind of eye lids are those?

 

yeah man, the 5.5 gen's front end is a LOT nicer than the 5 gen
nice conversion, that lip is gonna make it sexy!

 

Thanks guys...yeah i cant wait for this lip. Definitely completes the look and it oh so sexy ha

Its a static cling tint, i just cut it to the shape i wanted painted it then stuck it on. i had to do a little heat shrinking to get around the curve, but it turned out great; looks similar to the v2 eyelids

 

Blackout the grill

 

Looks good man.

 

looks good but i would of kept the 5th gen front end and worked with that...

 

I'll keep my plastic fogs. I do like the looks of the newer bumper, but I don't want the glass fogs. Plus I think the plastic ones look better. Just my .02 though. Looks good.

 

Looks way better good job on that!

 

ill be honest love the swap - not feelin the lids!

 

stillen lip for the 5.5 bumper > stillen lip for the 5.0 bumper...without the lip I cant really say that I like the 5.5 bumper more than the 5.0

 

i believe they're not the same size...

 

Good job...

 

Looks great. Keep uo the good ideas.

 

That's my take on it too.
With an AE lip, the 5th gen looks good enough.
Although stock 5 vs 5.5, I like the looks of it just a lil more.
I do agree entirely about the fogs. I hate my glass fogs.

 

clean

 

I second that. Especially since your car is black. I think the main styling feature that sets off the 5.5 is the grille. With it being larger with the very pronounced 3 bars versus the 5's almost minimized features, it brings a nice structure to the front end.

 

Looks good, and those eyelids add a bit of an aggressive look to it...I might have to look into getting some.

 

100% agree. Doing the same bumper/hid swap on my AE but keeping plastic fogs.