I've been looking into getting a new grill from grill tech, but they only offer them in black and silver. I've got a 2k2 "Glacier Pearl" max and at first i thought i'd have it painted the same color, but after thinking maybe i should not do that. IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WITH A WHITE ON WHITE GRILL? I've seen the factory grill's painted white and am not too much of a fan on those.
So basically i was wanting some suggestions.....should (if i do buy) i go with a grill painted same color as the car or go with a black or silver grill. If i do buy a girll it'll be from Grill-tech and will be the "race" version.

 

I think the diamond style looks the best. I would go with silver. By the way if you are intersted i have a brand new set of grill tech lower bumper grill. 30 shipped. They are diamond style and silver.

 

has Rust-tech produced a better grill recently? the New england seasons are tough on anything that will rust.

Trex

 

JoeyC502 - thanks, but i'm onlyl interested in the race version and the upper grill.

TrexMax001 - I'm not sure, but before i put it on i'll be sure to put some rust protection, with all the rain we get down here i've gotta do something.

 

Maybe i'm just lucky b/c i've had my grill-tech for over a year now & it's nowhere near rusting.
I do take pretty good care of it though. I always dry it thoroughly after I was my car.

 

I think you are the exception....or maybe they ARE made better now. I got my lower ones almost 2 years ago and they rusted. I took them off, scrapped/wire brushed them, primer and silver paint and they rusted again within 6 months. Took 'em off for good last spring.

Glad to hear yours are looking good.

 

He's in Florida so he'll be okay. I've had a set for 1.5 years with no rust and now I have a set that was rusted by another org member and was repainted and clear coated.

 

aliti19 - after seeing your car with the grill i decided to get one also

wildmanal - your car looks real nice!

Yea, i'm hoping that since i'm in florida it won't rust, i'm not close enough to the beach to get that beach corrosion.

 

Sweet! I guess you're gonna do the silver race mesh, right?

 

Yea probably....might order it at the end of this month.

 

I suggest if you do buy the grille-techs, you use about 4 coats of clear coat on them. 2 years with mine and no rust, I clear coated them after hearing the complaints about the rust from other Org members.

 

Where do you guys get the clear coat stuff to paint the grille with? And how many coats should I apply and how often?

 

got grill tech year ago.. clear coated right away before install. no problems since.
got a spray can in home depot.

btw .. hows orlando after Frances? i was there last week. cut my vacation short. couldnt get a flight out back to NYC.. had to drive the rent a car back to NY.

 

O-town is ok, actually the out skirts were hit worse. Daytona got hit hard, there's people that have no homes now. Overall Orlando got spared compared to other places.

 

i stayed at shereton vista something. on international dr.
i bailed thursday evening. didnt wonna stick around for that mess

 

Yea that was the smart thing to do....Sheraton Lake Buena Vista maybe. Now they're saying Ivan may or may not hit us...we'll see

 

Is that a regular mesh or diamond you have on there?

 

i have the upper and lower diamond grill tech grills and i just put on two layers of rust proof just to get ready for NE Winter 2004. I like the grill tech grills but their grills suck for being rust proof.

You can always pay a bit more and get the JMS grills which are awesome.

 

JMS are ok, i just don't like how they're holes are so big on the maxima's grilles. I really like the altima grill they have.

 

Here are a few shots of my JMS 1/2" grille. No issues with mine whatsoever.

 

SEmy2K2go - how did you paint behind the grill? What color?

 

thats the racing (circles) i had the diamond in there before ...but i didnt like the way it looked.

 

Yo Goldmaxnyc do you have the install instructions for the Grill techs. I bought it and lost the instructions. Help a fellow orger out.

 

Man, those look awesome... how is the fit and everything?

 

Gotcha... thanks...

I'm looking for grilles right now too, but I'm also saving my money for a y-pipe... so maybe after that....

 

Grill-Tech sucks. Would you be painting it with spray paint yourself, or getting it professionally matched?

 

go diamond mesh or maybe the trenz billet grille, i think the diamond mesh would look the best

 

If all else fails you can always mod one to your likeing...

 

I think for me, i'm still debating between the silver or black, i'm thinking of smoking out my headlights and the black grill will look better with them, but until i can do that the silver will look better. If i still don't like that i'll get it professionally color matched and painted.

 

umm... not much to it . remove the bolts from the stock grill.
the grill tech attaches with zip ties they provided. ... find the best location for the zip ties. and u r done. one thing is that you might want to do is on that plastic vertical piece of the bumper behind the grill..... you might want to put a piece of plastic or something ... between the grill and that vertical piece ..... i noticed after a while the grill sinks in and that will prevent it and keep it nice and firm.
its hard to explain what i am talking about ..... but if anythign ....IM me on aim or yahoo.