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has anyone tried to fit the middle part of the 04 and up maxima grille on the 03?

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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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has anyone tried to fit the middle part of the 04 and up maxima grille on the 03?

was wondering has anyone tried this d.iy with there dremel?? since the aftermarket grilles arent that good looking and kinda tried of the stock grille..




Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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won't fit in the least bit. Look at the sides as well as the middle.
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:43 PM
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You can go ahead and try anything you want, but I'm just saying it won't be easy. Besides, you're not using "to scale" pics, so your little box thingies mean nothing.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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just posting the box to show people on the site what im talking about
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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are you taking about the whole grill or just the trapaziod looking thing? either way i doubt that will fit without alot of modification
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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either way, it would look ugly as sin, IMHO....
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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I say don't do it...

It will look ghetto.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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Looks like way too much effort to me.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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You could always just kick a big hole in the middle of your grille. It would be the 5.5 gen rendition of the Nissan buck-toothed grille. Then take a dremel and make a ton of really stupid looking french-fry wedges in the remaining lines. GL!
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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since i have a extra 03 grille that has some cracks here and there, im just going to mess around with it if i find a 04-06 damaged grille at the crash lots or junkyard or online, im pretty good when it comes to my d.i.y projects
from modded headlights/front lips/tails/ etc.. from my honda/volkswagen/audi/acura projects
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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It has potential to match the lines of the area of the bumper between the grille and headlights, but its gonna need allot of putty and filler.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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Ya, Good Luck with that one!
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by nycmaximakid
...from my honda projects
ahhh, I see.
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 07:15 AM
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Quote:
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...from my honda projects


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ahhh, I see.

haha yea it'd look kinda to me. do a cut and paste or photoshop it
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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WTF anyone would want to put on the bucktooth as a mod is beyond most of us. Are you going to hang the extra hamburger logo on a chain and put it around your neck?
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 08:36 AM
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man the 02-03 grill is one of the nicest looking stock grill. i don't know about you but i love my stock grill i don't know why people want to change it. aftermarket ones don't look as good as stock grill. i think it looks better than the 6th gen stock grill and the previous stock grills too
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 09:03 AM
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i like the stock grille painted, but im wanting to get an aftermarket one and have it painted black chromish since i have a black and blue theme going on my car
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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just going to mess around with it since i have a extra 03 grille that has slight cracks on it if anyone has a damaged 04-06 grille let me know
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by nycmaximakid
just going to mess around with it since i have a extra 03 grille that has slight cracks on it if anyone has a damaged 04-06 grille let me know
This isn't the "mint condition" grille your selling in the classifieds is it? So that means you have two 03 grilles then... Right???
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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why would you do such thing?
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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leave your poor car alone.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 03:00 AM
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so you wanna take the ugliest thing from a 6th gen...and do all the work to put it on your car???
nissan even realized it was ugly and finally changed it for 07
Old Oct 4, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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To some people, buckteeth are attractive. In some remote polynesian villages, each time a new chief rises to power, the girl with the largest front teeth is chosen to be his first wife... and then the chief sacrifices his first wife to the volcano god to show respect.

So put the 6th gen bucktooth on your 5th gen, then drive into a volcano.

Seriously, though... The bucktooth section of the 6th gen grille is detachable from the rest of the grille... sort of. You might be able to pull it off and find a way to mount it to your 5th gen grille with some minor dremel work and a lot of patience. Just remember to measure twice and cut once.
Old Oct 4, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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Why would you put something on your car that lots of 6th genners try hard to get rid of??
Old Oct 4, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Teufelhunden
why would you do such thing?
he has no shame
Old Oct 5, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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What if you paint your grille another color for a change scince u are tired of it.

Why are people so conservative on this forum?
Old Oct 5, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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What if you paint your grille another color for a change scince u are tired of it.
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Why are people so conservative on this forum?
We're not conservative, we just have good taste.
Old Oct 5, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by GBAUER
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I painted the grille on my car too i was just suggesting something for the guy.

Originally Posted by GBAUER
We're not conservative, we just have good taste.
I can understand good taste, but allot of people here dont show class when it comes to responding to others threads when they are just trying something out, especially when they dont have friends who are mods.
Dont take my reply personally its towards the whole board, but personally I dont belive you are that conservative, afterall you are like 1 of 3 people on here with the redline bumper after all the flaming about it when they introduced it on the board.
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ttt
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 01:05 PM
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why would you put something that is ugly on one generation onto another??
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 01:21 PM
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Did you do it? I'm just not feelin the idea but would like to see what you came up with.
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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ttt
please give us a good reason why you bumped this 2 year old thread
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