honeycomb grille?

polo joe · Post by **polo joe** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 4:48 pm

hi guys

https://sslrelay.com/s74326199.oneandon ... shopscript

would anyone be able to tell me...will this grille fit in place of my standard one on my 9n2 polo? thankyou

also it looks as tho it comes with the gti badge, any1 know wer i can get one without the badge fitted on?

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:26 pm

Yeah mate the one of vag parts fit. I think the gti badge just clips in but not 100% sure on that

siswick · Post by **siswick** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:09 am

venom motorsport do the de-badged ones.

problem is they don't come with a blank to fill the recess left by removing the badge.

Rich_T · Post by **Rich_T** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:09 am

the de-badged one from venom motorsport will not fit straight on!!

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:04 pm

If you get one with the GTi badge and want to remove - it unclips ok but leaves extra plastic bits behind. They can be cut out carefully though but you'll need a very sharp knife/scalpel and a steady hand!
It should leave it almost unnoticeable: (nb: the red strip is off in this pic)

aaronon · Post by **aaronon** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:20 pm

Hey all.

I have a standard Polo (it's my first car and it's diamond pearl black and I love it). . .who do you guys take your car to to get the grill swapped.

Is it easy / cheap? . . .and also can you put the original back on if your looking to sell in the future.

Thanks,
Aaron.

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:52 pm

Hi Aaron,
As per my previous post - it is easy enough to do it yourself...its really not worth paying someone to do it.
And yes, you would be able to put the original back on if you wanted.
Check out vag parts or straight to vw to buy one.

aaronon · Post by **aaronon** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:19 am

Thanks for your reply.

Are you a car technician? . . how did you know what to do with regards to taking off the old one and putting on the new one?

Are there instructions and what-not with the part?

Could you post a picture of your car so I can see if I really like it.

You've done a nice seamless job on removing the GTi logo. Nice one.

polo1.9TDI SPORT · Post by **polo1.9TDI SPORT** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:42 am

Hey to get the old grill off is simple.
Open the bonnet and you will see at lea\st four biggish black screws above the grill, these hold the top of the grill to the bumper by some vents in bumper)
Then to either side of these there is a bolt, which needs undoing.
Then if you get your hands in between the grill slats with a flat object, like screwdriver. There are four tabs you need to push and lift which unclip the grill.
Once they are all done the grill should pull out.
Think thats all there is to it if i remeber correctly lol.
The new grill just pushes in, make sure you get the tabs on the lower part of the grill to catch and screw all the screws back in!
And done.

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:06 pm

aaronon wrote:Thanks for your reply.

Are you a car technician? . . how did you know what to do with regards to taking off the old one and putting on the new one?

Are there instructions and what-not with the part?

Could you post a picture of your car so I can see if I really like it.

You've done a nice seamless job on removing the GTi logo. Nice one.

LOL, nah i'm just a regular gal!
polo1.9TDI SPORT put it perfectly.
Once you have popped the bonnet, it'll all be pretty clear. The screws are all visible to you (torx screws)
Once you have all the screws out, you'll just need to flips the tabs and wiggle/pull the grille out.
The only other recommendation I can add is to have a magnet/magnetic screwdriver available because if you drop a screw and it doesn't fall straight out the bottom of the car - it's a bugger to get it back!
Good luck anyway...let us know how you get on.
As requested, here's a before/after shot:

aaronon · Post by **aaronon** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:39 pm

Cool!

You even did the bottom bits with the fog lights.

I'd love to add fog lights - but I have an E type Polo So I wouldn't be able to change all that.

Looks very nice.

aaronon · Post by **aaronon** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:18 pm

I think i'm going to go for the chrome grill.

The only difference is that it would seem where the GTi grill uses your Volkswagen Badge. . . .the chrome one comes with it's own badge so I presume you have to take off your original badge.

Is it also a case of a few screws? . . . this will be my first ever car "mod."

Exciting and Scarey.

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:40 pm

The badge is attached to the grille so it comes off in one piece.
The new grille came with a badge too so straight on in its place (like the one you're looking at) No need to remove any badges.

Why can't you put fogs on yours? The 'E' and the 'SE' do not come with them standard but there's nothing to stop you installing them.
VW will probably say you can't because there is no wiring but you'd just have to get hold of that, some lower grilles with fog fitments and a new switch for the dash.
daa709 has installed them on his ok.
Should be sorting my fogs out in the next couple of months.

aaronon · Post by **aaronon** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:49 pm

I wouldn't really be up for that much modification. That is too much for me to cope with - I should just be able to handle the grille.

I would consider getting the bumper strips in diamond pearl black like my car - but since it's black you don't really notice them anyway.

I'm also going to try and clean my back drum breaks. My Polo only has brake calibers at the front so the back just has these metal things that are going rusty so I'm going to try and find a spray that will sort that out.

I don't see why they didn't make them stainless steel as they ruin the look of alloys.

thanks for your info.

Aaron.

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:12 pm

May be pricey getting your strips colour coded...
I'm replacing my passenger door one (3-door) after some damage and its costing over Â£100 so could work out a fair bit to do the whole car.
The paint costs more than the strips do!
I'm not sure where VW stand on painting your existing ones instead of replacing then with painted ones?