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Show Me your Photos of the Group buy Grills Please In Here
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:07 pm
by Jeff GTi
anyone got any more photos of the group buy grills fitted to their cars/gti's
mine are being sent today or tomorrow and im wanting to see on a few different cars hol they look fitted, preferably on a gti, with fogs fitted
are they easy enough to do or a pain? whats the fit like compared to the stock grills?
and without removing the bumper, as im not taking it off, how do i get the lower centre grill off and the passenger side one, as i know the drivers one is screw fitted, but cant see one on the passengers side
cheers
jeff
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:24 pm
by flyfs6
Here are some of mine with the intercooler fitted...
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The passenger fog just unclips but then you've to get your hands behind the middle grill (from the sides) to get a couple of clips loose and they slowly pull out one by one.
Time consuming but worth it because it saves removing the bumper.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:41 pm
by Jeff GTi
that looks absolutely fantastic, defo how it should have left the factory
with a nice little cut out to show off out front mount hoses too haha
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did you find any trimming necessary for fitting any of them faz with the front mount in place?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:47 pm
by flyfs6
No trimming required at all...in fact there is much more room now compared to the trimmed stock grills.
Also check if the screw bracket in your bumper is digging in the FMIC pipe, if so just trim it a little.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:24 pm
by KennyPOLO_Gti
Middle grill is a pain in the arse to remove! A ended up hacking mine out, think it end up in three parts as i was puttin it in the bin!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:27 pm
by Jeff GTi
come on kenny, dont be shy, photos required of the fitted grills
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:36 pm
by M@Turner
Got mine on Friday but was busy over the weekend so no pictures yet!
I've just fitted the drivers and passenger side grill but darkness has prevented me finishing the middle one!!! Hopefully get that done tomorrow on my dinner whilst at work!
Will get pics up tomorrow night!!!
P.S. Regarding the drivers side grill, the original has an air deflecter attached to it to channel cold air to the IC. At the minute i've just slotted it back but will need to fix it in place i presume! Any ideas on what to use???
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:56 pm
by daa709
Yeh been trying for about 30 mins and I cant get the middle grille out, my fingers really hurt and now it's dark I've given up!
Anyone got any ideas?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:19 pm
by Jeff GTi
got all of my grills out in less than a minute
unscrew the drivers one and pull out
passenger one - grab hold round the middle bar and sharply pull forwards
middle one, start ar the top drivers side, pull firmly and it pops our, then go along the top with firm pressure until all top is unclipped, then straighten it up and work from the passenger side bottom to the drivers side
its an absolute walk in the park
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:58 am
by KennyPOLO_Gti
Unscrew the drivers one??? A just pulled it out!! Oops
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:33 pm
by daa709
Did it!
Put some builders gloves on, put my hands in the grille and pulled as hard as I could, with my feet on the bumper (incase I pulled the bumper off with it..).
Must have looked hilarious from a distance.
Will put some pics up after I give her a wash..
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:01 pm
by GTi_dan
Came home from Holiday today and was they were waiting... Cheers Faz!
Anyway they are sorted! .... Probably worst was the middle, but just gave it a very hard pull top-drivers side and half of it came out, which made the rest easy.
M@Turner -
I removed the plastic channel from the original grill. I then drilled a couple of pilot holes towards the right hand side of the channel and secured by 2 small screws, ensuring that the shaped plastics to the left are aligned (not making air gap any smaller etc).
The screws are hidden by new new insert completely, and as fit is good nothing looks dodgey through the holes in the honeycomb.
They look good don't they!!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:13 pm
by M@Turner
Finished fitting mine tonight!!! Light was fading though so pics aint great!
Cheers for the info Dan. Will have a look at doing that over the weekend weather permitting!!!!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:14 pm
by Jeff GTi
oh my god, they look stunning on all the cars, i cant wait for mine to arrive
look better than the slats any day of the week
one more think, how perfectly aligned is the cutout in the drivers side one for showing off the hoses from the front mount haha
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:55 pm
by GTi_dan
M@Turner,
No worries.... The channel is really light so only needs a couple of small screws between the channel and inner bumper to hold in place, to stop it flapping around.
Jeff,
I agree, this is what the car should have had in the first place. Looks miles better and really finishes the front end off!!
I didn't think i'd ever see these after I originally posted if anyone knew where to get them... which must have been well over a year ago.
Oh I noticed on top of my centre grill ....
BDO-Germany with a VW logo with what looks to have been some sort of part number scraped off???
.... any ideas anyone?