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so it was actually pay ebay day!
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Should be able to finish off my grill now and wrap the suby lip when i get it
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nice rug man
i'm pretty sure you have the same lounge as me
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Join Date: May 2011
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Hah, I don't get on well with that stuff. I tried to cover the silver plastics around the gear stick but it was a failure... now I've still got a bit left over.. keen to see how your front lip turns out. should be great!
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Wrapped the grille.... this took forever to do, almost done it with one piece of vinyl but was ripping when i was towards the end. Ended up using two pieces, there is a feint line but can barley see unless really close.
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#127 |
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Looks awesome, you're good at that. +1 to removing those bars, will look better. Keen for an installed pic!
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Installed the grill this morning here's how its sitting, probably going to have to tape the middle of the air diversion panel cause it kinda sticks up lol
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Looks pretty good, but it doesn't really sit properly flush up against the bumper on the ends? Where did you buy the grill?
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Very nice, i like the grill with the stock looking mesh. As Aaron know's im not a huge fan of them, but i do like it like this
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Think u should get the real deal from rupe when one comes up.
That fitment isn't too crash hot :/ They tend to sag a lot over the years too
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righto, im thinking i would like to get one some time, but i think mine will either be going black, or blue to match. Know of anyone that has one of these?
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And black grille = millions of stone chips (I know lol) That's an Autoexe replica... Again... Wouldn't bother getting a grille unless its a genuine autoexe or ecarboy. Just asking for problems with the cheap copies. A few usually come up on yahoo Japan. And rupe sometimes brings them in.
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And i've got one of each in stock.
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And the difference between the Autoexe and eCarBoy is? Do they sit out flush with the bumper at the front, or is there a ledge in front of the grill like on yours?
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autoexe original makers of grill and genuine grills.. carboy and ebay ones copies
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No, the eCarBoys are a different design - not really a copy as they're quite different.
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