GRILLES???

Hey guys anybody change their grilles on their cars?

yep. see below.

You talkin front grill!
 
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I like the mesh grill it just looks funky to me because I havn't seen one without chrome. i.e.-painted like mine.  I love the lower mesh grill I've seen around for months but havn't seen a sport with one.  Where and how much?  Recommendations and past transactions help out to me vs. going in blind guys!

I found just the mesh grill on ebay for around $100.  Then you have to modify your existing grill to make it fit, took about hour and half.  All instructions are included and basically you just have to cut the fins out...lay in the mesh and bolt it all back together!!

 
Mmmmmmm Grilles,
                                I have the black sport vanes but NO chrome for me.
I love the look of the mesh grilles and would love to do upper and lower, I think it makes it look a meaner car altogether.
Is for the future for me though, EBC brakes and cruise control first I think.
 
Jim C

ebay, local dealer or jaguarxp. i personally had problems with jaguarxp - took them over a month to get the lower grille to me. i would not buy from them again. read here:
 
http://www.jaguarforums.com/m_1489/tm.htm
 
 

 
shamelessly stolen from another jag forum, but this will give you an idea.

Thanks nineball.  I havn't looked too hard for pics lately I saw some of those grilles on ebay and you chose the color of the surround whether it be chrome or paint.  That was back in June months before I had the car though.  I think that the mesh makes the car look sooo much more expensive vs. the regular grille.  I like the stock one too but I like custom and different than everything out on the street!  I'll have to photoshop some stuff and see whats up.

 
Hey Nineball,
                      nice grille buddy. I have the sport which has all body coloured NO chrome and the black vanes which I like. Although I do seriously like the mesh grille and am contemplating it. I think though that the bottom grille just makes it look sooooooo much better when meshed too.
 
Jim C

give me a few days and i will update my cardomain pics. i just had a dual thin chrome pinstripe, complete with a small chrome leaper in it on the front fenders, done on friday. car is too dirty now (due to a few days in a row of rain) to take a pic.

Quick question??

My grille is gettin a little tarnished from wear and tear and daily weather elements.  What would you recommend to help restore that fresh out the box look???

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ORIGINAL: andersen06 My grille is gettin a little tarnished from wear and tear and daily weather elements.  What would you recommend to help restore that fresh out the box look???

This site might help:-
http://www.jagbits.com/detail.html

also try www.flitz.com

Flitz sounds like a good product.  Can I find it locally??

i really have no idea. i bought mine last year at a sport and outdoor travel show.

Thanks for the info, got some Brasso, gonna try it out today!!

i think brasso is just a metal cleaner. flitz is a cleaner and a sealer. i do my motorcycle wheels with them twice a year as they are aluminum and subject to easy pitting.

Awaiting the pics 9ball!

OK... these are only going to be here for a limited time. it pains me to show my car in this condition, but after a couple of emails requesting them..... here are a few shots of the pinstriping i had done. they don't do it justice. and actually, the best time to view it would be from dusk and later - it catches light almost as if it was a reflective stripe and really draws attention to the car and the lines. the extra leaper logo doesn't hurt either. once winter is over and the good wheels go back on i think it will look even better. the strip follows the line down the side of the body and really compliments it.
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

Nice.....I really like it....I'll have to get me a few.....you do your own pinstriping ??  Any tips for when i do mine?

my only tip would be to pay the $85 to the guy who did mine

 
Hey there Nineball,
                             love the car mate, especially the rims, tinted windows etc. Have you thought about clear side repeaters, maybe an Arden badge to enhance it further?
I gotta say though I'm not too sure about the pin stripe!
Me personally? I think thats for lesser / cheaper cars that you wanna make look a bit more sporty - Not the X (no offence!)
 
Cheers mate
 
Jim C
 
 

no changes to the side lights. i like the way the yellow in front ties in with the turn signals and the red in the rear ties in with the tail lights. as for the arden badges, they are pretty much a waste here in the US imo. i would venture a guess that maybe 1 in 1000 people who would see it would even know what it is.

 
I see where ur commin from, they do tie in.
Nobody heard of Arden over there Nineball?
 
You got ur car cleaned yet? You seemed pretty p*ssed that it was UNCLEAN!..........lol
 
Jim C