I was thinking of doing something with the grille, don't really care for what's available, and this seems to me like the way to go. Now someone mentioned something about aluminum door protectors, any idea where I could get those? I looked around today and found nothing. The reason I'm looking for aluminum instead of going with the plastic is that I don't so much care for chrome, personal preference. Thank you for your help.

 

Dr. Bonz,
From the pic, it looks like it didn't go around the slanted curve. Maybe its my eye, but it sure looks like it ended where you CUT it.

 

I see what you mean now. No, they don't go around the curve toward the back of the car but they do go to the side edge of the OEM black plastic grill.

 

Has anyone who has actually done this had any problems with peeling or cracking over time?

 

One year and counting. Nothing yet.

 

looks like i will have to use superglue to have the curvy edges stick because it is coming off.

 

Dr. Bonz, from your pic, it looks like you stuck the chrome to the top of each horizontal piece. When I did mine, I stuck them on the side, or the outermost part, and had some difficulty getting them to be perfectly level.

Am I seeing yours right, and how do you think it looks compared, what about you others, are you all sticking it to the top of the horizontal pieces? And what if you did the verts? I've had two of my vertical bits come off in about 2 weeks time... so I think I'll be replacing all of it very soon.

 

Correct.

Unless you are really close (like that pic) you can't tell the difference how or where it is stuck on. I didn't do the vertical pieces.

 

i just did mine yesterday and it came out perfect , no problems at all and it looks awesome , i'll take pics soon , but it took me 3 min and NO isues what so ever... thanx again guys for the really nice mod for $5.99

 

Please let me know what the brand name was on the straight edge strips, 2 to pkg. or was it the coil form type w/brand name? Thanks

 

you dont need to use superglue... did you read my post on this... get black Zipties and ziptie the ends of each strip to the edge ot the grill and cut the excess zip off. they arent even visible if you do it right

 

I bought them from autozone, but they are not long enough, i think if i put to together, then it will look like ****...mabey ill try pepboys

 

i got the 12 foot strip from pep boys and i didnt use glue or zip ties , it was $5.99 and its perfectly fine , just gotta rub it in with ur thumb and it should be fine i even tried pulling on it and it was fine.... i'll take pics tomorrow

 

and i just thourhg if any of you with the LaMans sunset color or whatever , try putting the gold strip ones... i dunno might look really damn good , but just an idea....

 

The brand name for the strips was "Brite Trim" and it comes in either circular or 2 piece strips.

Thanks Csdriven. I will try the tie zips.

 

If you go to pepboys, they have the longer moldings that are made for truck doors, these work great, also use the zip ties, this is key! Thanks for the advice.

 

hey finelly took picture of my 2 min and $5.99 mod , i love it , i had the grille-tech grill before if anyone wants to buy it.. cheap!! lol

 

one more

 

I have just finished mine also. Here is how it looks.

 

The key is using zip ties.