well, here's the DIY ctr style grill:
1. find a 2 piece grill 96-98 grill....may be on 4dr ex.
2. take it apart, and take the bezel(?) to be color-matched.
3. get some gutter guard from lowes and a can of rustoleum paint.(black)
4. cut out all of the black plastic with the emblem. leave a clean edge b/c this will now be visible through your grill>>>take your time and use a dremel tool.
5. secure your gutter guard to backplate of the grill and trace shape for opening with a sharpie or other marking utencil.
6. cut out shape and and make sure to leave room for all of the tabs that slide into the bezel. (you'll see) also, leave a few tabs to overhang into the area where the bezel and housing will be screwed back together. this will help keep the insert secure and in place.
-----note: don't overtighten the bezel screws. go around the perimeter like your tightening a valve cover or something....you will see the gaps start to close up!!!!!
7. reinstall and viola. 7 dollar ctr grill!!!!!!





Modified by B16b2b at 11:14 PM 7/9/2003

 

here's the others. enjoy!!!!













Modified by B16b2b at 3:01 PM 7/9/2003

 

looks good
thanks for the diy
midori green yooooooo

 

nice car man

 

BLinging car y0! nice to see someone went with the good ol b16b

nice ctr gauge too

 

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i certainly hope not......that wasn't the objective.

 

a few more added.....

 

DIY

 

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hehe.

 

nice job, i'll have to try that if my stock bumper ever manages to find itself back onto my car

 

nice diy. ill tell my friend to do that on his car.

 

badass car and DIY!.... I'll have to try this on the gf's 98 Ex

 

great write up.

how did you do the vafc install? looks good

 

Ugly Wheels.

 

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:cough: light as hell (1o.5 lbs!!!) who gives:cough: a ****:.

*edit: they could've been orange

 

a friend did it for me. he had some scrap CF laying around his old shop, so he cut it out, and attached the vafc with some really good mounting tape.

the only problem is that the buttons on my vafc are sticking really bad, so if someone is gonna mess with it, they either have to push like crazy 10-15x, or else take the CF piece out and hold it securely in their hand. oh well, it doesn't get adjusted very often....

 

Wow! Thanks for the write up, and you have a very very nice car. And thanks for saving me 50 bucks. Have a on me!

 

You from VA?

 

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:cough: light as hell (1o.5 lbs!!!) who gives:cough: a ****:.

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Damn that is light!

 

what kind of rims are those?? they look like ssr type c's, but not sure. Also who makes that front lip??
never really liked the ek green, but ur car is pretty clean man!!

;{o

 

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:cough: light as hell (1o.5 lbs!!!) who gives:cough: a ****:.

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Are those the Speedmaster Esses wheels?

 

i did the same thing to my 96 dx, its easy and it looks great


Modified by blackhatchy at 6:26 PM 7/9/2003

 

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yeah. i love them so far.....

 

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yeah. i'm in funville.

 

easier way, get a civic SI grill, take off emblem.. b00m you got yourself a wannabe ctr grill.