FMIC - Grill or no grill?

[mikepologti]

I think that the pic above is ok, but (no offense) the other pic with the red forge logo and red IC piping looks like crap...JMO though...

Also as much as i love good looking vip cars, the people that put heaps of camber on, that ruins the whole look.... not to mentioln destroying the tyres, which usually arnt cheap for those rim sizes... just stupidity....

agreed, theres a huge differance between style and groundclearance so low you cant evan run over your neigbours cat , let alone get out of your drive way.

[VWindahouse]

Found this polo - grilless



And this one with painted roof



rice or no rice???

[VW GTI]

And this one with painted roof



rice or no rice???

That's either photoshopped or a crap job.

[RhysQ]

That's either photoshopped or a crap job.

photoshopped.... well, just done in 'paint' i reckon. it's just flat black over the whole thing.....no reflections or shading.

here, this one has a black roof

[JCM308]

Doesn't look too ricey without the grill but it does make it look a little messy. The install looks good but because you can see the tabe where the grill is supposed to be makes it look incomplete.

IMO I'd leave the grill on but at the end of the day it comes down to personal preference, do what you want to do as it is your car

[VW GTI]

I prefer with - looks unfinished otherwise.

[JIMTRON]

Looks a lot tougher with no grill. I like it

[JCM308]

I prefer with - looks unfinished otherwise.

great minds think alike. We both basically posted the same thing at the same time.

[Petrina Polo]

My car is black and you cant really see where the grill is supposed to go..

Until you stick your head up nice n close..

I would imagine on a white car or even silver it would be more noticeable..

I might leave it off but find some rubber insert I can sick there to make it look more complete..

Its very noticable without grill on..

I think I have to take bar off to put grill back on anyway...

[VW GTI]

great minds think alike. We both basically posted the same thing at the same time.

Ha. Yeah, mine was a little more concise :p

My car is black and you cant really see where the grill is supposed to go..

You may not be able to see the attachment points very well, but it still looks unfinished.

[Petrina Polo]

Do you mean unfinished in respect to the fog lights having the plastic inserts and it not continuing across the front of the car where the intercooler is?

I might try and find those honeycomb grill for the lower and have that fitted..

Many cars out there dont have anything in the lower grill area.

[xtturbo]

My car is black and you cant really see where the grill is supposed to go..

Until you stick your head up nice n close..

I would imagine on a white car or even silver it would be more noticeable..

I might leave it off but find some rubber insert I can sick there to make it look more complete..

Its very noticable without grill on..

I think I have to take bar off to put grill back on anyway...

I've been pondering the same question as you, if I were you this is what I'd do.

Remove the grill, and create whats essentially a large rectangular pipe/port out of fiberglass to put in its place. Paint it perhaps 25%gloss/75%matte.

A lot of work would be involved getting it just right (designing, molding, sanding, filling, painting and finishing the fiberglass), but the car would look really finished with a nice port style scoop leading up to your intercooler.

[Petrina Polo]

Hmmm.. for me its gonna be either grill in or grill out..

No funny shaped trapezoidal fibreglass apparatus..

Im just interested in the straight shooting VW members that say rice or nice..

I appreciate the negative comments as much as the positive..

[Chrisuk-polo]

thats my white gti with no grill, it looks sweet in real life and you cannot see the grill clips as i have modified the orginal grill . cut out the slats and fiberglassed the sides filled and painted , then it just slotts in giving a nice finish! also you could put mesh behined if you wanted !

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oh and a sneaky boost gauge pic


hope this helps people to decide!

[JCM308]

Hmmm.. for me its gonna be either grill in or grill out..

No funny shaped trapezoidal fibreglass apparatus..

Im just interested in the straight shooting VW members that say rice or nice..

I appreciate the negative comments as much as the positive..

thats my white gti with no grill, it looks sweet in real life and you cannot see the grill clips as i have modified the orginal grill . cut out the slats and fiberglassed the sides filled and painted , then it just slotts in giving a nice finish! also you could put mesh behined if you wanted !

During


After

Petrina I think if you do something similar to what Chrisuk has done it will finish the job off nicely. if you just leave it with nothing there then it will look ok but it won't look "nice" (alternativly you could just replace the grill or source a honeycomb grill).