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Postby Steampunk » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:23 am

Hey all

I just received a grille from this seller the other day.
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I enquired about a group-buy, but the price and shipping was not worthwhile (ie. negligible saving from buying them individually), so I thought I would just give a heads-up for those who are interested.

Nicely made and fits perfectly.
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Postby sliq » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:15 am

hrmm.. i've always wondered why people buy grilles.. for the aesthetics, or for radiator related reasons... or for both :) :idea:
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Postby Craig » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:28 am

Problem with those ones is that they can sometimes rust and the airflow isn't the best either from what I understand.

I bought a Techno Grill (read the ducks guts...no longer made! :x ) but this time around I went for the Buck Diamond woven mesh one...mind you I'm still yet to fit it! :lol: :oops: :shock:
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Postby MINX » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:40 am

Hey Craig!
Where did you get the Buck Diamond?
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Postby Craig » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:22 pm

MINX wrote:Hey Craig!
Where did you get the Buck Diamond?


http://groups.msn.com/buckdiamond/_home ... rket=en-us
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Postby sliq » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:11 pm

go for the billet grille!

its useless in terms of protecting the radiator but more blingy :)
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Postby GP14 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:37 pm

sliq wrote:hrmm.. i've always wondered why people buy grilles.. for the aesthetics, or for radiator related reasons... or for both :) :idea:


Both except i don't clean it anymore. Only remove the bugs and leaves so now its not so blingy. They are good to protect from flying rocks, hidden dragon(flies)..yeah corny :lol:

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Postby marcusus » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:19 pm

Craig wrote:Problem with those ones is that they can sometimes rust and the airflow isn't the best either from what I understand.

My one doesn't seem rusted, but it's sure dirty. I should really clean it more :P

As for airflow, I haven't experienced any problems both on the road or on the track.

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Postby SuperMazdaKart » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:26 am

no cooling problems here either. i got the black one, did well to hide the windscreen washer bottle i had relocated when i did my Lochie imitation intake.
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