Jdawg82

Yea but the horns and the radiator are still clearly visible without that extra mesh in there.

Boobala

I think the Police might protest.

iowagary

If I was going to keep my car totally stock (appearance wise) I'd be ok removing my front plate. I drove for about 5 years without one in Cali and about 1.5 years without one in Washington. In Cali, I got pulled over twice and got tickets both time, but they were for speeding, which I was completely guilty of and nobody ever said anything about the missing plate. If they're being jerks and don't like the look of your car, they might use it as an excuse to stop you, but a cop is hardly going to walk in front of your car when you're stopped for anything else - really bad idea. Anyway, since I'm going to tint the windows and possibly do other things, I'll be keeping my front plate, but if I wasn't going to make things a little flashy, I'd lose it. Stupid plate...

KINGxOFxSKA

i could careless what they think. i figure if they haven't cared about the tint or my smoked taillights... then they wont give me crap for no front plate.

The_Instigator

Plus if you do have something they can give you a fix-it ticket for you may not get in trouble for what they actually pulled you over for. Ive been lucky on those. Twice Ive gotten a fix-it ticket when I could have easily gotten a traffic violation. Rather pay $10 and have no points on my record.

Harmonic_tC

i agree, im going to weld up some brackets so it will look a bit more professional. I will admit tho, there really isnt anything to mount to on the top unless you get creative

Harmonic_tC

Looks sweet!

Im ordering the mesh for the bottom tomorrow. Its gonna look really good when done!

KINGxOFxSKA

dont you have the fog lights tho?

KINGxOFxSKA

I dont see what the problem is. So you have to do a little fabrication (10 minutes worth) to get the support that is needed.... Big deal. The bottom grills are a direct replacement that pop in..... the problem with the uppper grill is that it had no where for the top part of the grill to be supported without using the stock grill frame.

Overall, I love this product. it makes my tC look very different. I've already gotten compliments from a couple of strangers since i installed it yesterday. In my opinion I think this grill is worth it.

surfcity40

ya know....i'm just not feeling that grill. if the lower matched it prolly would be different. but two different grills just shout "homemade". no disrespect intended but the lower matching is key.

HawkINX4

you know.. instead of that grillcraft.. you can put that SMALL LIL sign that says VVTI or one that says TRD on it.. that would look nice..

spoolinTC

not my cup o' tea but each to his own. looks clean atleast. good diy job.

KINGxOFxSKA

my matching bottom grills are coming in tommorow. i just installed the upper one for now because it arrived earlier than expected. i got one job outta the way. :D

TCAV8R

It does look good but needs to match the bottom. I know you said your lower one is coming in.
Grillcraft should listen to what people have been saying since the tC came out.
Why don't they make it with a frame around it for the top one? Why not make it so things behind the grill, i.e. horns/wires, wouldn't be seen? This is what the majority of people here are asking for. Make it, price it right, people will buy it.

smash

wow... that looks hot as ____. makes me wish i got a BSP as originally planned

smash

LOL!!!! i just typed in SH** and it automatically changed it to "poopie"... too funny..

chipmOnk

BIGRKtC

Is there anyway to install the grillcraft with the crome frame around it

Harmonic_tC

yes i have the fogs but you can order a peice of the mesh in black to the approx you need. So im going to do that and cut out the honeycomb on the bottom and put the mesh in there

iowagary

I don't understand why you think the lower one doesn't match. They sell them seperately, but you can get the lower one and it looks good. The missing brackets on top is a problem - some of us live in apartments and don't really have any place to work fabricating things. Plus if I'm going to pay over $100 for a piece of bent metal with holes punched in it, I expect it to include all the parts I'd want. Grillcraft should charge an extra $5 and include everything so you can mount it easy on top of your stock grill or do a few more steps and remove the stock grill entirely.