Grilles installed. What do you think?

[xazilizax]

My 2008 Nissan Altima Coupe

So, I had my upper and lower grille installed last night. It took about 3 hours. The bottom one was super easy, but the top one needed a little tweaking.

In the second pic, you can clearly see that back thing showing through. I'm thinking that I will need to get that painted black and also paint the top and bottom part of it too because I think it looks tacky.

What do you think? Other than that, do you think it looks good? Is there anything you would do differently to even hide the inside part?

[jersey201AC]

I got a Cmod grille and the piece thats in the middle i cut mine off it would look alot better

[xazilizax]

I got a Cmod grille and the piece thats in the middle i cut mine off it would look alot better

I was thinking I could cut it off also. What did you use to cut it off?

[jersey201AC]

A knife lol its simple i would do it cause it looks ugly

[xazilizax]

A knife lol its simple i would do it cause it looks ugly

lol...wow. I wonder if I could cut it off without taking the whole thing apart again. Yea, it does look ugly and I want it gone.

[jersey201AC]

Well your gunna have to take the grill off and cut it cause idk how you would do it with it on lol

[xazilizax]

Well your gunna have to take the grill off and cut it cause idk how you would do it with it on lol

Crap. I know. It's so much work though. My friend's stepdad is a mechanic, so he offered to help me for free. I'm just a girl and needed a man to help haha, but I'm not incompetent or anything lol. I need to buy some new headlights and foglights, so maybe when I install those, I'll tackle the middle part thing. That way, I only remove the bumper once more, rather than a couple more times. Bleh.

[normmynorm]

Looks pretty clean. What type of grille is that?

Hmm, I'm not sure, but I think that piece might be reinforcing the parts of the car it is connecting. May just want to paint it. People definitely always complain about it though for sure.

[JerseyBoy201]

Looks pretty clean. What type of grille is that?

Hmm, I'm not sure, but I think that piece might be reinforcing the parts of the car it is connecting. May just want to paint it. People definitely always complain about it though for sure.

I cut mine off didnt look like anything important no problem at all for me lol

[xazilizax]

Looks pretty clean. What type of grille is that?

Hmm, I'm not sure, but I think that piece might be reinforcing the parts of the car it is connecting. May just want to paint it. People definitely always complain about it though for sure.

I bought it on ebay. I think it's called "Viogi". It was cheap.

Yea, you're right. I was thinking that it might be reinforcing something on the bumper, so I think I'll spray paint it black and leave it as that. At least it will look better than how it looks now. I'll post a pic.

[normmynorm]

Ah gotcha. Yeah, that was my thought. I've seen posts where people have complained about it. They all end up just painting it black. That should do the trick.

But yeah cool, post pics. I'm updating my grille in the next couple days myself.

[JerseyBoy201]

You can cut it its not gunna do any harm to the bumper iv had mine cut off when i installed my cmod grille that was 2 yrs ago lol no issue at all but u can paint it you call and normmynorm you got ur grille painted to match ?

[normmynorm]

Sup doggy. Yeah, paint matched the grille and the lip. My friend is painting it. Should be done tomorrow or Friday.

[JerseyBoy201]

You got the stillen lip ?

[VTMike24]

I'd paint the mustache part to match the car. overall, not bad but i prefer cmod.

[xazilizax]

I'd paint the mustache part to match the car. overall, not bad but i prefer cmod.

Oh yes. I'm definitely painting the top parts of the bumper where the grille is attached and not just that middle part. I hope it comes out good. Should I sand those parts first and then spray paint it? I bought some regular Rustoleum black and clear paint. Hope that's good enough.

I didn't know about different kinds of grilles. I just like this one and rolled with it.

[normmynorm]

I'm def no guru at paint. It looks pretty good tho. I am gonna post photos now. Only reason I found out about the cmod grille was from on here.

[JerseyBoy201]

lets see it !

[normmynorm]

Just posted bro.

[xazilizax]

Hey guys. So, today I spent some time working on fixing the upper grille.

I cut that piece off with a small hand saw thing and then I sanded it so that it's smooth. It was really easy. I painted the top and bottom part black so that it doesn't show through.



I think I did a pretty good job for a girl. I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF! HEHE

[normmynorm]

Definitely looks better without that piece visible for sure.

[VTMike24]

much better

[JerseyBoy201]

Told you to cut lol Looks better good job

[xazilizax]

Told you to cut lol Looks better good job

Lol. Yep. Looks way better. Thanks guys.

[seldomseen]

The OEM grill looks better.....but if you're happy. That's what important.

[Miami426]

Nice grille, how much did it cost

[xazilizax]

Nice grille, how much did it cost

A little under $100 in total for both. The upper was I think $62 and the lower was like $35. I bought both on ebay.