need advise regarding e36 kidney grill

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currently my e36 is using the old kidney grill...im planning to convert it to the new facelift grill. to do that i need to change the nose.....my question is that should i buy the original or replica?? someone told me that the replica doesnt fit well... replica cost half of the original....if both replica and original are the same ...i rather buy the replica...which one should i buy??? need advise from all sifu!!! thanks!! :)
 
chillselalu said:
currently my e36 is using the old kidney grill...im planning to convert it to the new facelift grill. to do that i need to change the nose.....my question is that should i buy the original or replica?? someone told me that the replica doesnt fit well...

replica cost half of the original....if both replica and original are the same ...i rather buy the replica...which one should i buy???

need advise from all sifu!!! thanks!! :)


PM jsen.......some after market grill not request to change the whole set......Just the kidney grill....ur car will look like facelift version.......
 
yeah pm jsen , he has nice facelift done recently , anyway how much does it cost you to do facelift when you ask?
 
vincent said:
yeah pm jsen , he has nice facelift done recently , anyway how much does it cost you to do facelift when you ask?

300 for the replica and 630 for the original (including the nose and the grill)....thanks for the reply guys..ill pm jsen:)
 
welll, this is how it goes..

ori grill
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left side fitted with new grill, see the comparison.
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anohter one.. side angle.
Photo_072306_002.jpg


done.. finished.. new grill installed.. facelifted version..
Photo_072306_007.jpg
 
Grill = RM250
Place = Bangkok
LAbour = 0(DIY)
Time Spent = less than 10 mins..
 
last one...

left is a facelifted, n mine is a conversion..
new.jpg


no diff also.. i see same same also.>! :D
 
Nice! :)

Jsen,
Do the new grills come in chrome surrounds or just black like the ones in the photos? I would like to get my hands on the grills with chrome surrounds + black inner vertical lines. Thanks
 
jsen said:
Grill = RM250
Place = Bangkok
LAbour = 0(DIY)
Time Spent = less than 10 mins..

well i think its perfect ....but im a bit confuse ..are u saying that to get that grill i need to go to bangkok..??? not clear abt the place??? do u have it in kl..???
 
roger
i think it has lots of range.. from chrome surrounds + blackgrill, chrome surrounds + chrome grill, and black surrounds + black grill.

chill
so far, i have never came across the grill in malaysia... it was a coincident purchase... saw it in a magazine there in BAngkok...

as 1st. i tot need to change the nose as well...

happy hunting.
 
jsen said:
roger
i think it has lots of range.. from chrome surrounds + blackgrill, chrome surrounds + chrome grill, and black surrounds + black grill.

chill
so far, i have never came across the grill in malaysia... it was a coincident purchase... saw it in a magazine there in BAngkok...

as 1st. i tot need to change the nose as well...

happy hunting.

thanks jsen for the info.....aprreciate it ....:)
 
helloo have u all registered for AD...its just 2 weeks away
 
go for the original.
I fixed the taiwanese ones and in less than 1 month, forked out again to switch to originals.
The fit of the Taiwain mades ones is lousy and you can see a gap which is not possible to adjust.
 
jsen said:
Grill = RM250
Place = Bangkok
LAbour = 0(DIY)
Time Spent = less than 10 mins..

no need to go to Bangkok la.. plane ticket also more than RM250 already keke

anyway I got an extra one for the same price (RM250) which I got it for someone but didn't come to collect. If anyone wants can get it from me, it's the black version.
 
guys.., dan got one.. for those who enquired bout it....

make sure it fits... for mine, its perfectly fits!... no loose gaps nor i need any additional adhesive for the installation..!

cheers.

p/s. dan, if u could post some pics tat would be great.! thks man.
 
Yes, pics would be much appreciated. The difference is not much tho when seen from afar, those a closer inspection wud reveal the difference...hmmm...thinking about it...in KL i think i saw a replica set at GC Motorsports at BB Plaza and at Calvin's place at Euromotorsport.
 
if for those who knows to diiferentiate it.. yes it does matter, be it far or near... to spot a non face lifted version is an easy task though. :)
 
aiyo.. ask ask so many Qs, now got one item lyin there, also hesitant to buy..! then wats the point of asking..?

dan,. try pm weechoon, i think he is interested too.! cox he asked me for the bangkok's add..! do check with him.!
 
hahahahahahaha apalar got already faster buy apa tunggu , if not have to go bangkok and buy it .....
 
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