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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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600 grit
1000 grit
1500 grit

then polished with Meguiar's Plastix

I just finished giving them a quick dremel hit with a soft cloth buffing wheel
Ill post the 100% finished product in the morning.

Im VERY happy with the results!

before


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before getting dremel raped.



If your thinking about doing this, just do it. and do it with confidence.
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 02:06 AM
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^ looks good and the headlights themselves look alot better even if you hadnt done the whistler mode on em
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 06:34 AM
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nice now change that grill
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 06:39 AM
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What grill would you recommend and where would I get it? I was thinking the same thing
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Came out nice but I would honestly worry about changing your wheels before worrying about the grill. There's the wings west, billet, and slp grills to choose from. If I were you, I'd just take off the stock one. It would look killer with the whistler mod
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by omarrakeen
nice now change that grill
Originally Posted by chicagoboostin
What grill would you recommend and where would I get it? I was thinking the same thing
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Came out nice but I would honestly worry about changing your wheels before worrying about the grill. There's the wings west, billet, and slp grills to choose from. If I were you, I'd just take off the stock one. It would look killer with the whistler mod
Stay away from the Catfish slp grill. LOL! Wings West or billet FTW!
Edit: and the headlights look great!

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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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After you remove the stock grill post some nice pics in my thread
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bj350hp
Stay away from the Cat-fish slp grill. LOL! Wings West or billet FTW!
Edit: and the headlights look great!

haha at catfish grill...id say go with the billet chrome or black grill they are cheap and it would flow nice with ur color, gonna change mine soon problem is i have to put my lisence plate on
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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I'm getting the cheaper mods out of the way before I lower the car and get wheels (thinking black c5 zo6 or zr1s) I just looked up a black billet grill, think that will be the route I go. Once I pay my credit card off I'll be getting the ss hood and wing or the wheels and springs.

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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 03:01 PM
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here are some options for a grill.
first is a ebay billet grill with a 69 camaro emblem.
second is my old stock grill painted gloss black with stainless inserts.




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Nice job cleanin 'em.

Did you notice any difference in the light output?
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bad_408_vert
Nice job cleanin 'em.

Did you notice any difference in the light output?
Yes, I don't need the fogs on anymore. So glad I did this to the headlights.
I ordered the black grill friday night.

Next up will be the berger panel.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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This is the end result.
I know a lot of people don't like the GS stripes, but the car looks so plain with the stock hood, so I feel I needed to add something.
I ordered a black billet grill, how do they mount? Do I have to drill holes like the SLP Grill? Anyway, I'm pretty happy with how it looks,

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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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Yup billet grills are drilled in
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