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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 10:46 AM
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Here's the best picture I have that shows the car from afar. More pics are on my Fquick page (check sig)
I'm not sure if my grill matches my car too well. I have a blue/white theme going on compared to the usual blue/black themes. Up close the grill looks good. But from far like this shot it just stands out too much (or is it just me ???)
I have two options that I'm looking at:
1. Polished Billet Grill w/ matching Polished Ram Air Grill
2. Black Billet Grill
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Is the car NBM?

If so I'd just get the grill panted NBM. That would be badass.
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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continue the stripes on the slp grille
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
continue the stripes on the slp grille
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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Are you shitting me? get your grille painted to match the car and the stripes!! IMO
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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polished gets my vote....looks great on blue and will match your scheme while still standing out...polished grills are the only way i can dig the catfish front end of a camaro.....it just does it for me
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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i agree with the paint, i mean considering your car has stripes it would look clean. i pulled my insert out of the hood and sprayed it with chrome paint and it looks good, the stainless inserts for the hood scoop that i have seen look cheesy. i would definitely recommend trying the chrome paint and if you dont like it then get an insert.
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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I say leave it alone, you allready have the best looking grill IMO. I see cars all the time that are very clean and done in good taste "like yours" but the owners keep modding them and go overboard.

Also, dont paint it to match the car, the contrast does good for the front. I also think continuing the stripes would clutter it up and look WT.
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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Yeah I'm not sure about painting the grill. I've seen another NBM SS with stripes that has the grill painted to match the car and stripes and it doesn't look as good as other color cars with stripes. For instance it looks sweet on Ls1CamaroGuy87's car but on NBM it just doesn't look great. IMO
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 11:30 PM
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I'm with everyone else, paint it. Otherwise I would remove the grill all together.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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Another vote for painting the grille to match the car and stripes.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 05:08 AM
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Well, you obviously know my vote, BUT its your car, so do what you think looks the best and matches the car.....and thanks for the compliment
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 08:43 AM
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i say paint it
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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You guys suck
I did a search and found another NBM SS w/ stripes that painted their grill and it does look freakin' sweet!!
I even did a search and found some cars with the billet grills, and it looks like the black billet is the best IMO.
So... I'm going to look into painting this grill, and if that fails I think I will be going the black billet route.
Thanks everyone for your help!
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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billit grill ***
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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you won't regret painting it!! IMO it matches the car the best and looks the best!
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
you won't regret painting it!! IMO it matches the car the best and looks the best!
I'm going to look around and find a good shop around here to paint it. The only thing that seems tricky is getting this grill off without breaking anything. Any tips? All I've read is "yank it out", and that doesn't suit well with me.
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SLP, thats what i went with.
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