2005-2009 Mustang Information on The S197 {Gen1}
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 08:01 AM
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I actually like stock. Otherwise anything black with hidden fogs. I just like your car though. I'm biased to the CDC aggressive though. It looks so sharp and clean. Do you plan on making a lower grille for it?
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 06blackvertstang
I actually like stock. Otherwise anything black with hidden fogs. I just like your car though. I'm biased to the CDC aggressive though. It looks so sharp and clean. Do you plan on making a lower grille for it?
Just like?

Yeah you could say I plan on it:



I've had it trimmed and ready for install for over a year now, just haven't had the time to go making the mounting brackets.

This grille thing is tough. I want to give my front end a little more 'pop', make it look a little more premium, but I'm not finding an easy way to do it. The stock grille just looks so plain
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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WAIT give me the details. I need one just like that for my car. Fill me in!! If I had one to match the upper sgt grille that'd be perfect but I can't find one wide enough
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Cavero
This grille thing is tough. I want to give my front end a little more 'pop', make it look a little more premium, but I'm not finding an easy way to do it. The stock grille just looks so plain
I bought a spare stock grille and plan on dremeling out all of the honeycomb, sanding it down and having it painted black to match my car. I've also debated doing just the outer trim of it in another color (red, silver, or matte black) just to give the front end a little unique pop, but still keeping the stock style and pony. Hopefully I'll be able to work on it over the Christmas holiday, but as long as its done by spring, I'll be good.
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 06blackvertstang
WAIT give me the details. I need one just like that for my car. Fill me in!! If I had one to match the upper sgt grille that'd be perfect but I can't find one wide enough
It was part of this set by Stack racing:

http://www.americanmuscle.com/0509-black-gt-grille.html
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by UMich97
I bought a spare stock grille and plan on dremeling out all of the honeycomb, sanding it down and having it painted black to match my car. I've also debated doing just the outer trim of it in another color (red, silver, or matte black) just to give the front end a little unique pop, but still keeping the stock style and pony. Hopefully I'll be able to work on it over the Christmas holiday, but as long as its done by spring, I'll be good.
I can't remember who it was but I remember someone gave their grille the same treatment and it turned out pretty awesome
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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 09:24 AM
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That looks like its made for the CDC classic. Hmm does it fit alright?
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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 03:37 PM
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It was made for the stock lower grille insert. I had to make a template out of cardboard for the opening on the bumper with CDC agressive spoiler installed. Then I cut the bars on the billet grille to fit the width and shape of the opening. Width wise it's good, but height wise it could use an extra bar. I was going to make a black bezel for the whole thing so it should work OK
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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 03:54 PM
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Wow. I never realized how close it was. Does it look like it'll be easy to mount? What will it mount to? And I doubt anyone would notice a bar missing except for me and you
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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 04:02 PM
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Black billet with hidden fogs has my vote. Polished with hidden fogs I really really hate mesh.
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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 06blackvertstang
Wow. I never realized how close it was. Does it look like it'll be easy to mount? What will it mount to? And I doubt anyone would notice a bar missing except for me and you
It's gonna require some fab work. This is what I was cooking up. Some assembly required and I imagine there would have to be extra forward bends in the vertical bar or at least spacers between it and the grille, but I'd have to fit it on the car which requires jacking it up and spending an afternoon fitting and refitting. You can see why I was putting it off. I'd re-use 4 of the 5 bolts that the spoiler uses to attach to the bumper in the intake area:



Green is the grille (obviously)

And a rear view of the RH side:

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Old Dec 3, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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That looks great. I seriously look forward to seeing how it all turns out. Good luck! It'd be a great product to send to am. You might do well!!
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