Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with BBR, nor do I trust everything they say.

Here it goes:

It appears that Blow-By-Racing will offer a black (powdercoated) upper GT grille very soon (ETA 4 weeks). I've attached a photo of their current billet grille. The new one will have the exact same styling.

Here's my e-mail correspondence with them:

We have our new grilles being made now an should be on the shelf in 4 weeks - they will be a billet with black powder coat. Please call us with any questions - grilles will be same priced.

thank you


Chris Jones



131 NW 13th Street
suite 39
Boca Raton, FL 33432
ph: 561-417-5555
Fax: 561-417-5995
www.BlowByRacing.com

 

Here's the reply from CERVINIS on the same question. Apparently, they won't offer such a grille in black:


Hello. All grilles are pre-polished and cannot be shipped out another way. You could strip it when you get it and paint it if you like. Thank you

Information Department
Cervinis Auto Designs
3656 N. Mill Rd
Vineland, NJ 08360
1-800-488-6057
info@cervinis.com


From: xxxxx
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 6:28 PM
To: info@cervinis.com
Subject: C-series grille for 05 Mustang GT


Dear Sirs,



I live in The Netherlands and I would like to purchase a C-series grille (Part#7025) for my 2005 Mustang GT.

Please let me know whether it's possible to have it shipped non-polished (or black), with the side pony already installed on it.



Thanks in advance for your reply!

 

Well one company wants our business and one doesn't!

 

I've had that grille in my car for months now. I got it from a place in FL called Casey's Customs. I'd attach a pic but I'm trying to figure out the photo hosting bs. Why can't I just attach a pic? Stupid...

 

When you make a new post (or edit an old on... advanced edit) look below the "reply box" there's a section called Additional Options. Click on the button labeled Manage Attachments. A new window will pop up. (make sure pop up blockers are off) In that window you can Browse for the pics, then click upload, then close the window and they will be attached to your post.

 

Oh, duhh. I did the "quick reply". Anyway, here it is. Sorry, not the best pic, but you get the idea. It's a very high quality grille. I still need to find one of the old school emblems with the pony over top of the red/white/blue bars. It looks a little plain right now.

 

Gee thanks. You just HAD to post pics of it on a white car! I had talked myself out of getting one of those since that style has been around for so long, but now I'm not so sure. Time to go back to the drawing board and see if I can photoshop that grille into a Roush front end.
Any more pics?
How does it install? Any drilling into the bumper cover?

 

How do you guys think that grill will look on a car with the honeycomb blackout tail panel? Would it look better if I held out for a honeycomb GT grill w/ no fogs/pony?

 

IMO, the HC would look better no matter what, but it would look a lot better with the HC rear panel than the bars.
HOWEVER, I don't think anyone is coming out with a no fogs/pony HC grille anytime soon... if ever.

 

The 1970 Mach1, which was the first Mustang with the honeycomb tail panel, had a front grille with horizontal bars, not a honeycomb one.
On the 1971 Mach1 both tail panel and front grille were honeycomb.
Either way, you can't go wrong.

 

Actually it's the satin silver, but I took the pic in the sun. Sorry, I'm retarded when it comes to photography.

Install was a major PIA. First, remove the bumper cover, which is actually the easy part. The simple way would be to remove the factory grille and screw or rivet the billet grille to the bumper cover. I didn't do this becuase there would have been an large gap around the grille. I did it the hard way and took a recipro saw to the grille and removed the whole honeycomb. What was left was the outside ring wich I then riveted the grille to. That outside ring also has the male tabs that lock it into the bumper cover. Much more work, but it made for a cleaner look.

The pic is from before I had it powder coated semi-gloss black.

 

Great idea. I didn't want to have to drill into the bumper cover.
Couldn't you just remove the stock grille, cut out the honeycomb, attach the bars to it, then put it back?

 

Well the black on my grill has striped off from bugs, sand or just road grit.
The fins are still on but the vertical pieces that hold the fins have had the black striped off.
It's a bummer for sure.
Too bad I just wanrt to drive not show

 

kinda like this

 

A guy at a show n shine I was at last night had the entire Cervinis kit installed and he had the paint flaking off of the grille. I guess Cervinis was sending him a brand new one.

 

Tell him I can get the old one off his hands...

 

I purchased a billet grille originally from Casey's Customs. It was an absolute piece of crap. NEVER buy from them. The upper grille was supposed to be attached using brackets that wouldn't line up correctly and actually hit the pony in the center. The lower grille was supposed to be attached with ZIP TIES. And to add insult to injury, the pic they showed wasn't the same as the grille that showed up. Custom service was also a mess, as it finally took threats to get them to respond to numerous emails. I finally had another "professionally" installed by ideal automotive in Brandon, Fl. I love it and would recommend the upgrade on any V6.

 

Sounds like you're talking about an overlay. The one I used is a REPLACEMENT. Here's a pic now that I have an emblem on it.

 

Keystone which grille is that and is that an emblem added after the fact? If so how are you attaching it?

 

Yeah, it was definetly an overlay. I do like the way yours looks Keystone, I am considering putting an emblem on my grille.