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    I'll post up close pics of mine installed in the next couple of days...lot going on right now. but here is one at lil bit of distance:(the NHPB'y right next to the Taffy White one.):

    my FS thread

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    you get what you pay for, sometimes you get lucky and shit fits and sometimes it doesnt, no way to mod it to fit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fEPst3r View Post
    you get what you pay for, sometimes you get lucky and shit fits and sometimes it doesnt, no way to mod it to fit?
    Read previous posts.
    my FS thread

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    Looks pretty tight too bad it didn't fit.

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    All replica mugen grills are made for JDM bumpers. You can get them to fit on USDM bumper, but you WILL have to do some modification. I feel for ya, but if you were willing to cut, and repaint your grill, then you should have been willing to test out the fitment by cutting away at the back.

    I had to do a similar procedure on my fiberglass mugen replica grill. It doesn't fit perfect, but its close.
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    I don't buy anything off of eBay unless it's a used OEM part or an aftermarket name brand part from a big name seller. No knock offs!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Strife View Post
    Wow, you got screwed. I used to buy a lot of things off of eBay, but never anything for my car.
    same here. You could of put that $ towards buying an authentic grill off kings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kingphoenix07 View Post
    Almost any aftermarket part is going to have diffrent fitment issues variing from one car to the next.

    I have this same exact(although i got mine from tunerzimage) grille installed. I am sorry to say that your body shop is pretty pathetic if they could not get this on.

    As with any manufaturing there is going to be extra material on the final product...the less there is the more planned and researched the production process was.

    You will need an extra person for the install. 1st remove the stock grille.
    To install this grille you must trim the corners off of the backside lip on the 2 top corners(backside...not seen.). Then u must also trim about a 1/4 inch off the rest of the backside lip...this will cut down the angle at which it finally sits at. add industrial double sided foam tape to the remaining back lip.
    next drill 3-4 small hole along the top of the grille.(have it resting in place on the car to avoid havig holes conflicting with other parts/holes/fastners.) have the other person help you line the grille up so the corners are even.make sure that the stock part of the grill up by the radiator support goes in to the lip on the new grill where the mesh is tacked on. in one of the holes drilled on top use a small bolt head srew to fasten it into place...lightly...cf cracks easy so be gentle. now pull backing of the exposed side of the double sided tape and lightly press down...making sure every thing is still lined up. go back up to the top of the grille and put in the remaining bolt head srews in...gently. now press down hard on the double sided tape area. and it is installed.
    just remember that this grille doesn't sit the same as our and will protrude a lil...but it looks good. also remeber that no knock-off part is going to be as good as the og...expect to have to do a lil more work for the cheaper parts.

    one last thing...if u use cheapo double sided tape(like me) you will have to replace it later. I wound up taking off the bumper and fastning it down with the same bolthead srews as the top...u can even use nuts and bolts down there, once the bumper is off.
    This is great advice, thanks dude.

    Ok, so I have already sent the grill back to the eBay seller. They were really cool about the return, gave me back a full refund, including the cost to ship back to them. So they were totally cool about it.

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    i wanted to order this one..... crap!

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    ive seen this grill before on ebay. I have also seen a couple of sellers but the best one was a guy who showed the product on 3 different ep3's.

    -one had it molded into the bumper
    -one had a JDM bumper with it on
    -one was USD with it modified to fit

    he also said it would not fit USD bumpers directly and showed why.




    all the other sellers are like "MUGEN GRILL FOR YOUR EP# BUY NOW CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP ....AND ITS EVEN CaRbOn FiBeR!!!11~ *gasp*"

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    Pappy's right of course, the grill you speak of requires moderate modification to fit the usdm bumper. Chris explained it as best as I've ever heard and I've seen his in person, it looks fine.

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    this is another example of cheap imitation knock offs, i have a love hate relationship with knock-offs, don't get me twisted, Seibon does make quality reps, but i guess the the sayin stays true "you get what you paid for"

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    LOL,

    I have them in CF and FG that fits perfect. just ask MoonSi.

    hit me up if interested?

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    Im afraid to buy stuff off ebay. ebay is the devil sometimes. I bought some lugs off ebay like 2 years ago and they looked like they were made out of coke cans. I guess ebay is a hit or miss basis

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    i bought mine from usashowstopper
    i think it is almost the same with yours , but i managed to fit it with minor mod...
    about the logo, yeah it is not flat, just bend a little bit of the logo and tadaaa....nicely fit!
    the logo should be smaller if u wanna use on the mugen grill (check the original mugen grill, see the emblem slightly smaller than jdm logo?)


    btw here some pic, good luck with your refund.... the seller was so nice...hard to find those honest sellers


    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O20icFg0DW...0/IMG_2557.JPG

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