sparcost3
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hey, was just wondering if any 1 has made or bought a grill that fits a gsi after the badge hole has been smoothed? any pics / advice would be much apriciated, would rather not have a massive gap tbh
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Phillips_91
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i really want to make the post '97 debadge grill fit into mine
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spankyjames
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iirc greggsi made a post97 grill fit his
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spankyjames
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his garage
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/garage.php?action=usergarage&owner=GregGsi&carid=8148&page=all
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sparcost3
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i have a post 97 1 on atm it looks a compleatley diferent shape :s
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Toby
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mark lawton fitted one to his - search 'smokey', looked great
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IvIarkgraham
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get a post 97 bumper, cut the grill surround off and get it plastic welded onto the gsi bumper
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Phillips_91
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quote: Originally posted by spankyjames
iirc greggsi made a post97 grill fit his
Yeah sent him a u2u a while back but never got any responce, think it was him anyway
quote: Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
get a post 97 bumper, cut the grill surround off and get it plastic welded onto the gsi bumper
Will that work?
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Crana
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Phillips_91
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is that yours? and if so how'd you do it?
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GTM
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I made mine fit. Simply cut the tabs off the grill and drilled two holes to screw it in place.
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LukeD
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Marks one when he modified the Grill to, only issue is theres a slight gap in the corners
I just extended the bonnet on mine!
[Edited on 07-12-2010 by LukeD]
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Phillips_91
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screw holes in the bottom i guess? and all the clips?
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IvIarkgraham
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i'd say it would work! never actually tried it though
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marklawton
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quote: Originally posted by LukeD
Marks one when he modified the Grill to, only issue is theres a slight gap in the corners
[Edited on 07-12-2010 by LukeD]
my old one, cut all the tabs off and thats what you will be left with
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sparcost3
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that black gsi is gorgeous
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Crana
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aye the red one is mine and I just cut the last two slate things off
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sparcost3
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cheers mate thats helped alot
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Phillips_91
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quote: Originally posted by Crana
aye the red one is mine and I just cut the last two slate things off
Only the last 2? the ones at the end i guess? how come you only had to do those 2?
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Crana
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was ages ago but im sure i cut two or 3 off to make it fit
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MatthewR
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quote: Originally posted by marklawton
quote: Originally posted by LukeD
Marks one when he modified the Grill to, only issue is theres a slight gap in the corners
[Edited on 07-12-2010 by LukeD]
my old one, cut all the tabs off and thats what you will be left with
looks awesome
love your old corsa Mark
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Phillips_91
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Thanks for the help on that guys
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sparcost3
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cheers everyone
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