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Old 07-06-08, 04:35 AM
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Does anyone know if there is a easy way to change the grille from the chrome color (around it)... to the gun metal color like the rims has?? i donno why they would make such a sick car with that gun metal and have the girll have chrome on it
Old 07-06-08, 07:50 AM
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Buy one from Carson Toyota (lexus parts) for $289

http://www.l-tunedparts.com/product/?id=2899

It took 2 months to get mine though
Old 07-06-08, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by btwanky
Does anyone know if there is a easy way to change the grille from the chrome color (around it)... to the gun metal color like the rims has?? i donno why they would make such a sick car with that gun metal and have the girll have chrome on it
does your ISF has normal chrome grills?

mine came in gunmetal color chrome from factory....
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We're referring to the "Grill Surround". Not the grill itself.
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Originally Posted by VelvetBlue
We're referring to the "Grill Surround". Not the grill itself.
me too..

it came darkened from factory...US not?

is it not dark enought?

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Old 07-06-08, 10:52 AM
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i donno what color your car is.. but mine is black... and it looks very chrome... everything looks perfect but that and the lexus logo
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wow.. that carson one is nice... do you just put it on over the old one?
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No. You replace the stock one with the new one. I got the black pearl emblems from them too.
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