R56 Slatted Chrome Grille on 2013 MCS???
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My wife has a 2012 Justa Clubman with a chrome slat grille, and I have been thinking about trying to swap that onto my 2012 Roadster S for a while, I'm going for a full chrome theme this year. Maybe if the weather is OK on Sunday I'll give it a shot. I have the JCW kit on my car which might complicate things a bit though...
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I've thought about making the same swap on my R55-S... it makes it look more like a 'Morris Traveller'.
Researched the swap a couple of years ago, and was told the hood trim/opening on the S is different and that the grill wouldn't fit without some 'work'. Don't know if that's true or not.
Researched the swap a couple of years ago, and was told the hood trim/opening on the S is different and that the grill wouldn't fit without some 'work'. Don't know if that's true or not.
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Here it is installed, all the upper mountings line up if you ignore the lowers, and all the lowers line up if you ignore the uppers.
Installed to the upper mountings you get a half inch gap at the bottom, enough for me to get my skinny fingers in:
Now I've seen it on the car, I don't think I'll pursue it any further trying to get it to work. It is too short, and would need some kind of insert to grow it, and you would have to do a little between each slat to keep it looking right. Also, the Justa grille has very little opening, only the bottom slat gap and a few inches at one side are open, versus the S grille which is almost completely open. I don't know if that would cause problems, but the cooling on the S around the turbo is problematic at the best of times so I wouldn't want to tempt fate.
I'm going to see if there are any stainless mesh grilles, or maybe look at metallic Plastidip.
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I agree, spiney. The Justa grill looks way too heavy. That's why I'm toying with the idea of chroming the JCW grill. There has also been mention that the Justa grill will not provide enough ventilation for the turbo engine.
I still awaiting word from the plater in Pennsylvania.
I still awaiting word from the plater in Pennsylvania.
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