i would agree, why waste your money on a preformed grill, when you get material from home depot, cut it your self, and make it fit.

 

>>i would agree, why waste your money on a preformed grill, when you get material from home depot, cut it your self, and make it fit.
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>>oh that's you like things to bolt on, like a honda would be...
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>>silly ricers, bolt on's for kids

You forget that the grill has compound curves. Unless you don't mind the mesh to straight as a board. That would be cheesy

 

^^^^^sweeeet, tough looking front end, i like

 

Thank you Koolmini

 

me like very much msfitoy.

 

Peter or anyone else,

Do you have a picture of the silver one on a Mini? I really like the closeup that maxmini posted. It really shows the quality.

 

dgszweda.....let me know if this is what your looking for.

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Paul,

Good picture. I was wondering if you had one from a farther distance showing the whole front end with the silver grill. To see how it fits in with the rest of the car. I am getting closer to a decision between the black and the silver.

 

I will have someting for you soon.......

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Does this new grill still accomodate the tow hook? In a picture that MSFITOY posted he has the tow hook in place. The original pic posted of this grill doesn't look like the hole is there.

Jason

 

>>Does this new grill still accomodate the tow hook? In a picture that MSFITOY posted he has the tow hook in place. The original pic posted of this grill doesn't look like the hole is there.
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>>Jason

Jason,

I've made a few note of recommendation to Peter. The hole is one of them. After mounting the grill, I looked straight into the hole and marked the appropriate area to be trimmed with a dremmel cutter then touched the raw edges with some matching paint. When screwing the hook, I gently pressed the grill in slightly to clear the hook as I tightened them down. Use teflon tape to assist in timing the hook so it will be up/down or left/right as you prefer




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I just installed my lower mesh grill by Grillcraft available at Moss Mini http://www.mossmini.com/Shop/ViewPro...eIndexID=42090
It does require drilling three small holes into the bumper, but these are not visible once installed. In order to install (the instructions do not tell you this) you will need to remove the bottom plastic on the bumper (the part that always scratches on curbs). You will remove the first line of screws (black with wide washer type heads and the two on each side attaching to the side fender) and the second line of screws (similar to the first line of screws, but not exactly so don't mix them up, and 3 bolt like screws). After all these screws are removed, the lower portion should come out pretty easily. I did not remove the factory plastic grill, for reasons presented earlier in this discussion, but simply placed the new grill in front, plenty of air flow is still allowed. Once the grill is placed, take a long nail to marked the 3 areas to be drilled. Drill the holes, then reach your hand/arm beneath and into the bumper to install the screws. It's kinda tight and a short screw driver needs to be used, but it's doable. It looks pretty sweet installed. Good luck.

 

I installed an M7 Ultimate grill in April. After some back and forth about color,
I chose silver........it goes amazingly well with my ds/w, '02 MCS. Other than white bonnet stripes, tires and mud guards it's my only exterior mod and the most significant of all. No chipping so far and the stock grill can't even remotely compare to it's quality and look.

 

The M7 Ultimate grill is sweet looking! I need one.

 

Hi Peter,

Any pics of the MC grill?? What colors??

Thanks.

 

Is there any testing to prove this? I would think that the blocked off pieces on the sides might create a vacuum effect behind them that would draw air to the sides of the radiator. If the whole grill is open, air would flow straight through and have some lateral compressive force to keep the air infront of the radiator.

Even if this isn't the case, the effect would only be seen at higher speeds in which enough air is flowing through the radiator anyway. When stopped, the opening is larger than stock allowing less restriction and more airflow through the fans (which are drawing straight through the radiator).

Do you get where I'm going with this or am I just on a crazy tangent?

 

More air is better...no problems with mine after nearly 10k miles...

 

im confused! i have the exact same grill i got off of euro style east.. it came in a package with the grillcraft sticker.. the instruction told me not to take out the oem grill and just put it on top of the existing grill, which i did! now it looks like......... not like any of the shots above!

can anyone help pls!!!!!!!!!

 

That's what I have right now. It was one of the 1st Cooper S grills and just went over the stock grill - very bad for airflow. I've run it for over a year in Florida heat and have had no heat related problems, though. Now, I'm planning on upgrading to the M7 grill that is a total replacement.

 

Not sure what grill you have. This is the M7 black grill.

 

The M7 grill is by far the best replacement grill out there. Nothing else out there including the OEM even comes close. I had zero problems with it, and was even involved in a front end accident, and it never chipped or bent out of alignment. I can't recommend it enough. so much that I am almost to the point to pay for R&D to get one done for the aero grill.

 

strange, mine looks identical but mine is like a cover.... i had it from euro style east, they told me it was shipped directly from m7 in california (followed the tracking number etc, and i knew it was the new ones cuze it was on back-order when i ordered mine) when it arrived, it had 3 screws and the grille and the instruction was for me to just put it on the existing grille, gave nothing about how to uninstall the old one

 

I just had the M7 grille installed also... the quality is unreal.... then again I think I own a mini.......it's been gone so long I better check the title when I go to the shop tomorrow....

 

The old one just pops out and the new one is installed near flush to the bumper surface.

 

mine's flush to the bumper surface.. i just had no instruction on how to pop out the old one... mind posting some instructions here?