Well not really...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1831132725
Does anyone have any pics or comments on the Carriage Works grilles? So far the only pics that I have seen and the posts that I have read are all good. Anyone else?

thanks

 

A Carriage Works grille only contains 14 bars, a Stull grille has 18 bars. Just ask Flexstr1, he bought them and he is content, however they do pop rivet to your grille shell.

Have a good one!

Showya

 

Have the Carriage Works upper and lower, like em much. Need to take a better pic though... much nicer at further than 4 feet away with a flash camera...

 

2Cool - Are those polished, or are they black? Where did you buy from, and how much were the upper and lower?? Thanks.

 

Hey I just ordered from them on Thursday, it should be here today(knock on wood) I'll let you know and take pictures when I get it. $190 is really cheap for top and bottom, I got it off ebay also.

Brian

 

got it on Ebay, for $179 for both pieces. here's a bit better shot of it... search for "carriage works" +lightning, only one listing will show up...

 

thanks for the reply guys....one question....how hard are they to install...i have no idea what to do? Rivets? I know what they are but have never used them...help?


thanks

 

Fairly easy to install, but you do need a drill and a rivet gun (hand riveter is maybe $10 at Ace hardware).

You remove the stock grill from the surround. Lay the CW grill into it. Use a marker to draw around the ends of the 4 support rods, top and bottom. Drill a 1/8" (small) hole in the middle of each of the circles you drew. Then rivet into the ends of the 4 support rods you can see in the pictures there.

Sounds harder than it is. The grill looks better, and is more open for airflow. The grill is brushed finished on the edges, and black anodized everywhere else.

 

any other tips from people who have installed grilles?

 

I have a CW grille, and it looks great, you will love the look. As for the install, becareful when taking out the bottom grille, there are plastic half circles on the bumper that it is screwed into. They are used to connect the CW grille, so if one/all break then it's a pain in the @ss, i went through it.

CW sends instructions with it, so it's fairly easy, My dad and I put it in in about 3 hours. Took us a while...haha, but only because those pieces broke, and it took two hours to make a new way to connect the bottom.

Also, i would go to a hardware store and buy some black spring clips. You have to remove the ones that hold the black rubber on the bottom of the grill shell, they are a little roughed up after that, so i just bought brand new ones.

Also what made it easier for me removing the grille shell and putting it back in....the instructions say to pull 2...or maybe four...spring clips. All that does is disconnect the grille shell from the car, so the black weatherstrip is still on the shell. I removed all of them, and removed the weather strip, then i took out the grille shell, install everything, put it back in, then re-connected the weather strip. I thought it made it easier, b/c when you try to remove it with it still conneted it's a pain in the ***, and i didn't want to scratch anything.

Oh and if you're really meticulous with your L, it's a good time to wax the bumper when the shell's off, it's too much of a pain to try to get your fingers under it to wax normally.

Hope it helps

 

here ya go J15BIG.. this will help you install the grills.

http://www.svtlightnings.com/svt/gri...illetgrill.htm

something i did a while back.

thanks to doug for hosting the write-up on www.svtlightnings.com

ps: dont blow them up joe..

 

anybody get a whistling sound with any of these grills?

 

cant hear it over the blower whine & stereo...

 

No whistling with this grille.

 

99BlkLitng
looks great...i cant wait....
are those the CWs, Stull, or Trenz?