Grill craft grills?

[Tylermurri4444]

Im thinking about getting the grillcraft upper and lower grills. Has anyone tried these? what is everyone elses oppinion about how they look. How do they fit?

[Tylermurri4444]

Thanks for the help

[mrluilou]

:chuckles:
i have an 01 and i bought the oem lower grill and it's perfect. what year do you have?

[niquick]

^^ if you have an oem bumper the plastic oem grill fits perfect and looks great

I actually got a universal mesh grill from ebay and cut it to fit my kaminari front bumper. It's light aluminum or steel...I don't remember but it works well, doesn't get nasty and corroded looking and they are paintable too if you want to change the color

[Tylermurri4444]

I have a 2000 Gt. I know the grillcraft are stainless and I am just debating wether I should get one or not. I love the way they look but I don't know if its worth the money.

[FITGT]

I have both upper and lower grillcraft oem replacements and I love them both.

[Tylermurri4444]

I'm glad to hear that because I just ordered them.

[DesigningEcho]

Post pics after install please?

[Aznboi812]

i think mine as grillecraft, i dun like it, i'll paint it black though. heres a pic

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee131/Aznboi812/tre007.jpg

[silentchaos]

rust FTL!!

[Aznboi812]

rust FTL!!

lol, it came with the car. the grille and taillights were the only thing i didn't like on the car. i'll paint it sometime soon

[Tylermurri4444]

Grillcraft grills are supposed to be stainless. Why the rust?

[Korywithak]

Nope, they are steel, not stainless, unless they changed them since I had them back in the day. They fit VERY WELL. I just wish the upper one was 90 degrees to the ground (like stock) instead of sloping with the nose of the car.

Ah well, 03+ front end for me now. :gap:

Edit for photos:

I found some OLD pics of my car...

Ordered black grillcrafts... got silver.

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/7073Pass-34.jpg

Later, painted them black.

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/7073Wheels_3.JPG

[Tylermurri4444]

Wow, Your car looks incredible.

[Korywithak]

^^^ My car looks nothing like that anymore.

Ditch the 00-02 front end, got an 03+ with a greddy front lip, and got topshop sides to go with the Greddy front and molly rear.

[Tylermurri4444]

I have the grills installed. I just dont know how to upload pictures onto this site.

[Tylermurri4444]

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8207/img3594gc1.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9105/img3595qy7.jpg

[.2002SilverGT]

Sick

[Korywithak]

Its bent at the left side of the lower grill.... how did that happen already?!

[Tylermurri4444]

I have no idea. I didnt even notice that. Hopefully its just the camera angle

[Tylermurri4444]

I just looked. The grill is not bent, It is just something wierd with the picture.

[Aznboi812]

looks good, i just recently painted my grille to black and it looks way better now

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee131/Aznboi812/021.jpg

[Tylermurri4444]

I love it, they are very good looking grills

[DesigningEcho]

I think they looked better silver. didnt know these fit that well though, im impressed. how easy was installation

[m0nkeyman]

I think they looked better silver. didnt know these fit that well though, im impressed. how easy was installation

yah, how was the install?
and i think that the black would look better if it was flat black IMO...

[m0nkeyman]

also, how much $ and where'd u guys buy urs?

[Aznboi812]

oh mine came with the car all rusty and crap. therees a site that sells them though, but i just googled it

http://www.eautoworks.com/search-Celica.htm

[Tylermurri4444]

The install took about 2 hours. The upper grill was super easy to do, it only took about 20 minutes. The lower grill took about an hour and a half because there is not very much room to work. the grills total with shipping was about 250, I ordered them from andysautosport.com. This will be a much more difficule install without a right angle drill, If you have access to one I highly suggest you use it for this install. I also had to cut a drill bit down. The grills come with step by step directions. The directions are also posted on their website if you want to look befor you buy. I am very happy with the way they turned out.

[02silverGT]

stock looks better in my opinion

[bman365]

No way that takes 2 hours..if you take off the bumper Id imagine it taking no time at all.

I don't really like how the grille is right at the edge of the openings..I would rather it be pushed back out of sight but still functional.

[Tylermurri4444]

No way that takes 2 hours..if you take off the bumper Id imagine it taking no time at all.

I don't really like how the grille is right at the edge of the openings..I would rather it be pushed back out of sight but still functional.

The install took me about 2 hours. That does not mean its going to take everyone else 2 hours. I have never taken the front bumper off of my car, It may have been faster to do it that way. I just did it exactly the way the directions said. I love how the grills sit right at the edge of the openings.