Where are you guys buying Si grilles at? Ebay ones or actual OEM ones? Seems all the OEM ones i see are just the mesh and then you have to buy the molding separate, and i am unsure how the cheap ebay ones would fit.

 

OEM ones are very nice if you can find them. They won't be cheap though. Never are.

I got mine on eBay. Looks decent enough.

 

Thats cool how does it fit? Does it come apart in 2 pieces so it'll be easier to get painted?

 

i have an eBay one that doesn't have the SI symbol on it, it's the Type-R or whatever style, but it's doing the job just fine.

 

Click my sig below to see pics of an OEM Si Grille installed on my EX.

I bought the OEM grille on ebay for around $80(cost+shipping). I bought the grille molding from some site that sells various car parts, it was OEM though, for around $45. I had to choose si black, blue, or red.

Once I got the molding I took it to a shop to paint it to match my car, another $40.

It takes 5 minutes to take off the bumper, another 5 to remove all grille screws(you re-use those screws/clips to mount the new grille with the molding)

I'm debating on buying the H logo for the grille. I usually hear bad things about ebay grilles, as they don't fit properly or are just a real cheap plastic that'll eventually crack.

If you want to save a little, use live.com to get currently 13% off ebay purchases via buy it now if you pay with paypal.

go to live.com, type in wii(or anything else that brings up an ebay link). You'll see cashback icon. Click that, search for whatever like OEM Si Grille and as long as you don't close the browser that cashback icon will be there the entire time. When you buy something it'll say you'll receive xxx in cashback.

I've done it a few times last year(I think you can only do 8 rebates per ebay name, but unlimited per paypal account)

hope I helped lol

 

i have a SI grill that i bought off ebay... again not to cheap think i spent like 70-100bucks for it. and the OEM SI grill is a 2piece grill. the outter molding and then the black mesh. you paint the outter molding and leave the mesh black.

i have a cheap ebay grill and its dog crap! i bought it before i got my OEM SI grill and when i opened the box i instantly decided to ditch the POS!!!!!! the OEM grill has side lower mounts just like stock. the cheap @ss grill only had the top holes... but no way to hold the grill to the bumper cover. talk about some crap!
OEM is the best way to go tho you will pay for it so dont think you can cheap out on one....

and yes they are hard to rare to see which is another reason why the price goes up fast also.
so keep an eye out and keep searching.

 

thanks for the help I guess ill just keep an eye out for an OEM one.

 

or ya could always buy a new one. but will be even more of course... i think i priced it for about 150bucks brand new.

 

I bought the Si grille for my EX from a boneyard for $75 shipped and in R81 red (my EX's color).

Before


after

 

id say remove the H part looks so much better IMO...