P7 Grille Lockdown Project Finally Done
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Including in California, where the OP is located and where they've increasingly started to enforce this. It used to be that certain municipalities would maybe ticket you while parked (looking at you, West Hollywood...) but now CHP has started pulling people over just for not having a front plate.
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Funny, I was offered numerous options for relocation when my agency was closing bases and the first thing I checked were schools (my daughter was 6 at the time) and which states required front license plates. I figured I would find a suitable house in each location and I can utilize eBay and Amazon for things not available locally, but I could not stomach drilling holes in the front of my car or disrupting the flow of the front end of my cars. Silly perhaps, but I’m with you on the “what is this license plate you speak of....”
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Including in California, where the OP is located and where they've increasingly started to enforce this. It used to be that certain municipalities would maybe ticket you while parked (looking at you, West Hollywood...) but now CHP has started pulling people over just for not having a front plate.
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Exactly, Florida is where I moved from in 2010 - should just be renamed to “Thunderdome” - everything people,say about how ridiculous that state it doesn’t even begin to capture it,
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JacksonvilleJag (06-27-2020)
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I actually bought an F-Type without a vision pack with deliberate intent to install a one-piece grille (AND I'm in a state with no front tags). Now I'm just totally stumped about where to actually procure the damn part! Seems like plenty of folks are able to get them, but so far the only ones I've found are the cautionary-tale replicas from Paramount and ebay (China).
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I actually bought an F-Type without a vision pack with deliberate intent to install a one-piece grille (AND I'm in a state with no front tags). Now I'm just totally stumped about where to actually procure the damn part! Seems like plenty of folks are able to get them, but so far the only ones I've found are the cautionary-tale replicas from Paramount and ebay (China).
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Joel Hendrickson (07-07-2020)
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I actually bought an F-Type without a vision pack with deliberate intent to install a one-piece grille (AND I'm in a state with no front tags). Now I'm just totally stumped about where to actually procure the damn part! Seems like plenty of folks are able to get them, but so far the only ones I've found are the cautionary-tale replicas from Paramount and ebay (China).
I've only seen the pictures the early production of the paramount/veizu one piece grille but if they have improved the quality of the product and the workmanship is better and for half the cost of the oem and less hassle to get one i think the paramount version will do just fine. Once the surround is painted the grille is on the bumper and the bumper bar cover is gone, the front end will look 10x better and i don't think it matters anymore if the P7 grille is oem or aftermarket, neither adds any horsepower or will make the car any faster
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Joel Hendrickson (07-07-2020)
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Not to Unhinged any names but Lance assisted me getting my p7 grill parts from Brit car. He is an institution on the forum and I super thankful for his help; however, the availability of the requisite information needed to source a grill and surround are not limitless. I would start there.
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If you really want a P7 grille then you have to put in the work, the only help I got from the forum was recommended JLR dealers to order the parts from but you can pretty much order the parts from any dealer as long as you have the required vin # which I got all on my own by doing work along with some creative thinking and with some luck as well. If youre located in the US, I recommend try ordering iit from a US dealer to avoid having to pay extra on shipping cost and taxes/tarrif fees.
I've only seen the pictures the early production of the paramount/veizu one piece grille but if they have improved the quality of the product and the workmanship is better and for half the cost of the oem and less hassle to get one i think the paramount version will do just fine. Once the surround is painted the grille is on the bumper and the bumper bar cover is gone, the front end will look 10x better and i don't think it matters anymore if the P7 grille is oem or aftermarket, neither adds any horsepower or will make the car any faster
I've only seen the pictures the early production of the paramount/veizu one piece grille but if they have improved the quality of the product and the workmanship is better and for half the cost of the oem and less hassle to get one i think the paramount version will do just fine. Once the surround is painted the grille is on the bumper and the bumper bar cover is gone, the front end will look 10x better and i don't think it matters anymore if the P7 grille is oem or aftermarket, neither adds any horsepower or will make the car any faster
I think it's been a few years since that Paramount photo circulated 'round these parts, and I also wondered if quality had improved. Seems like it would be pretty easy to just trim the flash with a Dremmel and an embossing gun, then plastidip the mesh in a satin black. For the surround, I was already planning to wrap in chrome vinyl and ceramic coat it.
At that point, if the whole thing is being refinished anyway, is there really any benefit to having the OEM part?
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