Facelift grill or mesh insert grills
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Howdy,
Yes, I did my lower front Grille (DIY) a while ago now to match the upper and it always looks great - check it out here;
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Yes, I did my lower front Grille (DIY) a while ago now to match the upper and it always looks great - check it out here;
Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum - Lcgi's Album: X-Type (DIY - Lower Grill)
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That's pretty good. I thought about doing the front grill diy with universal mesh but everyone on here said no, don't do it, it won't look good, it won't look authentic. So I decided not to, but your lower grill I can barely tell it was homemade, only because you told me. At first look, it just looks like the normal mesh kits. Black fades in better too. I think the silver grills stand out more and you can really see the shape of the mesh. I was at Lowes the other day and looked at their mesh wire just for fun. It looked pretty good but it was real flimsy aluminum stuff and a lot of the meshes were already bent. If any kind of pebble or bug hit it it would bend. I know they sell some universal mesh on ebay that is better stuff but all in all I think I would just opt for the Mina upper grill, since they are less than $100 and look like an oem sport part. The lower grills are like twice that though so if you get both it's kind of expensive.
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Hey 04xtype04!, I did the Menards/HomeRepo run and got sone 1/4” wire mesh and some black plastic 1/4” garden type fencing crap and double layered it in an angled pattern and cut to fit .. And then I made fog light covers out of the plastic chit! I swear it looks boss! Need to post pics. Was gonna buy online, but then thought I could do better than the crap they sell at Pep Boys… No chrome on my 03 sport… thanx! Check out Lcgi’s..his looks great!
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Peter's being the Sport already had the upper mesh grille, so he retro fitted the lower mesh to compliment it......
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Hi did think briefly about the upgraded grille but wasn't to his taste
In the process of drilling out a spare rear bootlid plinth then painting to match body colour and adding leds so that JAGUAR lights up in the dark
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Hi did think briefly about the upgraded grille but wasn't to his taste
In the process of drilling out a spare rear bootlid plinth then painting to match body colour and adding leds so that JAGUAR lights up in the dark
![](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/attachments/x-type-x400-14/76600-facelift-grill-mesh-insert-grills-reardriversside_zps2a1c0ec0.jpg?dateline=1395186641)
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I used gloss black rustoleum, but sanded the chrome vanes first with some medium fine sand paper I had around. It looks good though. Once I put it back in it looked completely stock except blacked out. Adds a cool little touch to the typical x-type look. Too bad I won't be keeping the stock grill long but it was a good learning experience. I wish I had done it sooner but I didn't want to modify the car from stock at first. Now I'm just like ehh, it's mine why not.
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