Review Stillen Grille
06-10-2009, 10:21 PM
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Stillen Grille
Just finished installing the Stillen Grille. Overall the fitments is good however there was one major issue I find very disappointing for a $254 grille and that's the mount for the emblem. Unlike the stock grill mount which has two holes in a thin hard plastic back plate the emblem clips snuggly into, the stillen grille emblem mount has a thick piece of softer plastic which is too wide and rather wedges the emblem in on a ridge on the edge of the plastic which is not as secure for my tastes. You need to do some work on it to produce a good fit. Another modification required is the removal of the center arm on the emblem itself since that's where the bar is and not a gap any more. A dremel makes short work of what otherwise would have been a painfully hard mod to do without possibly screwing up the emblem since you need to remove the arm all wth way to the fugi practically.
Overall though I like the look, especially with black chrome emblems which serve to not emphasis the bar as much and produce a semi-emblemless look. The semi-gloss grille coordinates well with matte black lipped rims which was my hope. I actually ended up liking the look quite a bit more then I first thought I would.
Overall though I like the look, especially with black chrome emblems which serve to not emphasis the bar as much and produce a semi-emblemless look. The semi-gloss grille coordinates well with matte black lipped rims which was my hope. I actually ended up liking the look quite a bit more then I first thought I would.
Last edited by RedG37SNC; 06-13-2009 at 12:14 AM.
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06-10-2009, 10:34 PM
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Just finished installing the Stillen Grille. Overall the fitments is good however there was one major issue I find very disappointing for a $254 grille and that's the mount for the emblem. Unlike the stock grill mount which has two holes in a thin hard plastic back plate the emblem clips snuggly into, the stillen grille emblem mount has a thick piece of softer plastic which is too wide and rather wedges the emblem in on a ridge on the edge of the plastic which is not as secure for my tastes. You need to do some work on it to produce a good fit. Another modification required is the removal of the center arm on the emblem itself since that's where the bar is and not a gap any more. A dremel makes short work of what otherwise would have been a painfully hard mod to do without possibly screwing up the emblem since you need to remove the arm all wth way to the fugi practically.
Overall though I like the look, especially with black chrome emblems which serve to not emphasis the bar as much and produce a semi-emblemless look. The semi-gloss grille coordinates well with matte black lipped rims which was my hope. I actually ended up liking the look quite a bit more then I first thought I would. Here's a pretty unflattering glaring light shot, I'll try to get a quarter front shot this weekend in daylight.
Overall though I like the look, especially with black chrome emblems which serve to not emphasis the bar as much and produce a semi-emblemless look. The semi-gloss grille coordinates well with matte black lipped rims which was my hope. I actually ended up liking the look quite a bit more then I first thought I would. Here's a pretty unflattering glaring light shot, I'll try to get a quarter front shot this weekend in daylight.
06-11-2009, 01:14 AM
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06-11-2009, 10:36 AM
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I think just mesh in replace of the grill would look awesome, minus the single bar..is that the ionic you guys are talking about?
Overall looks alot better than I thought, maybe just on your car? I usually don't like it at all
Overall looks alot better than I thought, maybe just on your car? I usually don't like it at all
06-11-2009, 10:40 AM
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Emblemless was fun to try, I tried it while waiting for the black chrome emblems to get in. It gives a clean look but it also seemed to devalue the car with a almost kit car look. A pretty big perception change for such a little cosmetic change. What's cool is you can go in the middle and keep the emblem only de-emphasize it which ended up being my final choice.
