mindonmatter

Okay, stupid question maybe, but....

Is it okay to drive without a grill in your car? I need to remove it for a couple of days. I know it will leave the radiator partially unprotected, but I'm more worried about wind. Will wind entering the grill opening at 70mph tear anything up? I don't want to have the front of my car ripped apart! Has anyone drove around for a few days with no grill?

Thanks.

GeeeeOhhhh

iTrader: (5)

i did it for a month, no biggie. your just going to get a bunch of bugs in there. And yes it's unprotected from rock damages but it's either it hits the radiator and maybe dents it or bounces off your grill onto your hood and onto your windshield.

Black Betty

iTrader: (60)

You'll be fine. What are you doing to your grille is the question?

mindonmatter

Thanks guys. Good to know.

BB,
I'm painting my grill(again). I'm not sure where I went wrong, but the paint is starting to chip/peel after only a few weeks. I sanded down the chrome, primed, etc. I wasn't very happy with the way it turned out anyways. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still just spray paint. Pisses me off, I spent a whole saturday painting that thing. So anyways, I'm going to take it off and have my body shop spray it for me. Now I'm just trying to find a way to avoid having to spend 4 hours sanding it completely down to the plastic. I think I'm going to try using a sandblaster at work(has glass beads for media) and hopefully that'll take the paint off without destroying the plastic. I'm open to other suggestions though.

Black Betty

iTrader: (60)

Mine is rock chipped quite a bit as well. If the sandblasting works well, let me know. I'm going to have mine done by a professional too, but if blasting it first will make for a better finish or make it cheaper I'm all for it. Let me know how it turns out.

cereal2k

iTrader: (10)

No problems running without the grill, even at triple digit speeds. makes for some possible bug clean up though.

The light specs are the bugs LOL

1fastbob

No problem except you won't be able to grille any burgers!

Bob

beerme986

iTrader: (2)

I will be doing the same thing, as in sending my grill to a body shop for a real paint job; doing at home just didnt turn out great. supposed to only take a couple days so no biggie

terrycs

iTrader: (37)

Radiators and intercoolers are designed for airflow. Even with the grill on, they are "unprotected". The fins can be straighten if they get bent.

terfer

Tape it up with some painters tape to protect from bugs if you're really worried.

STOOF

iTrader: (2)

yeah youre good. im riding around with no grill again right now.

its fun people come up and tell you as if you didnt know it was missing. i like to play games and grab my head and yell NOOOO WHYYY GOOODDDDDDD lmfaoooo its great

The Jewbag

iTrader: (1)

ahahahha I did the same thing one day when I drove into the city and parked in in some garage. The dude barely spoke english and was like "I no do dis no me sir no me" Lmfao

cereal2k

iTrader: (10)

LOL.

Yeah, same here, people asking wheres your grille and I sometimes would say "Damn they jacked my grille cause I took up two spots"