Front Grille

[HeavyB]

Just got a new XD an am loving it! Looking for a nice front bumper grille kit. I have bought them off ebay before for my old integra and it turned black and looked awful. If anyone has any recomendations I would really appreciate it!!

[Cylon_xD]

I really love my B-Cool grills, they are probably one of the most heavy-duty sets available for the xD... about $200 for just the set of two, though - no grills for the two small bumper scoops...

[HeavyB]

thanks man, I dig your XD. Mine is the same color.

[Cylon_xD]

Awesome! gotta love that NBM...!! :hands:

I had originally ordered a black 5-speed xD from my dealer, then a few days later they got an NBM one on the lot (in automatic, bleah)... I liked the blue way better, so I had them change my order for a 5-speed NBM... glad I did!

[xDizzle]

Nbm is the way to go lol

[HeavyB]

what did you get for the fron scoops?

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how hard are the b-cools to install?

[KILLA XD]

i wish i had the $200, it looks clean.

[Cylon_xD]

To install billets on the xD, you have to remove the front bumper facia completely, about 8 screws and 8 plastic pushpins - The top Billet mounts right over top of the existing grill, two studs through to the back side held on with big flat plate nuts; the bottom grill installs in place of the original grill, and requires drilling 4 holes into the lip of the grill recess to mount it.

I don't have anything in the bumper scoops (or whatever they call them!), thought about getting some fogs from TRDSparks for in those...

[TexXBox]

Do you still have the back and forth red light in there?

[Cylon_xD]

Yup, it's part of my Cylon theme, so they're still there and still working - and suprisingly, none of the bulbs have burned out yet (they're incandescent bulbs, not LED)...

[HeavyB]

oh wow, that is a lot of work to install those grilles.

[Cylon_xD]

Not really, I've had my front bumper off 4 times already, takes about 15 minutes to remove it, tops... and drilling four holes through thin plastic? Piece of cake. But now that I've lowered the car, getting to the 8 screws underneath is a little bit tougher with the tighter clearance, lol..

[HeavyB]

is it difficult to remove the front bumper? I am a begginer with these types of things and I dont want to mess up my brand new car!

[Rike]

I hear that. I want to do a few things, but it's not like I'm modding an old car where it doesn't really matter if I screw up.

[Resolve]

Scions are like SnapTite model cars. The just pull apart and pop together with ease. 98 percent of the bolts on a scion are 10mm. It is not hard to pop the front bumper off. hell I am missing half of my bolts under the bumper becuase I have taken it off so many times and it still holds on.

[Okie44]

Any directions as to how to remover front bumper to replace the radiator?