I was looking for a used grill to make a custom one for my car, and I came across these, not sue if I like them but I cant believe someone is making stuff for our fox cars.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/83-84-85-86-FORD-THUNDERBIRD-BILLET-GRILLE-thunder-bird-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem27b90c4d49QQitemZ170608315721QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/83-84-85-86-FORD-THUNDERBIRD-BILLET-GRILLE-thunder-bird-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem27b90c4d44QQitemZ170608315716QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Sweet- I wonder if they have any cougar ones? I'm too lazy to search, lol.
So, did you buy one?
I should really photochop those onto my car. They look cool, but I'd have to be sure before laying out that cash.
P.S. Repost!
i was thinking the same thing.
wish they had a cougar grille for the vert
Copied from their ebaystore.
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So, I did it!!!! I offered him $97 and he took it(horizontal one) I just bought a $20 grill on ebay to practice making a custom one. Pictures soon to come.......
Sweet. I cant wait to see it.
I was going to say I like the horizontal one better. Good choice IMO.
^^ My excited face ^^
ok, I do not reccomend this grille if you do not have experience with fiberglass(i do and still sucked). this thing couldn't of fit worse. After I cut and removed the material to install it their tabs mounted to air.... so I had to glass new sides to the grille to make this fit, this is just rattle can for looks), also it does not follow the correct curvature of the grille but all in all it don't look half bad. What do you guys think?
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/DSC07096.jpg)
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1st off, I love the color of your car. It looks very vivid! 2nd, did you happen to take any pictures during fitment/glass-in? I may try the vertical version, although I didn't have much fun fitting my hood!
I like it, but i think it would look even better if you painted the color of your car to give it that "Factory" look.
then it would look loke this lol
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/DSC02588.jpg)
think i prefer the stock grill
After market leave it all Bling!
I think it looks great! It sucks you had to put so much work into it just to make it fit but at least the end result looks to be worth it. It was the same with my hood, it took a good bit of work to make it right but I love the end result.
I hear you on that, I bought the same hood, but now my hood fits better then the stock one did.lol
I still have to use a hook to lift it enough to get my hand under it because of the lip it has but I'm willing to put up with it.
oh you are supposed to cut all that off. I have about 3/8"-1/2" of lip on the outside, and smooth under the cowl.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/DSC00920.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/DSC00919.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/DSC00918.jpg)
We were afraid if we cut it down it would come apart since it's got the finished underside. Seeing your's now, the next time I get the car painted it'll be getting cut down. Have you had any cracking? Mine has a couple on the sides of the cowl. Nothing major but they're there. They'll be taken care of as well when I get it painted again.
yeah one on the corner where it was dropped and repaired before I bought it(that's why I got a $350 refund!!!!)I thought I had it fixed but the paint kept sucking in, and one little split on the very top of the cowl near the edge.
Yeh, I knew it wasnt a plug and play unit. I paid some guy to fab mine up before I had my first billet grille made (4 years ago before this grill even came into production). The manufacturer should put in a disclaimer that the grille surround needs to be professionally modified for the grille to mount.
this was a total pain in the butt, finally got it ready for paint, just waiting to paint my other parts
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/IMAG0438.jpg)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/03grinnie/T-bird/IMAG0440.jpg)
All done
I think I need to clean myself up now. Looks sharp!
Very nice! It looks great, I can't wait to see it on the car.
(http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/1/5/23b31a28-7be3-47d4-af75-34fe8134d7f3.jpg)
The grill looks great. I'm even more impressed with the underside of that hood.