Badgeless grille?

[no2lurch]

i recon my silver sri would look real mean without the lion badge on the front grille. does such a thing exist?

[eoin27]

Yes it does exist and yes it does look good on a D8. Have a quick search around the forum and you should find a couple of pictures. If memory serves, there was a member here called 'Jimmy' who had a china blue debadged D8.

[no2lurch]

my sri is a 2001, so is that a d9?

[steve_earwig]

Yip. Thinking about it I can't remember anyone debadging a D9

[eoin27]

It could be done but you'd more than likely end up with having to put in a poor quality mesh grill as a replacement. That wouldnt look so hot

[highlander]

I don't know what the fuss is about removing the badge.

I like the Peugeot lion, and I'm not ashamed of driving a 406. In fact, I'd quite like the BMW owners to know what I've overtaken them in when it occasionally happens - silly 1.8 engine

[no2lurch]

its not that i am ashamed of driving a 406, its just i think it would give the car a better, meaner looking front end

[HimBigChief]

Try spraying the badge black. I've done it on mine and it makes the front end look much meaner. Another trick would be to crack the headlights apart and spray a bit of the reflector black. Darkens up the whole front end and makes it look meaner. Also done this on mine.

My D8:

[no2lurch]

whast the difference between the slat type d9 grille and the honeycombe type d9 grille? are they interchangeable?

[DaiRees]

Nah, completely different shape mate.

[no2lurch]

as i am not an expert, whats the differences? are the bonnets diff? or the bumpers? i dont se ehow the d9s can differ.

[DaiRees]

Ah sorry mate, yeah the lights on the D9 are wider than the D8 so the grille is quite a bit shorter. The bumper on the D9 features a recess that's not on the D8, so the grille is deeper. They also have different bonnets (and wings, and slam panels...).

Hang on...




That's easier ain't it?

[no2lurch]

sorry for being a thicky... i didnt realise the 8 and 9 models were so diff.

thanks for that.

does the d9 only have one sort of grille?

[STALLED]

sorry for being a thicky... i didnt realise the 8 and 9 models were so diff.

thanks for that.

does the d9 only have one sort of grille?

Yeah!

Although you can install some Bluey Bling or a Welton Panel - Ask the respective members as to how you do that!

[no2lurch]

but this car is a d9 isnt it?



and has a slat type grille.