New Grille Scheme and New Fog Light Scheme *Pics*

[OneFunGenesis]

Hey all,

I took a good 7 hours out of my day today and had some fun with the Genesis.

First up is the grille. I decided I wanted to have the grille look like the chrome was floating in mid-air. I bought some gloss black vinyl, enlisted the help of my lovely girlfriend (who is a BEAST with a heat gun!) and attacked the grille for a few hours.

Here is the grille before:

Here is the grille after today:

Here are some in-progress pics:

I also tinted the foglights yellow to get ANY usable light out of them while driving around. This is the stock bulb with just some yellow tint:

And now the light color:

I welcome people opinions. I realize that this is not for everyone, but I love the look. The fogs are more for function than forum.

Also, where the chrome strip is on the front bumper (below both headlights) my GF gave me the idea to put some pin-stripe right above the chrome...looks excellent!

I realize I could have painted the grille, but I wanted anything I did to be completely reversible to sell the car if need be.

Opinions welcomed!

Links to material used.

Fog lights: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&vxp=mtr&item=150898967920

Grille: http://www.ebay.com/itm/320940747477?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

OneFun

 

[|2idicu|ous]

thanks for posting. i like the grill mods but not the fog light tinting.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

That is actually the feedback I have been getting a lot...hmmm

 

[SmoovC]

Thanks for taking the time to post your write-up and pics; I know that takes some time.

Personally, I like it. The grille looks really sharp; I think you achieved your goal of it appearing to be "floating".

I like the fogs too, but seem to be in the minority as well. I converted my fog and DRLs to yellow bulbs; thread here: http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showthread.php?t=9971

In the end, it doesn't matter what others like; its what YOU like!

 

[OneFunGenesis]

No problem! I have done write-ups that have taken over an hour. I hand made my last headlights, if you care to see, here is the link: http://www.nissanclub.com/forums/f-...-projector-retrofit-56k-dont-even-bother.html

I think I like the fogs. Thanks for the kind words! The fogs will come in handy here in a few months. I too think the grille floats and really like it from a distance as well as up close

 

[scottdk]

Looks good.....you must have some patience for details like the grill. I left that to my painter, which painted mine black (body color) since I felt the silver grill didn't go well with black. Interesting that you have the only color Genesis with a paint matching grill and you decided to change it up, which isn't really a bad thing.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

^^ That is kinda why. It kinda looked like every other genesis with the grille being body color and I wanted a little more aggressive of a look. I had a dream and followed through! lol.

The grille took me right around 6 hours to do. Patience was wearing thin by the end heh

 

[DominicJE]

It looks good, but I'm not a fan of the yellow fog light modification. Seems a bit too customized and noticable. I like it when modifications still look like it came from the manufacturer and not obvious lol but that's just me!

 

[jnc2000]

Hoen Endurance bulbs are your friend. Looking good...

 

[SmoovC]

No problem! I have done write-ups that have taken over an hour. I hand made my last headlights, if you care to see, here is the link: http://www.nissanclub.com/forums/f-...-projector-retrofit-56k-dont-even-bother.html

I think I like the fogs. Thanks for the kind words! The fogs will come in handy here in a few months. I too think the grille floats and really like it from a distance as well as up close

Love the projector conversion on the Nissan too! Looks like it took a lot of work, time, patience and talent. I would LOVE to do this on my Dakota R/T, but would not even know where to begin.

Props on a great job!

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[OneFunGenesis]

Thanks! Gotta do what I did. Grab some spare crappy headlights and get chopping lmao

 

[xiaphin]

I bought the same yellow film off of ebay but wasnt happy with the result. Took them off the car, removed plastic chrome trim, cleaned with windex then isopropyl alcohol. Could not get it to go on smooth without any bubbles or dirt underneath. Tried multiple times and water application technique. Did you use a buffing compound on the lens prior to applying? Side note did you break the lower tab on the fog light when removing the chrome trim? Could not remove it without this little tab breaking.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

This is what I did.

I never removed any chrome trim...didn't need to. Why do you need to?

As to the light film, I just hit it with rubbing alcohol. The light was plenty clean to begin with. Sprayed down the film, applied, cut the bottom of the film and squeegeed out the water to the bottom. Heat and stretch and let dry on the light. Then cut around the light and tuck the film behind the bumper

 

[Curtyrut]

Hello, what am I missing? Unfortunately, I am unable to see any pictures. What the....

 

[OneFunGenesis]

Basically I vinyl wrapped my grille and tinted my fog lights yellow.

What browser are you on?

 

[Curtyrut]

I am using Google Chrome. Thanks.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

Odd. I am as well. and NP

 

[danslides]

looks good, I like the gril

I did yellow fogs on my Genesis Coupe which was black - i think the yellow fogs on silver looks off. Just me though, if you like it, more power to you.

 

[OneFunGenesis]

^ I really am unsure about how they look during the day...kinda got used to them. They are more for function than form.

 

[JensGT]

Not a fan of the fogs at all but the grill looks really nice. Well done!