It's Grillin' Time

[Altitude]

Got some goodies from MicroImage today... (well I had the grill for a little while and just got it installed)

46033

And a little something extra...

46034

[jpmck03]

Looks nice!

[1.5]

Two very clean mods. I always wanted that Simota so bad sucks it doesnt fit sedans.

[3cyltrbo]

I have the same intake waiting to be installed

what do you think of it?

did you have a CAI before?

Cheers

Will

[Altitude]

I have the same intake waiting to be installed

what do you think of it?

did you have a CAI before?

Cheers

Will

Did not have a CAI. Went from stock to this. I've only had short trips with it in the last two days, but I swear it feels like the engine breathes easier. Seems to have a bit more bottom end too. I wouldn't call it a night and day difference, but the engines does seem to like it.

It adds a nice little growl to the engine too.

It's a very tight fit front to back. I had to push the battery back a bit which was somewhat problematic because I'm using a red top and its tray adapter. But it went in very quickly, was like a 15 minute job.

[The Architect]

Difficulty of installing the grill? Ill be getting mine soon and would like to know the best way to do it.

[Altitude]

Difficulty of installing the grill? Ill be getting mine soon and would like to know the best way to do it.

Not really difficult but you do have to take some care when drilling the holes. You don't need to remove the front bumper completely. I left the bottom of mine hinged and that made it easy to just flip the bumper up and down to check alignment of the grill.

Start by lining up the part that curves beneath the Toyota logo. Set it so that it looks right then drill through the grill mounting hole at that location and into the bumper. Fasten with a zip-tie. Then do the bottom curve the same way. Last you'll need to do at least the upper two corners. I did those and the other two on the top of the grill. Depending on the size of the drill you use you may find it hard to get a good angle for drilling.

Make sure you keep checking to see that it looks right. I made the mistake of pre-drilling the holes in the center of the tabs that held the old grill on. I figured it wouldn't matter if the holes didn't line up perfectly since I was using zip ties. That method didn't work well at all. So I ended up using the grills mounting holes as guides, and when drilled, the holes were usually no where near where you would have thought they should be.

[grelise]

Ive looking at a grill like that for ages, does anyone know if Microimage posts overseas?

And is this grill for an 07 hatch?

[Altitude]

Ive looking at a grill like that for ages, does anyone know if Microimage posts overseas?

And is this grill for an 07 hatch?

Mine is 2008 but it also fits the 2001 hatch. http://shop.microimageonline.com/Liftback-front-sport-mesh-grill-Y-LB-meshgrill.htm Yes, they ship overseas. Email them for purchase/shipping info.