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Old 03-12-2008, 10:07 PM   #1
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or this one


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Then would you guys also paint under the headlights or not like this one?
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Old 03-12-2008, 10:43 PM   #2
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I like the bowtie grill WAAAAAY better than the billet grille. Billet is cool, but it just doesn't fit our cars.

.....and of course you should paint your headlight buckets black!
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Old 03-12-2008, 10:46 PM   #3
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and definitely leave the headlight buckets black just my
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Old 03-13-2008, 12:02 AM   #4
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I like the one with the white bowtie.
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Old 03-13-2008, 02:48 AM   #5
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Bowtie grille and black headlight buckets!
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Old 03-18-2008, 08:03 PM   #6
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stock grill and paint the buckets body color. black buckets only look good on black cars
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Old 03-18-2008, 08:44 PM   #7
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yeah i only think some cars can pull of headlight buckets that are painted... i like the white car alot... the billet grill doesnt fit are cars at all...
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Old 03-19-2008, 10:08 PM   #9
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Old 03-21-2008, 07:21 PM   #10
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bowtie grille and body color headlight buckets
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Yeah, keep the bowtie grill and the headlight buckets need to be the body color. To me, the black headlight buckets always looked like an afterthought. It's a matter of preference I guess, but I like mine the body color. 89 RS, 305 TBI, 700R4. T-Top, 60k original miles, Fowmaster exhaust.
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I'm a fan of the black buckets and black grill with red bowtie. It helps to have the black stripes to pull it all together.
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Black grill and billet buckets..........
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Old 07-20-2010, 02:33 PM   #14
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stock grill, and paint the headlight buckets black, when painted body color, the front end looks like its missing something
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Old 08-14-2010, 10:49 AM   #15
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Hey will the 89-92 Louvered grille fit the 85-88 cars. I cannot afford to spend $300 on fog lights (why are they so expensive) and cannot find aftermarket fog lights to fit the bracket. So I like the louvered look but like the 85-88 look better. So has anyone done this install? Let me know before I go buy one. Thanks to any and all that reply.
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You can also do something like I did...


I made a bowtie out of very thin aluminum and install it over top of the factory bowtie.....just something a little different



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I have black headlight pockets on a read 25th anniversary issue and the make the car.
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