gettin nosey ;)

[rebel8ball]

well stage one is done...

took about 4-5 hours, still need a little more trimming on the passengers side, and ummmi forgetted the styrofoam bumper support...lol

ill swap in some silverstars as money allows since i pretty much blew my wad on this, the stage 2 ill be doing next, and tattoos...lol

anyways,the parts list:
bumper- 00-01 5 bucks
black head and corners- 30 bucks (buddy paid 180, i paid 150 for his tags, he gave me back 120....friends are goooooood)
silver star corners- 11 bucks

to come...well thats a surprise only a few people know and they better not talk...lol

and the pics
when i started


look like jessica alba in the eye....


about here i got that what the bloody hell have i done feeling


i think it was worth it....esp at less then 100

[bigbird]

looks good

[rebel8ball]

ok one question for everyone...leave the mouth open, buy stock grill, or mesh?

[Venom_5]

looks bad grilleless - just shows the ugly horn and radiator

get a grille and clear it with a non-chrome mesh thats not too fine

[xet]

ive always preferred mesh

[eyeball96]

Looks good... but definitely fill that grille hole

[rebel8ball]

for you that did this... any problems with sagging, i forgot to buy the styrofoam support so im hopping that will take care of the one issue i have, but since i had to take off the four clip in mounts (2 in grill area, 1 on each side under corner lights) im a little worried about sagging even after i get it the support put in...

[Mazeraski]

I'd say go with mesh for the grille. Looks quite nice though

[groovemasterodi]

you stole one of my kitchen chairs !

looks great man, i want to do the headlight swap soonish

[rty]

Sweet headlights.

[samarai912]

[Albuynp Ryeno]

I think the stock grill would look better then a mesh grill on a gen 4. Have you checked if your gen 4 grill will fit in the gen 4.5 bumper?

[samarai912]

Originally Posted by Albuynp Ryeno

I think the stock grill would look better then a mesh grill on a gen 4. Have you checked if your gen 4 grill will fit in the gen 4.5 bumper?

the gen 4's grill is a part of the bumper it don't come off....

[Albuynp Ryeno]

Originally Posted by samarai912

the gen 4's grill is a part of the bumper it don't come off....

If you wanted to get creative you could dremel that grill off.

[rebel8ball]

got sick of the dyin fish look, had some leftover gutter mesh from making a lower grill on our hhr so i test fit, trimmed and viola... if you looks close im sure youll see its hel on by 2 zip ties at the bottom, and im sure you can see up under the edge of the hood where we split a piece of tubing to protect hands when opening the hood... and im sure ill get boos and hisses for using gutter mesh, but i think it looks great, and since my nose doesnt taper in at the bottom like the gen 4 did it already look like an aftermarket nose, anyways here some pics







oh and i know most wont care and i hope the rest dont mind but here is the new rims the wife picked out for her hhr, 17x7 mb seven x chrome with 245/45 cooper zeons 800 bucks even