G5 fascias start life as Cobalt fascias, and are modified at factory. PROOF:

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr2/eco_maven/g5.jpg

...interesting

WTF :lol:

Yeah, this is a fresh off the truck 2009 G5. I decided to take it apart, :lol:

g5 pwned by cobalt... in the factory lol

id love to switch my SS bumper for a GT bumper.

that is interesting. I bet they save a bunch of money doing that (only one die a the manufacturer of the front facia), plus they probably just recycle the plastic.

Interesting to know.

Probably a hell of a lot cheaper than a new mold, :lol:

Shit, not like the plastic is gonna rust, so they don't even need to finish at the cut...

id love to switch my SS bumper for a GT bumper.

be easier just to chop the bar and get a g5 grill

be easier just to chop the bar and get a g5 grill

i dont want the grill :)

i dont want the grill :)

All you need is the grille and the trim plate....

All you need is the grille and the trim plate....

i want to do that mod with some CTS-V grill

hmm good catch.

lol owned :lol:.....how did no one find this out till now? lol

aww i thought it would be molded nicely :(

Wow that is pretty cool... I gotta start taking cars apart when they come in lol

aww i thought it would be molded nicely :(

haha thats gm for ya ... lol

They make such a relatively low number of G5's compared to Cobalts... it only makes sense.

that makes sense...but +1 to how did no one find this out till now!!!!

what made u decide to take this car apart lol?

i kinda figured that but never put the two together...

haha wow. owned.

Now I wish I would have looked more into my idea of a G5 grille on the Cobalt. I didn't think it was just add-on stuff over the Cobalt bumper.

I have had my grill out 5 times... lol.. never noticed...

maybe its just on the new model g5 (2009) and the older ones had their own mold... since gm did alot of cost cutting lately with no 2.4 and all that jazz... just more money in their pocket now right.

maybe its just on the new model g5 (2009) and the older ones had their own mold... since gm did alot of cost cutting lately with no 2.4 and all that jazz... just more money in their pocket now right.

True there's no 2.4, but the 2.4 fascias continue in the TC obviously and in the new 2.2 G5 GT's as well as LT2 + sport package.

haha back stock of 2.4 chev fascia? so using them on the G5 maybe? lol no clue

i want to do that mod with some CTS-V grill

i happen to have some bare cts v grilles on the shelf....pm for details if you want to buy

That's rich.

:lol::lol:

I thought this was a known fact? I saw it when I painted my girlls, I figured everyone else who painted their grills saw it too....

You guys sound like you never heard of car makers sharing parts with other car lines. Been doing it since forever. Just one quick example. Look at the older Firebirds and Camaros. Same chassis, running gear (except engine) and some of the sheet metal but different front and rear facias. GM shared early 350's with several carlines at one time. It's nothing new.

Nothing new of course not. But this is kind of unique way of doing it.

Also.....early 350s werent shared among the different brands........almost every brand (Chevy, Buick, Olds, Pontiac) had a 350 v8, but they were all unique engines. Each brand had its own unique castings, and none of them even shared the same bore/stroke, they were truly each brands own engine.

It wasnt until the late 70s, and even more so the early 80s where GM started using "corporate" engines. It was at this point that all the unique v8s died.......only Chevy v8s remained, the V6s were either Chevy or Buick derived, and the 4 cylinders were Pontiac or Chevy.