Igofast

Anyone cut out that bar in the grill? The one with the bowtie on it.. I'm thinking about doing it but need some reassurance. Post up your pics of it please

StevoElSupremo

um.. why?

chevygirl2006

You can buy a g5 bumper. There's no cross bar

Validater

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Also in my Sig.

matt638

looks awesome!

#I_Haul_Ass

i wanted to do this soooooo bad....

serega12

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looks empty imo... unless you put in billet grille... Then it would look great.

To each their own though.

Validater

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There is a plastic mesh grille in there. I agree it looks empty, (I like the thin mesh look.) The S3 ZZP heat exchanger does well to fix that problem though

No pictures for proof ATM. Been bad weather for the past 3 months here.

TommyP

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You'd have to get a custom grille, because the factory one has a spot set in it for the center bar

LS6Rally

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Validater, that's a G5 bumper correct? IIRC if you cut the crossbar, there will be a spot on each side where it connects to the bumper that will have a small cutout where it used to be. They are not molded smooth underneath.

StevoElSupremo

o ok, see that looks pretty good, I was just thinking OP was bored and wanted to hack his center bar out lol

07MetallicSC

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all bumpers start out as chevy bumpers with the cross bars and are cut post molding for pontiacs.

Igofast

Cutting is a lot cheaper

Validater that looks sick that's what I'm aiming for. Did you have to replace the grill?

juan1101

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If u do it ill buy ur tc grill

Texas SS

Lol no

Texas SS

Does not look bad though

RHZ

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I don't believe they would actually do that. They probably have an insert or shutoff in the tool when they mold it (one that prevents plastic from flowing in that area), at least that would make the most sense from a manufacturing perspective.

Igofast

Yeah man I'll let you know.

juan1101

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Cool

Validater

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I started out by sanding the cross-bar cutout flush and filling in the wholes it left. I then had to take a Cobalt grille and cut out all the bars, and sand it flush. at the cross-bar section of the grille there is also a chunk missing so I had to plastic weld that back in. Then I glued in a plastic mesh behind the grille opening.

This is not an easy job. But seeing as I work in a bodyshop. It was easy enough for me to complete in a day. (said 1 day was spent on grille mockup and final assembly) I had the bumper prepped and painted on a seperate weekend.

Igofast

Ah ok I'll probably end up paying someone then lol

Validater

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Yup

Nfamous60

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i would keep the bar honestly maybe paint it black and color match the emblem to the car color..to much void in there.

07MetallicSC

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dont believe me? find a friend with one and ask them to remove their grill

There was a thread about it here somewhere

LS6Rally

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^ go look on Ebay at G5 bumpers, I Did. Metallic is right. i wouldnt think they would do that but they do. seems like a waste of material to me.