I have a 2007 SS 2.4L and hit a small animal (think it was a porcupine) on the way home last night and destroyed my lower grille...luckily, there's no damage at all to the bumper itself. I took out what was left of it....so right now, it kind of looks like an SS supercharged without a bottom grill. I don't really feel like paying to put another stock one on there, it didn't look that great anyway. Would it be a problem to leave it like that, or is there a better looking grill out there I could put in?

 

No real problem leaving it open, you may get a rock or two hitting the radiator sometimes since there's nothing to deflect them now. Why not look into getting the SS/TC grill combo from CED? Looks better than the stock ones we got.

 

How much does that kit cost, and what's CED? Do you have a link?

 

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Nah I am only playing.. Crateenginedepot.com They have everything. Check em out.

 

+1 that site's great

 

Your grills look nice...where did you get those and how much did they cost you? Also, I checked the site and I can see they have the 2008 SS grill, would this fit on my 2.4 SS?

http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...9-P2226C0.aspx

 

i took mine off and left it.. Looks much cleaner!

 

Here's a couple of pics of what it looks like now, I was fortunate the only damage is the two small spots the paint got scuffed off. My license plate was bent a little on the bottom right, I straightened it out the best I could.

 

Go buy a lottery ticket or 2. Thats just plain lucky!

 

Tell me about it...I don't know how it didn't crack the lower lip of the bumper or damage the radiator...I guess I was lucky despite my bad luck. When I got out of the car to take a look, half of the grill was sticking out and it had bent the license plate. The other piece of the grill is probably somewhere on the side of the road now.

 

u can get some of that wire mesh stuff from home depot and paint it black...thats what i did when i lost/someone stole mine. i used those little plastic zipties to hold it in place. gonna keep this until i have extra money to buy that t/c ss grille kit which looks PIMP

 

Leave the grill out, it looks better without one

 

Put Cobalt Addiction.com billet grills in! It was about $220 shipped to my door.
Its also where CC08 got his. Great instructions, materials, and hardware. And mine has sliced up some small birds and gophers, without damaging it.