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Old 01-Jul-2009, 08:00 PM
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and the parts are not actually cheap... their shippings cost its crazy , so i guess thats where they make their money from..
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Old 01-Jul-2009, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by rick10
if ricing its making it look better sure why not.... I rather drive it rice than stock thats for sure
I mean absolutely no offense, but it doesn't look better. I would rather see a stock OEM grill (non-SiR) than any of those.

If it makes you happy then go for it. But honestly an OEM SiR is like 80 used. Realistically, once you pay shipping, conversion to CDN dollars, customs and whatnot you'll pay at least 40 for one of these ghetto aftermarket ones. And they look horrible, I can tell from far away when a car has some knock off grill, because somethign just looks wrong. Not worth it making your car look worse than stock cause you wanted to save 40 bucks, IMO anyways.

Oh and let's not forget resale. Decide you want to change your car back to stock? Chances are unless you severely got ripped off, you can sell an SiR grill back for what you paid for it, or maybe take a tiny loss, even two years later or something. Nobody is going to want a used knock off grill, though.

I'm not saying ALWAYS buy OEM or anything, I'm not one of those people, but honestly, in this secnario the price is negligeble and there are TONS of drawbacks, and it looks liek ****. Just not worth it to cheap out in this situation..
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Old 02-Jul-2009, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BlitzSix
I mean absolutely no offense, but it doesn't look better. I would rather see a stock OEM grill (non-SiR) than any of those.

If it makes you happy then go for it. But honestly an OEM SiR is like 80 used. Realistically, once you pay shipping, conversion to CDN dollars, customs and whatnot you'll pay at least 40 for one of these ghetto aftermarket ones. And they look horrible, I can tell from far away when a car has some knock off grill, because somethign just looks wrong. Not worth it making your car look worse than stock cause you wanted to save 40 bucks, IMO anyways.

Oh and let's not forget resale. Decide you want to change your car back to stock? Chances are unless you severely got ripped off, you can sell an SiR grill back for what you paid for it, or maybe take a tiny loss, even two years later or something. Nobody is going to want a used knock off grill, though.

I'm not saying ALWAYS buy OEM or anything, I'm not one of those people, but honestly, in this secnario the price is negligeble and there are TONS of drawbacks, and it looks liek ****. Just not worth it to cheap out in this situation..
everyone is telling me sir grills ... but i been looking for them online and i cant find anyone selling them... I can spend up to 80 bucks thats not problem . I guess the dealer is selling them for that price , and do they fit straigh in my civic or do i have to mod it to make it fit

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Old 02-Jul-2009, 12:51 PM
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everyone is telling me sir grills ... but i been looking for them online and i cant find anyone selling them... I can spend up to 80 bucks thats not problem . I guess the dealer is selling them for that price , and do they fit straigh in my civic or do i have to mod it to make it fit

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The dealer would probably have them but they'd be a lot. I mean $80 used, you can usually find some for that price. I paid $100 for mine, but 80 is doable.

You just have to look for them. Keep checking TCC and j d m r i d e s for sale section.
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ahh the sir grill... a rarity.. stay away from that aftermarket garbage
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