Does Grills fit?
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Does Grills fit?
Is this normal? Is the grilles suppose to fit the hole? Or do they set back like that?
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Last edited by MarkBullis; Jan 3, 2011 at 02:14 PM.
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Is that a factory bumper cover or aftermarket?
Factory grills set back like yours.
Factory covers have a deeper return than some of the aftermarket covers so you don't see the gap around the grill.
My Ecklers glass bumper cover had the same return as in your pictures and ended up with a gap like you have. I spaced the grills forward with spacers to eliminate the gap and set the grills flush with the front of the bumper.
Factory grills set back like yours.
Factory covers have a deeper return than some of the aftermarket covers so you don't see the gap around the grill.
My Ecklers glass bumper cover had the same return as in your pictures and ended up with a gap like you have. I spaced the grills forward with spacers to eliminate the gap and set the grills flush with the front of the bumper.
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Is that a factory bumper cover or aftermarket?
Factory grills set back like yours.
Factory covers have a deeper return than some of the aftermarket covers so you don't see the gap around the grill.
My Ecklers glass bumper cover had the same return as in your pictures and ended up with a gap like you have. I spaced the grills forward with spacers to eliminate the gap and set the grills flush with the front of the bumper.
Factory grills set back like yours.
Factory covers have a deeper return than some of the aftermarket covers so you don't see the gap around the grill.
My Ecklers glass bumper cover had the same return as in your pictures and ended up with a gap like you have. I spaced the grills forward with spacers to eliminate the gap and set the grills flush with the front of the bumper.
They've never been off the car before so they had to come that way from the factory, You ask if their installed properly? Heck i don't have a clue, didn't know you could adjust them at all.
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Yeah buddy i see that... Yours looks like it fits great... Mine SUCKS! I went by the dealership today and they said all C3's fit like that... I want mine to look like yours,
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Tweak the brackets and then install some spacers between the brackets and grill for fine adjustment.
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Thanks bud, i'll look at that today, It's going to be 50 in NC so I should have some time to get up under it and take a look. Also can you post some pix of your car? I'd like to see what those wheels look like and the pipes
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No. 3" would not have been enough in the rear. Tires would have rubbed the inner fender well on my car.
2.75" front & 3.75" rear. (a 3.5" would have worked fine on the rear.)
Fronts are 18x8.5 C6 with 7 inch backspace (with adapter 4.25" backspace)
Rear are 19x10 C6 with 8.5 inch backspace (with adapter 4.75" backspace)
Anybody wanting to go the C6 wheel route, I'd suggest 2.75" up front and 3.50" rear with no major mods to the suspension.
I had previously moved my parking brake cable, but that's it. Still have factory arms and sway bars.
My front tires are in stock location and my rear have 1/2 inch clearance to the sway bar and inner wheel well, but stick out approx 1/2 inch from the fender lip.
2.75" front & 3.75" rear. (a 3.5" would have worked fine on the rear.)
Fronts are 18x8.5 C6 with 7 inch backspace (with adapter 4.25" backspace)
Rear are 19x10 C6 with 8.5 inch backspace (with adapter 4.75" backspace)
Anybody wanting to go the C6 wheel route, I'd suggest 2.75" up front and 3.50" rear with no major mods to the suspension.
I had previously moved my parking brake cable, but that's it. Still have factory arms and sway bars.
My front tires are in stock location and my rear have 1/2 inch clearance to the sway bar and inner wheel well, but stick out approx 1/2 inch from the fender lip.
Last edited by blckslvr79; Jan 4, 2011 at 11:41 AM.
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Thank you Mark. Feel like I'm stealing your thread here. 
Custom made. I couldn't find anything over 3" thick for cheap.
Most of the less expensive ones are also not hub centric to the rim.
$350 for the set shipped to my door. I got a deal on the rims/tires though. Less than a grand total for the entire setup as it sits.
Did you get your grill adjusted???
Custom made. I couldn't find anything over 3" thick for cheap.
Most of the less expensive ones are also not hub centric to the rim.
$350 for the set shipped to my door. I got a deal on the rims/tires though. Less than a grand total for the entire setup as it sits.
Did you get your grill adjusted???
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Thank you Mark. Feel like I'm stealing your thread here.
Custom made. I couldn't find anything over 3" thick for cheap.
Most of the less expensive ones are also not hub centric to the rim.
$350 for the set shipped to my door. I got a deal on the rims/tires though. Less than a grand total for the entire setup as it sits.
Did you get your grill adjusted???
Custom made. I couldn't find anything over 3" thick for cheap.
Most of the less expensive ones are also not hub centric to the rim.
$350 for the set shipped to my door. I got a deal on the rims/tires though. Less than a grand total for the entire setup as it sits.
Did you get your grill adjusted???
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This is where I bougt my spacers:
http://www.motorsport-tech.com/