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New front end courtesy of ABLAZE

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So I had a nice day out and decided to do some mods:
1. Swapped fogs and DRLs for LEDs (pictures are pretty bad so I must apologize)
2. Painted the chrome grille to factory match my True Blue pain
3. Installed the top and lower chrome diamond cut grilles by Ablaze.

The combo of the painted OE grille combined with the chromed diamond cut mesh I think turned out really well.
The only downside of the ABLAZE grille, which is the same problem with anything you want to do with the WK2, is the plastic mesh behind the OE chrome is all one piece. So for the overland, it is weaved, so in order to install anything, you have to cut out the attachments of every plastic mesh. After finding this out last week, I ended up buying a Laredo grille, which made the install so much easier.

ABLAZE does great work and made me a custom lower air dam. Instead of chroming it all, they were able to powdercoat the frame of the lower air dam. I think it draws the eye to the chrome mesh, rather than a chrome border. ABLAZE did a excellent job making it blend into the black plastic of the OE bumper.

Let me know what you guys think and if you have any questions!
 

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Ahh this is good, because now instead of just imaging what my car will look like with mods, i just look at yours since its same colour :D

now please put some black rims and 4wd tires on so i can see how that looks haha

Looks good though mate.

Edit: would love to see a pic from further back, like same pic as the one in your sig, but with new mods on it.
 
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Edit: would love to see a pic from further back, like same pic as the one in your sig, but with new mods on it.
I attached a photo a little further out for you frog a lot. I am glad I can be the guinea pig for you! But I do want some black off-road wheels/tires too, so I will count on you to get those :D

Thanks guys for the comments! I really appreciate them.
The grille was actually a big problem to get painted around here. No paint shop would touch it since it is chromed plastic and paint always peels off in their experience. :mad: After calling about 10 shops, I found a place locally that would paint it with some tips/advice from Scott (who has done other people's WK2s). I hope it holds up, or I will be sending it into Scott after all.

The pictures don't give the grille justice in my opinion.
 

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#4 ·
Now that looks AWESOME. I am so sad I was not able to find one in blue when I got my 2011 JGC Overland.
 
#5 ·
Looks awesome! Been thinking about doing something Like this so nice to see how it would look! Great job and post!
 
#12 ·
Looks great!

You forgot the most important one : No license plate mod ;)

I made sure my dealer did not drill the front.
I wish I could do that. I definitely like the clean look much better. I live in a state that requires the front plates so every car on the lot already has the front plate frame mounted :( I just took my plate off for the pictures today.
 
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+rep also. I appreciate you sharing with others to see and your natural need to mod. haha

BTW where did you find a laredo grille?
 
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Depends on the state each is different.
 
#22 ·
Looks awesome man, what process did you use to paint the grill? I purchased the same ablaze parts I just want to color match my chrome stock grill piece (currently bright silver) I wish I could dump the front plates, but in Jersey they torment you for not having them on, Im in LE and I wouldnt try it. Got abused when I had a 350z without em
 
#23 ·
You originally had a overland grille on, but the diamond cut grille from ablaze looks a little smaller pattern, I purchase an overland summit grill but want to put the bottom grille on also, did you just put the bottom grille over the existing one and how did you attach it, Thanks
 
#24 ·
So I originally had the overland grille that has the black plastic diamond cut, but in order to install the ablaze grille, you have to cut out the old grille. I didnt want to make all the cuts to remove the overland plastic, so I bought the laredo grille.

As for the bottom grille, yes, it just attaches overtop the existing bottom grille. Very simple to install the bottom grille!
 
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