there is a how to on the .net forums for the grill if your interested....sorry but i spend most of my time there since they have more north carolina cobalts there. hope u guys like it...i love it

rims before with painted grill

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1576.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1575.jpg

rims after with grill ( i think it looks alot meaner this way..but some people dont agree....it looks efffin sexy in person tho)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1582.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1584.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1585.jpg

theres a bumble bee in this pic over my rear rim...(he matches my car..lol)

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1586.jpg

that's one giant ass bumble bee! lol. i'm impartial to the rims, i'm sure they look better in person then in pictures so i can't really judge em. i love the grill though. i like how you blacked out the center bar! got any more close up shots of the grill?

that's one giant ass bumble bee! lol. i'm impartial to the rims, i'm sure they look better in person then in pictures so i can't really judge em. i love the grill though. i like how you blacked out the center bar! got any more close up shots of the grill?


sure do...check it out
edit:..OH SHITTTT!!! BRO!!! i just happened to glance at your sig....DUDE you shaved your key hole on your trunk lid..thats hot..i was wonderin why it was so clean looking and then i realized what was missin...thats effin hot dude...looks so clean...i say lose the sc badge tho...just personal opinion

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1569.jpg

sure do...check it out
edit:..OH SHITTTT!!! BRO!!! i just happened to glance at your sig....DUDE you shaved your key hole on your trunk lid..thats hot..i was wonderin why it was so clean looking and then i realized what was missin...thats effin hot dude...looks so clean...i say lose the sc badge tho...just personal opinion

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c56/Danksie/IMG_1569.jpg

that looks nice man, i love the way it opens the grill up. as for my sig... lol, it's a photoshop. but i will hopefully be going full shaved trunk this summer. fully debadged and shaved keyhole ;) . it's either that or carbon fiber trunklid partially painted. in which case the keyhole would have to stay since i can't mess with cf. i love the way the shaved keyhole looks though, that's why i originally did the chop, and then i made a sig out of the pic without realizing it. i like it though, so it's staying my sig :cool:

That looks sweet!

that looks nice man, i love the way it opens the grill up. as for my sig... lol, it's a photoshop. but i will hopefully be going full shaved trunk this summer. fully debadged and shaved keyhole ;) . it's either that or carbon fiber trunklid partially painted. in which case the keyhole would have to stay since i can't mess with cf. i love the way the shaved keyhole looks though, that's why i originally did the chop, and then i made a sig out of the pic without realizing it. i like it though, so it's staying my sig :cool:

bwahahaha....had me fooled bro....but most deff if you stay stock deck lid shave it up....personally id go cf but thats just me im a cf freak

bwahahaha....had me fooled bro....but most deff if you stay stock deck lid shave it up....personally id go cf but thats just me im a cf freak

i really want to go CF hood and decklid, so we'll see.

I am on the fence about the wheels (I'd prefer a lip) but the grill is a HUGE style improvement. On mine it wouldn't matter because it is black, so I chose the billet aluminum grill, but on yellow, that is really nice. Good job.

yeah the grill is seriously what our front end needed

very nice man
very nice

PS nice SS emblems too ;)

that looks nice man, i love the way it opens the grill up. as for my sig... lol, it's a photoshop. but i will hopefully be going full shaved trunk this summer. fully debadged and shaved keyhole ;) . it's either that or carbon fiber trunklid partially painted. in which case the keyhole would have to stay since i can't mess with cf. i love the way the shaved keyhole looks though, that's why i originally did the chop, and then i made a sig out of the pic without realizing it. i like it though, so it's staying my sig :cool:
I am working on that very same project. shaved trunk! the wing is off already for it was sold last night. I love driving now. I can see if a cop is behind me and I can fan out the side mirrors. the look it catching on to more than ever. Oh the antenna is going to be shaved too. and the final touch - Eibach sportlines. it is going to look sweet. pics will be coming soon on this victory red cobalt with ne look. Hope you dont mind if I paint the center grill like you did? that looks great. I will make the bow tie red as well! I think that would look great but if not I will paint it black as you did. thanks.

PS nice SS emblems too ;)
are these not stock?

they're black instead of white.

love the grill. black rims are kool if u like them but im not a big fan of them. car looks good man

Yeah man nice looking ride keep us up to date on your mods...

You shouldve kept some part of it chrome to set off the fenders or at least give it some unique looking flare.

PS nice SS emblems too ;)


its nice to know that people can still notice the little things i do to make the car more unique to my name. also i think you said something about the grills being what our cars needed...i was really tryin to wait for someone else to do it b4 i did because i was really nervous about layin down some spraypaint on my baby....but i just couldnt wait...i had done a photoshop of it...actually it was a paint shop...ghetto photoshop...and it came out effin sexy..so i bought some paint and went to work the next day.

The Alex: You shouldve kept some part of it chrome to set off the fenders or at least give it some unique looking flare.

i actually tried this...it was how i origionaly wanted them to look but taping off that little tiny lip the rims have and keep it a perfect curve all the way around was going to take more than an overnight project....so i said screw it...ill paint it all black and then go back with silver paint and paint those areas silver another night....but when i put them on all black it just looked soo mean i just decided to keep them that way.

Oh ok thats cool then its does look good though. You should paint the bowtie emblem thats in the middle of the rim yellow i think that would have a badass look to it especially with the yellow calipers. Just the bowtie though not the whole circular part.

Hey whered u get the stuff to tint ur back lights

you never cease to think of great looking mods. keep it up buddy

Hey whered u get the stuff to tint ur back lights


ebay...just do a search in ebay for black tint spray should come up

thanks kelly, one more thing coming before the charlotte meet so ill post new pics then too...hope you guys like it, im pretty sure some wont, but im gonna add my little touch to it so i might get the a ok

also i need some input, theres a guy wantin to trade me for the my stock 17's that i just painted black for his stock 18's that are the gunmetal ones, i was thinkin about gettin them, but not sure yet cuz i like to keep my own thing mine ya know, 18's would be nice but i dont want someone else with a yellow ss/sc with black rims even though im just a 2.4 it would be weird to see someone else with my rims. let me know what you guys think i really need some help on this one

ebay...just do a search in ebay for black tint spray should come up

thanks kelly, one more thing coming before the charlotte meet so ill post new pics then too...hope you guys like it, im pretty sure some wont, but im gonna add my little touch to it so i might get the a ok

also i need some input, theres a guy wantin to trade me for the my stock 17's that i just painted black for his stock 18's that are the gunmetal ones, i was thinkin about gettin them, but not sure yet cuz i like to keep my own thing mine ya know, 18's would be nice but i dont want someone else with a yellow ss/sc with black rims even though im just a 2.4 it would be weird to see someone else with my rims. let me know what you guys think i really need some help on this one

I like that keep your uniqueness man.

Looks nice, i was thinking of doing that with my 17's because id be afraid i would screw my 18's up and the 18's look way better than the 17's. So you spray painted the rims also correct?

Looks nice, i was thinking of doing that with my 17's because id be afraid i would screw my 18's up and the 18's look way better than the 17's. So you spray painted the rims also correct?


yea spray paint is right...just some info too...i went to a drive through car wash the other day..and as i was sittin in the car i noticed the pressure from the water seemed to be pretty high..and i was really really worried that the water pressure would take the paint...so i was freakin out and i couldnt move untill everything was done so for like 5 minutes i was freakin out, when it was all done i rolled out and first thing i checked were my rims but everything was ok, i was so thankful and surprised that the spray paint held up, but keep in mind i used a primmer cuz i didnt think the paint alone would stick to the polished wheels.

I like that keep your uniqueness man.

thanx man.


so the poll goes on....so far,

keep em = 1
get the 18's = 0

Powdercoated gloss black would of made for a FAR better look for what you wanted. Why didn't you just PC them?

Grill looks ALOT better!!

Powdercoated gloss black would of made for a FAR better look for what you wanted. Why didn't you just PC them?

Grill looks ALOT better!!


poor...as my roommates liscense plate states..."no mor $" got a 485 car payment 465 rent payment, 298 insurance payment, cell, two credit cards, student loan, and a few other bills too, so money is tight for 400-500$ powder coat...but it gets me by for now, im planin on upgrading rims and tires down the road anyways this just keeps me happy

$400-500 for PC? Man, they rip you guys a new one in NC. I have firends that do PC work. If you wanted them done you could of sent them this way and I'm sure their price would of been half of that LOL.

I've never really liked full black rims, without a polished lip I mean. They look to much like winter tires for my liking, but you did a really clean job on them, so congrats.

Also, the grill looks amazing, so good work on that too!