Removing the inner grill slates
 

Has anyone done this and or how do you think it would look? I was thinking of removing the black grill slates between the fangs. Just cut them out and file them down neatly to look clean. Any thoughts?

look on z1's site or a post on this forums about the blue 370z tt.

Dynamite?

Leaving your radiator exposed to the hazards of the road is not something I would recommend.

I used a rotary tool, to cut everything out. 600 grit sand paper to get all the notches smoothed out, then go over with a finer grit paper, prep and re paint the whole area. I painted all the plastic including the thin plastic strip above the grill opening. Makes everything look legit. Depending on where you drive and what kind of roads your on, goes hand in hand with the risk imo.

only recent pic I have.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...0zer/papas.jpg

really clean OG

Looks nice but seeing as mine is a dd I wouldn't remove them.

Didn't they level that cooler? :ugh2:

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Sure doesn't look like it.

Looks horrible :(

Hate it without the fangs.

They'd be better off driving without a front bumper at all.

This is possiable but not to worried about. I don't DD. Even though it only takes one time. But it is a narrow opening compared to other aftermarket kits.
Nice pic. This is exactly what I'm looking for. Looks better than I imagined.

Thank u sir! The same little rocks will get through the stock grill slits as they do w/o it. If you run into large pieces of wood, rubber, animals , etc.. it could be a problem though.

Just means I can buy a better radiator. Lol. But I don't really see it mattering to much.

To protect the rad, you could add some universal mesh:
customcargrills.com -

It's not going to be the end all, but it will protect it better than having it completely bare.

The Z without the fangs at least needs to pit a screen in there. It just looks unfinished.

O&G looks good!

meh

thanks, I think the front bumper needs the fangs as support, plus it looks better w/ them.

That was a custom modified stock front fascia fitted with a GTM TT Kit. It was that body shop's first attempt to modify a 370Z fascia. Leveling the intercooler in relation to the fascia would have been impossible unless you started cutting up the intercooler, altered piping and started changing out couplers.

The issue you see with the bottom two~three rows is an issue with the fascia, NOT the GTM Intercooler kit.

ewwww g0d no!!!!!

Looks great!! Nice job.

I like it, would look even better w Mishomoto Rad and oil cooler!! I'm thinking about doing the same along w carbon fiber lip.